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“I don’t want you risking yourself for me,” he continued, his voice unhurried. “Not anymore.” “I’m not risking myself for you,” Mariko retorted. “I’m here for me. Because I still have things I wish to accomplish with my life.” She refocused her attention on the misshapen mass. Slowly began chiseling away twisted fragments of wax, using a lacquered chopstick she’d pilfered from her evening meal. “It turns out my wishes have something to do with you.”

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“You know very little, and I still know more than you, Khalid-jan. I know love is fragile. And loving someone like you is near impossible. Like holding something shattered through a raging sandstorm. If you want her to love you, shelter her from that storm..." Jalal rose to his feet, straightening the insignia of the Royal Guard at his shoulder. "And make certain that storm isn't you.”

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“It appears your betrothed is well on his way to falling hopelessly in love with you. Well done on that account." It took Mariko a breath to see the truth beneath his words. "Are you jealous?" A pause. "Only a fool would not be.” "That's ridiculous. Jealousy is for boorish people. Are you a boor?" "Of course I am. And of course I would be jealous. That steaming heap of refuse doesn't have to sleep in a barred cell. He can gaze at the moonlight whenever he wishes,” he muttered. "It's a shame the moon has eyes for another.”

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