The Devil's mate link
cannot marry him"
s family" my father said in a stone-cold voice not e
ything he asks but not this. I cannot do this
een what entering into a love
g for each other or sometimes become the best of friends. But not my parents. There were times my father would not pay any attention to my mother. He would leave her locked up in the hous
id not have my time or something of that sort but because my father saw it as a form of weakness to get attached to. So instead of staying by my mother's side, he'd take me to his office to learn a thing or t
y family we were the kings family no one messed with us and got away with it. And to my f
thing I know espec
ng. It was a mantra I r
family but can't
our family but n
family but neve
oyal to your family above
my head. For everything, the
ly member was death i
n't think anyone can bear to see the life drain from someone you loved dearly because of you. As if that was not eno
wo hundred lashes of the whip or you got your ton
fend her I told my dad it was me. I mean I thought it was no biggie. It was just a tiny lie. That was th
. At first, I thought it was something light. I was whipped till I passed out. I woke up covered in
r," she said addr
id immediately after they
er me" she tried to shout but
was just trying to
ot see those
mum
derstood,
mot
ht it but I saw the tear
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ould not be together because I was getting married
wore my heart that that heart wa
uld do. I entered the sho
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s finally going to see the person I was going to marry. I did not have the streng
trying to look out for me. One wrong word from the guy to my father about me and
wan immediately was at my side and opened the door for me. He a
ot act his age especially when we were alone. He was sold to our family as payment for debt and when I was born he was assigned to me as my bodyguard. Sometimes I
e. It was ridiculous to think I know but someti
came his deep an
hat is happenin
ut you in harm's way and you know that. Besides even if he did, I would not allow it"
her. But that did not mean he did not know that what my father was doing was horri
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that dropped from my mouth immedi
ything he would have me to deal with".
ike any other arranged marriage, we would have to meet on the neutral ground which in most cases were hotel
w which was by the door. I could not be bother
was a demand. Without thinking I looked at Rowan for some sort of confirmation then I got up and went to th
e kings" the guy said stretch
e?" I said as I
," he said givi
awkward silence for at least twen
hat at least we can be civil with each other. Aft
scoff, at least he
e and give the reply to my father that you are no
d or not, it was not that easy. it wasn't just about joining companies it was about joining families and forces undergroun
uggest," I asked
t these are my own rules I would like you to follow," he said and brought out a file.
family had some rules but I hoped that this
her person for at least the fi
e before
shower b
ging of fr
o sm
ys cook
o dr
relationship outside our marriage, it must
ship, the only children yo
and says is correct a
thing to put the
ens in the house
ons about things tha
and will be a boy if no
d if the woman cannot bring forth children/child at
to leave the ma
the family leads
he family in danger y
one servant from your father's house
. Loyalty to the famil
in a rage but most o
ut the real rules. Nothing in the way he looked showed that he was joking.