FIFTEEN Separation-2
‘This is hopeless – I cannot separate them without releasing one of them.’ ‘Then that is what you must do.’ Larissa said coldly. ‘I will not do it.’ ‘You cannot walk away from this. You are our queen; it is your job to lead and make difficult decisions, so that we do not have to.’ ‘Larissa, you cannot make me do this!’ Hanarah suddenly began shaking her head in a wild frenzy, trying to shake lose the gag around her mouth. The dressmaker quickly moved to her aid and pulled the fabric down, around Hanarah’s neck. ‘Release me! Save my daughter and release me!’ ‘No – I will not!’ she replied, offering Hanarah a hard stare. ‘Larissa, you promised me! Please – save my daughter!’ Larissa remained perfectly still, as she knelt beside Hanarah, carefully considering the mother’s desperate p
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