[for a long moment cen did not speak, and then the cruel face contorted into a mocking look. you will be slave, gjalla? you will let me take eye? for these things were how enmity had been settled before. he and gjalla had ruined one another with wounds for a time. recovery granted to both, and now this land forcing them together. perhaps she was right. perhaps it was better should she submit and this all be over. darker -- to saddle her with lanzadoii children sired by one of his choosing, but he did not want their blood mingled again for any reason. to what ends would gjalla bear the brunt of what her lineage had done? what they had taken? he did not want her here, near caan, near fa'liya; he did not trust her, and yet the taste of revenge was rich and fierce in his mouth.]

for a long moment cen did not speak, and then the cruel face contorted into a mocking look. you will be slave, gjalla? you will let me take eye? for these things were how enmity had been settled before. he and gjalla had ruined one another with wounds for a time. recovery granted to both, and now this land forcing them together. perhaps she was right. perhaps it was better should she submit and this all be over.
darker -- to saddle her with lanzadoii children sired by one of his choosing, but he did not want their blood mingled again for any reason.
to what ends would gjalla bear the brunt of what her lineage had done? what they had taken? he did not want her here, near caan, near fa'liya; he did not trust her, and yet the taste of revenge was rich and fierce in his mouth.