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Fay glares at him a little. “Sure, I can have whatever I want,

except, you know, the freedom to leave this house. A marriage to someone who loves me.”

Daniel tilts his head, truly wanting to make it better. “I love you, Fay. In my own way.”

She sighs, knowing he means well.

“I just don’t care about all of this, Daniel,” she says. “I don’t care about this wealth and power that everyone thinks is so important. Plus, you’re forgetting the fact that all of this wealth and power come with the heavy pricetag of violence.”

Daniel screws his mouth to the side, admitting, silently, that she’s

right.

“Don’t you want to choose your own lover?” She asks, leaning forward eagerly. “Instead of being assigned one?”

He hesitates, squeezing her hand. “I kind of did pick you, Fay. And you picked me. Even before I knew we were ‘assigned.“”

that was before I had all the information,” she

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really meaning it. He always knew he’d get married to a woman, and even if he knew it wouldn’t be a sexual relationship- or even one. in which he was faithful – he had

flicks her eyes to him, full of doubt. “But what kind of wife would you want me to be?” she asks softly. “Would I even be

to stay home, manage his social affairs, raise their kids. But he also knows that saying that aloud right now isn’t going

says, speaking the truth

Fay Thompson, this poor, delicate, timid girl, feels sorry for him?

be so pathetic. He hangs

Fay,” he says softly. “I’ll do my best to make

happy.”

next to him, putting

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so will!. When I go, Daniel, I’m not going to leave you behind.”

she still plans to escape. He

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