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

*****

ould not be together because I was getting married

wore my heart that that heart wa

uld do. I entered the sho

*

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

**

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.