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Saeryn heard his first words without any change of expression in her face and eyes. It was well that he apologized, but it did not change what had happened. But when he asked for an explanation for her words, her face flushed a hot red. She wouldn’t allow him to tell her to explain herself and apologize now - not before Falco and Rowenna, even if it was by her request that they were there. She would not be degraded again, as she had been before the women.
“I said what I did because I believe that it should be so, and it would be so if all were as it should be. You were their eorl when you left, and now that you have returned, you still should be. Athanar could not stay if everyone recognized you as their true lord. If by my words I gainsaid you, it was because I could see no other way to show you how I trully felt."
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