“She did perish in the flood.”
“Dead means never coming back and technically your wife is still here, which means I’m entering into a polygamous marriage. Semjaza told me everything.” I cast my eyes to the carpeted floor, nauseated.
“That son of a b***h,” he said.
“Do you still love her?” My voice trembled as I struggled to look him in the eye.
“Not anymore, she changed.”
“Changed?” My blood boiled. “That could have been me. I could’ve been your first wife, who transformed into some sort of sea monster, and you would’ve told me you’d be there and then after my death I would wander the Earth cursed. Then would you have explained to the next mortal woman that I merely changed?”
“You don’t get it. She was corrupted to begin with.”
“Then why the hell did you choose her?”
“I was foolish
