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The moment takes a different turn as Tirush pulls back just a little, her face full of disbelief.

"Two hundred...?  So many?" Her expression turns to pity, written plainly in her features. "Why?  Why so long?  You are kind, you are honest.  You are beautiful, like the moon in the snow.  Why?"

Her voice becomes soft. She leans in again, so close now that their cheeks almost touch. Her rumbling purr doesn't drown out the deep breaths she takes as she smells Imperia's hair.

"...What is it that stops you?"

She brings her face closer.

"...Pride?"

There is a smile in her voice.

"...Or the thought of another woman's mate?"