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before he saw them.
    His voice softened. “Don’t fight me, Tallia. Don’t fight against everything in your life.”
    “I’m not.”
    “Is it so much easier to believe no one cares?”
    Now she did hit him, her balled-up fist struck his shoulder; he didn’t even flinch. “You don’t know me, and you have no right to judge me.” A sob bubbled up in her chest and she was horrified when it erupted, her body shuddering with the force.
    “I’m not judging you. I think we are more similar than you can imagine, we both run and hide inside, but to others we put on this armor, to shield our true feelings, until we begin to believe we don’t care, we aren’t capable of love. Only you faced your duty. Whilst I ran from it.”
    “I don’t understand.”
    “I’m trying to say I’m sorry. I thought if I made love to you here, you would marry me.”
    “So you can get your money,” she sobbed again.
    “No. Because I want to marry you. I want to help you and I want you to bear my child. A child I had sworn I never wanted.”
    “Who are you, Johar T’Omil?”
    “Until I met you, I didn’t know. Maybe your Misha’Ha is for real.” He sat up, shifting his weight off her. “I’m sorry. I think I was trying to cling on to who I thought I was.”
    She placed her hand on his bare back, touching the tattoos there. “Who are you, Johar T’Omil?” she asked again softly.
    He shook his head. “I don’t know. I have been so many things. And now I am something different. I have evaded responsibility as if it was death knocking at my door. I saw it as something to outrun, something that would chain me to a life I didn’t want. Now, seeing how much you want the responsibility of your people’s life and happiness, for all the right reasons, you make me ashamed.”
    His skin shone silver, one tattoo particularly lit up bright than the rest. Tallia traced her finger along it; the skin was smooth, but she could feel it. “What does this one mean?”
    “That is the symbol of my clan. The sun and the bear. Constellations in our night sky. I am the bear. And the sun represents my people, represents life. I am supposed to be protector of that light.”
    “Instead you are here.”
    “Yes.”
    She got up, feeling the loss of his nearness keenly. “You are free to go, Johar T’Omil. This is not your fight and your people need you.”
    He rose to stand next to her, towering above her. “I am not leaving, Tallia. That is what I have done my whole life. Run. Not this time. We will defeat your Emissars and then our planets will be united by our joining. I will return to my father and do as he wishes.”
    Relief swept over her. “Thank you. I always thought I could do this alone. But I can’t.”
    “Yes, you can.” He tilted her chin so she had to look into his eyes, the tattoos on his skin silver, glowing as one, making him look like a wraith in the gathering dusk. “But you don’t have to. And not just because I am here. But because the people love you, they are just waiting for a sign that you are willing to accept that love.”
    She smiled and pushed him away. “Now you are telling fairy tales.”
    “It’s true.”
    “We should get back. We’re about to miss curfew.”
    “Then let’s miss it,” he said.
    Tallia stroked his skin and said, “One thing my father did teach me is not to pick a fight if there is no need.”
    “This from the princess who sent her men into battle against the Garundi.”
    “As I said, if there is no need. With the Garundi, there was a need. I could never let another race take any of our land.”
    “I was joking,” he said. “It is good to be strong and not afraid to act if you need to.” He held out his hand to her. “You are right. Let’s not let them spoil our wedding day.”
    She took his hand and allowed him to pull her to her feet. “Thank you.”
    “For what?”
    “Accepting my money.”
    “Half. You’ve only paid me half.”
    “The rest is performance-based,” she