Drakania
“You didn’t have to defend me,” he said, coming to help me off the ground.
I held my shoulder. “You’re like a brother to me. Your father helped raise me and your mother taught me how to fight. I know it was hard for you when Ember chose you, you said you loved someone else. I can’t imagine being forced to marry someone when another held your heart. I only hope the men I chose will be as faithful to me as you are to her,” I said, wincing in pain.
He dropped what he was carrying and caught me as I fell forward. “It's hard, being with your sister, but I remind myself that even if I love someone else, they might not love me. At least this way, I’m not rejected.”
“Did you ever tell them?” I asked as he helped me to the cot.
“Goddess no! That would put them in
