Chapter 18Marwa
The cruel soldier tied me up. The bindings pinched and hurt but the pain was nothing compared to the emotional trauma of being separated from Rohene. I’d lost her. It was written in her impenetrable expression and in the way she tightly clenched her fists. Gone was the woman who’d kissed me passionately and molded her naked body into mine.
She stared at me woodenly, as if she were made of stone and I were nothing but dust. It almost killed me! Although we’d argued many times previously, she’d always been passionate and vocal. Never had she felt so far from me, so distant and cool. I feared the distance was too great to cover. I blamed myself. If only I hadn’t touched her years ago then none of it would’ve happened.
Something inside me died. I knew the answer before the q
