RETH
He'd hoped she'd be distracted by his promise of their arrival, but Elia glared up at him and didn't relax. "How would you feel, I wonder, if you were suddenly ripped out of your entire life here and taken to my world, thrown into a fight for your life, then forced to marry someone you didn't even know? Would you be willing to hear 'tomorrow we can worry about the rest'?"
She had a point, but it wasn't a convenient time for her to make it. As they walked through the trees, Reth had already shortened his strides for her. But they couldn't afford to delay. The women would already have the flames prepared, and she needed to change into appropriate clothing for the ceremony.
