I was as curious about her part of the world as she was about mine. I worried about what was going to happen when Christina realized that men would be killing each other to prove themselves to her and that she would be forced to marry one of the five winners.įollowing my orders from Khan, I stayed with her for two full days and was only replaced by guards when I needed to shower or use the bathroom.ĭuring the night, I pushed the sofa in front of the door and slept on it.ĭuring the day, Christina and I read, walked in circles, and talked a lot. Other more radical theories speculated that women would soon submit to men again and that every Northman would be allowed to have as many as four wives per man. Some news sites speculated that women had finally seen the light and soon more brides would follow. The excitement that a woman from the Motherland had come to The Northlands to marry one of us made headlines, and the whole country was buzzing with rumors. There had been one big ceremony on the East Coast last year that had attracted thousands of men when Laura and her twin had selected their mates. We hadn’t had a marital ceremony in our area in three years.
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