"Wh-What did you expect?!" The woman, actually Khüch Khan, folded her arms, blushing adorably as she avoided Heka's gaze. Her voice was gruff, defensive, utterly at odds with her delicate features. "It will tarnish my image as the capable leader of our tribe. And... my wives had been asking you to sleep with them for so long, you had to do it eventually. How do I tell them it wasn't me doing the deed?! That said, I believe you understand the situation now, Heka."
"Eh? What am I supposed to do?" Heka asked, her brow furrowing with confusion as she looked between the two figures before her.
The revelation of their curse had been shocking enough, but now they were looking at her with such desperate hope that she felt a knot of anxiety forming in her stomach.
She had come here as a traveler, a companion to Benjamin on his journey, not as a savior or a cure for some ancient magical affliction.
