More than a man

man in silence while th

rvously as she lets ou

les are not meant to roam and sleep in streets, they are always taken care of…” Vallas rants filling the room with his anger, maybe one of the reasons why this hits too close to his feelings was because the girl he was supposed to get married to do

elope whispered fiercely cutting Vallas short as he stared at the girl in front of him with an amazed look. If only she was a male, s

ce instead. If they had known that it would have resulted to this, don’t you think t

Vallas pricked her conscience with his words, making her feel more like a failure and sad of her decisions even though she knew that it was the only one she

on his interrogation. He needed the truth and if he had to pressure her into giving the full story which was making ou

share?” Penelope returns

ouse, I get paid for you wasting my time and Cain would never think to look for you there and when I do need the informat

being true, she would be grateful if he did save her from a place like that to offer him anything he wants to know. “You don’t hav

knelt down shakily as tears fall from her eyes, Vallas softened his tone. “And that is why females stay with their family no ma

not a good thing at all because the platoon sent to my village w

that I am not the bad person here but I can be if you are proving difficult, I already own you without

chair with shock. He would have never expected to hear that, not in a million years. Penelope raised her head and looked

is the perfect choice for his purpose, whether she was a girl or n

the man attention away from me but he didn’t budge. He was fixated on me to the extent that I had guards watching my every steps, he sent flowers which I didn’t want, find excuses to touch me, creeping me out and when he saw that my father was not going to hand me over to him, he started with the threats, my mother business was the first to go. Then a fire was set on our cr

went home, got as much as I could carry without arousing suspicions and stole off. Eventually people will connect the dots but I hope that their wrath on my parents w

teary eyes to look at him in shock but he continued. “Your fat

confused. “I killed a

what I believe and you will reign down wrath of the likes nobody has ever seen because you believe in

killer.” Pen

n to hate the likes of that lieutenant, people like Cain. Someone who has enough drive to

l.” Penelop

ped then, now that you are

tood what the man was offering her. A chance to maint

w Penn.” Va

” Penelope prods

eason not to trust me so it will be best if I don’t ans

now, what next?

rd, my legacy and my heir. We will correct the wrongs in th

e day and help her real parents. She looked at Vallas, he will be a formidable foe to have but also a formidable friend too. If she does what he wants, he will