Chapter 52

• I tossed the sari on the bed with a sigh. I pulled at my hair in frustration. I was looking a mess and it would not be people for me to attend any of the celebrations. I should be resting, but Lina Royale would definitely not hear of it. She was something else sometimes, and that was saying something.
• “I know all she wants is for me to be with her son by fire or by brimstone,” I grumbled to myself.
• The truth was that relationships did not work that way. There was time and place for every situation, and you couldn’t force love no matter how much you tried. Who was going to tell the woman this? She was stuck in the days of old, that because of there is a boy and girl in the picture that means you must force them to get married.