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Hua
The days following the battle were a whirlwind of activity. Jian had Hua moved to the palace into a room more lavish than she’d ever seen before. The city mourned the lost even as it celebrated the fact Piao was still standing and the return of a dragon to protect them.
Hua’s mother and Nainai were constant companions while she remained in bed recovering from her injury. Every time Jian came by, they refused to leave her alone with him. Suddenly, after everything, their sense of propriety had returned.
Hua had lived in an army camp full of men, she’d fought in numerous battles and had lived with a Nagi inside her, but spending time with an unmarried man was somehow not right.
She’d have fought them on it if she wasn’t so relieved to be with them all. When Ru wasn’t following Ji
