Mates and Desires

“What did he ask for?” I asked as a knot formed in my lower abdomen.

“After spending some time with her while he tried to understand the life she had been living, he asked for her to return with him to the capital city. The man could not understand how a young woman like her could live among the lot of barbaric beasts in the wild. He insisted that she return with him when his army left. The girl did not know how to negotiate with him and decided to leave her pack to travel back to the capital city with him,” the madame continued with her story.

When the two of them arrived at the capital city, the general immediately brought her along to meet the king and queen to report the progress that he had made in successfully ending the conflict in town. The king was surprised to see that the general had brought back a young woman with him, and he became even more surprised when the general requested to have the woman as his wife when the king asked him what he wanted for his reward.

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