Uncomfortable Discussions II

“I understand, Damonq. I do. I’ll do my best not to worry too much.” Like that would happen.

“I love you. When a woman loves a man, she worries. I can’t stop that.”

He brought her hand to his mouth, still looking into her eyes. “And the other?”

Elina realized immediately it was “the other” he was most worried about.

“I realize you are from a different time where women didn’t have rights and their men looked after them —”

“Our women have always had rights,” he interrupted. “They are cherished. Treasured. We know how capable they are.”

“Claire and Cass go with Tensel and Max. They are at their side when a battle comes.”

“That affects us how?”

He seemed genuinely puzzled.

She sighed. “Damonq, I can’t be locked up.”

“You wouldn’t have stayed where you were safe.” He retorted calmly.

If she were honest, she wouldn’t have stayed in the house. She would have tried to help in some way.

She wasn’t like Claire, a warrior woman. She never had been. But she went her own way and made decisions