He has many names. He has had many more, but to me he is Khan. Most would name him short and ugly, though thick and strong and wild, devestating in his wrath. To me he is beautiful. Unusual yes, but so is Da'olvren. Always before it has been Master and she who was lorded over. Always before I knew my place and was content with it, for that was how things had always been, how they must remain. I have known many different kinds of men, but most have been strong and cunning, quick to end their fellows to keep me, quicker to test the lengths to which I could be pressed into compliance, lustful and viril, bitter and eager to seek my solace. Always Da'olvren has been dwarfed by those who held her, in spirit as well as in form, not that she would think to act against a master. But Khan has brought an end to masters, and he has brought an end to she who came before. The Da'olvren of the past would never dare to dream what she does now. The Da'olvren of the past would not have a secret smile for all that has been bestowed upon her.
The Da'olvren of the past would never have expected the tenderness she receives, the gentle love and appreciation of a very lonely soul, nor the power to lord over men as once she was lorded over. He has promised that I shall be the moon. If that is so then he shall be all that fills the void around me, great and enduring and impenetrable. Alone Khan has yet to meet a shadow of an equal, together we are strong and wild and devestating in our wrath, together he and I cannot be matched.
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