He lowered his head, unable to deny her words because he had thought about those solutions a thousand times.

She shook her head, feeling disappointed in her soul, roaring with a pain that was not hidden from him, and a pain that hurt him greatly.  Either me, your children, and your precious offspring, or nothing.” She turned around and spread her arms in the air, saying in a rising tone, “It’s either me and everything, or neither me nor nothing.”

He looked at her sadly, begging for her understanding, refusing to break the bonding of their lustful looks, trying to convey the truth to her. Yes, the novel began in...