Chapter 14
“I’ve been meaning to ask you about your leg.” Aihi stirred a dab of honey into her tea, a novelty from Zahra’s homeland that she had been trying to convince Aihi to try for some time now. “How have you been faring since the accident?”
Zahra tucked strands of her frizzy hair behind her ears. “The first few months were the worst, and the nightmares were unspeakable. I’m sure you don’t want those pictures in your mind before your wedding, though.”
“If you want to tell me of your experiences, I will listen. I am no stranger to nightmares. After surviving the wyvern attack, and then again in the Fields of Mo…”
Aihi sucked a breath in at the promise of those memories returning to her, but the tremors stayed down. Out of necessity, she had become far better at suppressing them.
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