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Through the Living Hope

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  1. “And then you worked law enforcement?”
  2. “Cossie,” the elder said. “Yora.” “Really.”
  3. “Did you ever mine?”
  4. “Was I not good enough for you or something?” “No, I’m not.” She did indeed scoff. “Really.”
  5. “Whaaaat?” “I’m valuable to him! I’m not useless anymore because he loves me!” “Nuh uh.”
  6. “Technically. But irrigating fields is so boring.” The younger nodded. “And all I can do is make wind not mess up my hair. Practically useless.” She sighed happily. “But not with him.” “Farming,” the elder said. The younger nodded as well.
  7. “Yes.” She sighed and kicked a leg, clearly bored without the king there.
  8. “Oh, it was dreadful,” the elder said. “Constant fear of poverty and starvation, never guaranteed tomorrow. But here, we’re safe, clean, fed and… cared for.” The younger giggled.
  9. The elder, about 15-16, smiled. “Absolutely wonderful.” The twelve year old, the one who’d been taken just the day before, giggled and nodded.
  10. They seem content and well cared for.
  11. They aren’t injured, but they’ve definitely both been intimate with the king recently.
  12. The king left, and the girls groaned a bit but stayed. He smiled.
  13. He shifted forward and stood, though the girls stayed where they were. “I’ll now go discuss with her about her thoughts.”
  14. “She is, isn’t she,” he beamed. The girls giggled against him.
  15. She doesn’t see it. The king beamed at him. “Taylor! How was your meeting?”
  16. A guard went in after he left and led her from the room.
  17. She smiled. “Farewell.”
  18. “What it is now.”
  19. Felicity hugged back. “Aela… if something came with the chance of losing you, I wouldn’t want to risk it. But this… Something‘s going on, and I think we need to go back.”
  20. “I suppose it is.”
  21. “I told you; it’s the same.”
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