Botan didn't return until the evening. His face was gloomy when he finally arrived. Alaz was the one who changed the bandage on his arm and dressed the wound. A silence had settled over the estate. The issue wasn't a secret. The whole village was talking. A girl from our tribe had run away with someone from another tribe.
The real issue was the longstanding dispute between the two tribes. It would most likely be a bride exchange, where one girl is given in return for another. Both Ferzan Ağa and Botan were tense. They didn't want to give a girl to that tribe or take one. For me personally, this path was better than death. There should always be a third option, but there simply wasn't one. That’s why the bride exchange was the lesser evil. I wasn't as tense as Botan. Botan wouldn't allow a
