PREGNANT WITH MY FATHER-IN-LAW’S HEIR
He was well stricken in age, but his presence commanded respect.
“On your knees,” he ordered and she obeyed, lowering her height. He removed the veil from her hair, picked up an urn, and began. “This vessel is contained with the ashes of our traitors.” He opened the lid and let the dusty fragments rain on her. He stated “Now, you wallow in the fate of those who betray us, your family”
Cassandra’s skin crawled. The grit clung to her lashes, her lips, slid against her throat. Goosebumps appeared over her arms, and her stomach knotted with a nauseating sensation. But she stayed rooted, enduring until the last grain fell.