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“Though trading in the Samarand Passage would be easier if you were a girl.”
I folded my arms over my chest. “Why?”
“I could barter you for at least five camels,” Edan mused. “Steal you back after a few hours before the merchant makes you one of his wives.”
I balked. “There is no way—”
“Fine, stay a boy.” He hid a smile at my distress.
“I want you to know that some journeys have ends, but not this one. This one will change you. Irrevocably.”
“Don’t all journeys change you?”
“It isn’t the same.” He leaned forward. “I, too, once journeyed beyond the stars.”
“What did you find?”
His voice turned lethally soft. “That it’s just the beginning.”
“My loyalty is to the emperor. You are his loyal servant. That’s why I told you.”
“And here I thought it was because of our growing friendship, and my affection for you.”
“Seize the wind,” I whispered. “Don’t become the kite that never flies.”
“Will you be able to find your way back?”
“To you, always.”
“I knew then that we were like two pieces of cloth, sewn together for life. Our stitches couldn’t be undone.
I wouldn’t let them.”
“You are my oath now, Maia Tamarin. And you’ll never be free of me.”