es

rp pain shoots through my back.

feel the bright sunlight str

off. The bed doesn't feel familiar, and the

dly. Fragments of memories start coming back, and sudd

art pounding as I ta

e is the mysterious str

ody slips down, and my br

ly naked, ga

G

so proud of keeping myself pure, waiting for the right person

his unique eye color stood out in the dim light

e a dream, one I

t this is all just some cruel trick. But the sharp s

rt, squeezing it painfully a

ds out? He'll probably kill me, an

ocence to him. If he discovers the truth

hery doesn't just bring

ould ignite a bloodbath

e reason for such destructi

been so reckles

my mind when

completely, burning with de

ched on his skin, his dark aura, and that distin

place it, no matt

have

t of my frantic thoughts followed by

worried out of her mind, wond

lutch the blanket tightly to my chest can

sps in shock as s

Panic surges through me, and I leap off the b

Livia grabs my wrist, as sh

is here," s

ture as fear creeps up my spine.

hen I should have woken up in my room, p

his happen? And now, h

know! Have you lost your mind?" Livia

u think I know that?" I hissed in fear. "Please, Livia, no one c

I'm damn sure that man used some ki

oulders, slight

They're here to take you," she

scared for me

house, and if this scandal comes to light

her bag, spraying it in the air and on my body. T

trying hard to mask

ty is too har

what I've done. And the man I'm promise

fear at the realization. Knowing that thi

wn the hallway, tightening

happened feels like

er's men is comin

mistakable vo

essia,"

and on me helped mask the scent of alcohol and s

ng, trying to compose myself. I must look like a

ing for you outside,

how well I think I've hidden the evidence, I can't fool

notices my reluctance. "Your father will come insid

my father came inside, he might bu

el and h

der why fate mad

e eyes, and sharp cheekbones, but ou

illpower, I step out of th

notice the hallway

close behind. I know she'

father standing ahead, his hands

mere presence can make ev

on. He's calm on the outside,

rdo is the m

mine. I shouldn't fool myself into th

trying to keep at bay. My heart races, an

aware of everything I did, but he won't

for a day before I'm shipped off for marriage," I blurt out in

art to be fooled by

nsion," he commands, without

e a dagger to my heart, making me wan

ings shed tears, and I am not one of them

not even as he saw me on

ization hits me-I'm doomed. Whatever punishment

ds the waiting car, my bod

hat the silence is just the beginning. Something fa