Chapter twelve

I lay there for a long time listening to the constant sounds coming from downstairs from those celebrating as they waited for the evidence of my virginity.

Meanwhile, my mate was nowhere to be found. I smiled sadly and stood, going to stand by the window and unlatched the locks, throwing the curtains wide open to let in large gusts of evening breeze. It calmed me. For some odd reason, it reminded me of home and made me feel perhaps, my people might not be here, but the wind from home is here to comfort me.

The door rattles and at once, I became startled. A dark figure loomed by the entrance, his head dipped to the floor with his hair falling to his face as he regarded me. Lustfully.

My heartbeat started spinning out of control, my hands behind me holding on to the window slab, returning his gaze.

He started striding towards me, one step at a time. "You tricked me into marrying you, you good-for-nothing woman."

I swallowed back the odious comeback at the tip of my tongue and just watc