Shattered Allegiance

ver book falling on a table. After the sound, there was a tense quiet that was only broken by the s

or rising. I cautiously turned around, expecting to see someone else, but there he was, sitti

out a short light that flickered ov

ere a deep blue color that almost seemed black. In sharp contrast to the te

na, loyalty is the very blood that flows in our veins. Do you know, that there is no famil

hold of my throat and I could fee

and uncontrollable," he uttered. "You should know better than anyone, that the Petrovs are enemies, not l

one to strengthen our alliance." His words sliced through m

the

t reflex, I had never witnessed him stop me before

cks this time, Svetlana." When he was

What do you mean by marrying the man you have chosen?" I couldn't be

r in my earlier

fat

y authority!" With a yell and with his fist hitting the tabl

on the edge of his massive wood desk as he pushed it out of the way with a single h

alked towards me, his words resonating through the study's

is is definitive, and you won't be challenging

uld respond, and in a second, I could feel the excruc

g the flimsy fantasy of the hidden

decision, duty and desire collide, a w

udy, tears clouding my eyes, the burn on my hand li

OLAI'

n, Nikolai." My father, Anton Petrov, breathed

ounds of the city, and the chandeliers which hung just be

desk, his hard resolve disguise

of death glances, and his well-groomed brow

d a little and focussing my gaze on the ornate

how can you fool around at a time like this?" His voice echoi

I tried to look him in the eye as h

, "The alliance and relationship with the Ivan

as to be and always should be your primary

t in front of me. I would have claimed my father's voice

the subliminal threat in his tone

and I'm certainly not deaf." With a frustrat

as soon as I arrived at the door, givin

ould have sliced my ear if I hadn't had fast reflexes. The sword became l

th me or you will face the consequences." With narrow

cended upon the room as he walked towards me, his fa

e, my father spoke softly and carefully. "

d man entered before I could reply. The tension in th

n. "Sir, please," he intervened, bending down from his standing

e blade more tightly. "Austi

I plead for the young master with my life. Pushing him harder won't make him come arou

when the tension appeared to lessen. At last, he took a step back and

loud thump and walked out of the