Becoming my Enemy's Bride
he asks, and there is a slight edge to that question, making me my head immediately, fearing that I've maybe crossed a line.
“N-no…” I mumble, looking down for a second, my fingers tightening slightly in his hold, and once I realise what I've done, I begin blushing profusely.
The truth is... I don’t want that version of him, the version that is unkind... I have already seen enough tonight to know I wouldn’t survive it if he chose to be cruel with me...
“The Merranos and Diomanis have always been enemies…” I say after a moment, trying to make sense of this, trying to understand how he can act like this toward me when everything between our families has always been built on violence and contro