As the queen of Aethiopia, Andromeda waited in the cave to complete the hieros gamos and bind herself to the land. She’d ordered the mattress and silken bed linens to be brought to the cave, even her lover would not care about such niceties. Outside the cave, she heard the crash of the sea, and under the incense, she could smell the brine of the sea. Her mother and the priests had prepared her for this rite, but she was still nervous about her first time.
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