The silence that followed was quite deafening
I said it. I finally said it.
This wasn't the way I had planned to introduce Damar to the tribe as my spouse, but it came to this in the end.
I can no longer sit back and watch them throw accusations at me while treating me as nothing but an uninvited wild beast.
He was my husband, and that was enough reason for him to come into the tribe.
But I had underestimated Veyra's ability to make a mess out of even the most logical statement.
As long as it was from me, as long as I was the one making the comment, she would find a way to twist it into a big mess.
Veyra laughed.
It slipped out of her suddenly, light and airy, as if she'd just heard the most ridiculous joke in the world. She wasn't even pretending to be gentle at this point, as if she was genuinely amused.
They all turned their heads toward her, wondering what was so humorous in my words that made her laugh.
