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Chapter 8 - Hope
I looked at him, the man I was destined to marry. My future husband. My ticket to cruelty. My mate, Balthazar, the king of the underworld.
“He is not capable of love.” Ryuu’s words circling my mind. What a cruel fate, a cruel pairing from the mothers.
I thought of what Nesrin said. “Rules were meant to be broken.”
Audra’s words mixing in. “Fate is a cruel bitch. Sometimes, she needs a little rebellion.”
The world stood still, time nonexistent. At that very moment, my mind and heart were at opposite ends of a rope, tugging me until it snapped. Do I believe what Ryuu said. Trust what my parents trained me for. They trained me to be a warrior. A queen. Someone who thinks well under pressure and weighs all the options in front of her. But what were my options? I don’t know this man, and I don’t know what to believe. My mind w
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