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. But
if no other powerful warrior of worthy family can be found,
you must consider Hollow-sky your only suitor. Your
marriage to him would keep our tribe together." He paused
and added, "That is your duty."
Goldmoon breathed deeply, controlling her turbulent
feelings. It was rare that her father expressed his concern for
her happiness, and she was touched that he did so now. But
that did little to soften her anger. Now any accusations she
made against Hollow-sky for sabotaging his opponents'
poles yesterday would look like a weak counter-attack;
Hollow-sky's character did not enter into this, only his skill
as a warrior and his family's position in the tribe. The
injustice galled her.
"Why must my duty to the tribe always come first?"
she asked. "Why can't I choose with my heart as other
women may?"
"You are not as other women." Arrowthorn raised his
hands as though they were the trays of a balancing scale.
"Weigh carefully which is more important, your heart or
your duty. Consider - Loreman is powerful, Hollow-sky
may become even more so. Unless you wed a strong leader
whom all the people will follow, you will never be able to
fend off the historian's or his son's lust for the office of
chieftain
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