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Then he realized she might have taken a lover to fill the void in her heart. Did he really expect her to wait for him forever? All he wanted was her to be happy. Even if it meant for her to run into another man’s arms to comfort her. Although it granted such sadness in the fiber of Sinbad’s soul.

With that thought, he broke off Aella’s kiss. She sat there confused, wondering if she did anything to upset him.

“What’s wrong, darling?” she asked, breathlessly. “Do I not please you?”

“No,” Sinbad sighed, “it’s not that. You are very beautiful, your highness. But my heart belongs to another.”

Aella looked at him as if he was uttering nonsense. “What do you mean?”

“I am betrothed.”

Aella’s face became twisted with anger. “Who is she? I’ll have her killed!”

Sinbad backed away, taken by surprise on Aella’s sudden change of character. “Calm yourself, please.”

Aella didn’t abide by Sinbad’s plea. “What makes her better than me? If she really cared about you, Sinbad, she would have found you by now. I would not be surprised if she is carousing with a fine young Earthman as we speak.”

“You don’t know anything, vile woman!” Sinbad snapped at her, as he got off the couch. “I don’t know what you were hoping to get out of this, but you don’t own me.”

Aella’s eyes narrowed at him, but she managed to squeeze out a warm smile. “Maybe the promise of half the Dozhakian kingdom and my dowry might change your mind, beloved. Be my consort and all of this can be yours.”

“What about your brother?”

“Well, accidents do happen,” she chuckled.

“My answer is still no.”

Aella pouted and held back tears. “What a pity.”

Then she quickly ripped the seams of her dress into tatters and threw herself off the couch. Sinbad tried to help

JOHN GARAVAGLIA

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