Chapter 17 Back In Your Element

• “Will he bring you, Esther, as his wife? Or maybe he’ll bring that other woman again?”
• “That’s none of your business, Miles,” I snap. He’s baiting my anger, I know that, probably trying to punish me for my many lies this evening. I shouldn’t show him how easy he can hurt me with just a few simple words.
• But after the fight with Garnar and Thea this evening, I’m too tired to pretend I’m not just a little bit broken over all that’s happened. After ten years of marriage, even if the love is gone, I still deserve respect.