A little sneak peek at Dragonborn for Hump Day: “Northerners allow only one wife for each man?” “Yes. And we mate for life.” “What happens when the woman dies?” “Her husband mourns her,” Liadan retorted. “What happens to an Aegiran’s wives when he dies?” “If he has male kin, the wives go to them. If not, some tribes allow the women to be burned on his pyre.” She looked horrified at the thought. “You needn’t worry. You are not human, remember? You cannot be harmed by fire.” Her eyes sparked with fire and her face took on a faint glow. “Know this, mortal.” She spat the word as an insult, but through the bluster of anger, he saw a chink of hurt and instantly regretted his words. “When I choose to mate, it will be with a male who is my equal in all things; who will love and cherish me as I do him, and I will no more abide him taking another than he would me cuckolding him for sport. When I breathe my last, it will be with his arms around me and I will know that I have loved with all of my heart and soul, and have been loved the same.”
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