Since King Raithen learned that Morielle went away to hunt, he could not sleep that night. He tossed and turned, wasn’t able to get a shuteye even a minute. Instead, he got up and went to the training ground, where he practiced his skills in shooting arrows at moving objects. One of his saighs carried the circular target running about three hundred meters away from him. He missed once when his heart skipped a beat, thinking that she was in danger. He almost hit the saighs in the head, but the latter was quick to duck, fortunately.
He could not imagine life without her. He had no idea what to do with his heart or his life at that if she was gone. Since he saw her, he never got close to any of his ten wives, saving himself for her. Even though his desire for her was unbearable, he could no
