PREGNANT WITH MY FATHER-IN-LAW’S HEIR
In a desperate search for assurance, her eyes peered into Viktor's, her brows furrowed dreadfully.
“Don’t worry,” Viktor mouthed, his lips curling into a faint smile.
But the smile unsettled her more than it comforted. A lump pressed against her throat, her breath unsteady.
The carrier placed the dagger into the patriarch’s outstretched hands, then bowed and left. The patriarch raised the blade above his shoulders, as though offering it to unseen gods.
“This dagger,” He began in an ominous tone “Has been consecrated by the blood of our enemies. With it, Cassandra Adler, you will be bound to us…..not merely by bond or ties, but by blood and by death. Take it.”