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“Hmmph,” Xyan said, his massive chest heaving with the rumbling sound. “Then at least let me shift you so that you are between the tent and me.”

SWOOOOON

“Yes. Though I do not know how I will get any rest without you. Sometimes I cannot even breathe...” He took a sharp breath, then shook his head slowly while rubbing at his forehead. “I don’t know how you drink this alcohol regularly. It makes all my feelings come out of my mouth.”

“Right now I do not feel in control of myself.” He paused, a muscle in his cheek twitching, before he said, “And around you, I need all of my control.”

I wondered ceaselessly where she was and what she was doing. I had hoped to see her at the evening fire, but I’d had to stay working later than usual to make up for some of the time I’d lost in the hot spring with her. I imagined she, too, had work to do. Of course she did – a woman as competent and clever as Zerena would not wait around all day for a mere warrior such as myself to come and find her.

But I must admit that I took more breaks than usual, pausing in my work to walk to the edge of my little forge and looking out over the settlement, hoping for a glimpse of Zerena.
I got no glimpses.

UGH THE PINING IS SOOO REAL

She must think me a beast of a man. A man without morals and without decency.
I had to apologize, that much was certain. Maybe now was the time – the time to tell her everything. To tell her that she was my only love, my only fate and future. To tell her that I was hers forever.

Her words were harsh, but her face turned tender as she said them. It made me happy to see that – to see some of the other women finding true happiness here. If I never found mine? Well, at least I could be there for them.

I kind of love this miscommunication yearning it’s SOOO juicy to me hahaha

“Merely something you need to know,” I scoffed, repeating his words in disbelief. “Merely!”
He was going to upset my whole equilibrium for a “merely?”

Idk why I’m really liking the general voice this book uses