they were both holding her now, and she closed her eyes and put up her face to be kissed, not knowing for certain which man's lips closed over hers. I knew not, anymore, even how the moon-tides ran with the cycles of my body . His mouth closed on hers as if he had starved for this as much as she . She stood at his side during the long procession around the fields, standing on a little hill above the village and watching the capering dancers, like young goats .
Arthur finally found his voice. Mother, Goddess, why could it not have been me? I have nothing more to live for, no one to love, and Raven has never harmed a living soul, never, never . the shuttle raced in her hands and she saw nothing, only the snorting snuffle of the swine in the forest. Within the fairy country I knew nothing of the passing of time, and so for me it did not pass.
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