Scent of jasmine
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Kalasin watches them as they talk by the fire; Shinko speaking animatedly, Roald nodding, absorbed in her words. Occasionally, Roald laughs. Shinko hides her smile behind her fan. Both of them are relaxed, happy, at ease with each other.
After a while Kalasin turns away.
Shinko is kind, beautiful, intelligent. Her brother has found happiness in a marriage that he did not choose. She should be happy. So why isn't she?
Because she doesn't know if she can find her own.
And because she knows her brother's heart is no longer hers.
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