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~9~ LAMB FOR SLAUGHTER

Author: Lavender Pen
last update publish date: 2026-05-02 04:30:32

BELLA

I look up into the eyes of the monster who is to become my husband. There's hunger there, yes. It's dark and ravenous, but underneath it is something far more terrifying.

Hope.

If I say no right now, I will throw this mad king into true madness. He will punish my family. He will destroy everything I have left. My mother. Betsy. The thought squeezes my heart until it aches.

I swallow hard, tears welling up in my eyes.

"I... I accept you," I whisper, my voice barely audible even to m
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