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So the Wise Ones say, Urien said dryly, yet even a clan chief must have a strong belly to avoid doing as they want. And I could smell them in the street. Sometimes I held the Horn, but I never sounded it. Among us, men do the choosing, and no wife can stop a man doing what he wants.

For an instant Min found herself reading the auras of the other two women. I wish I did. Min's mouth fell open. She won't call for help even without a gag.