Get married to him?
For a brief moment the young woman wondered if she had heard correctly what the man had just said to her... She looked at him perplexed, trying to detect on his face the slightest suspicion that would prove to Kara that she was thinking wrong.
But...
The man's face was impassive and behind his veiled gaze, Kara understood that she had really heard exactly what the man had said to her...
He wanted her to be his wife.
The information still had the effect of an atomic bomb on her. Get married? She had always wanted to get married. But... Get married to him...?
She was even more shocked than she already was... She turned even more pale, still not understanding the man's request.
It was insane. What was... What was going through his mind? What was this request?
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