ielle through the massive fro

ep, and she crashed hard onto her knees on the cold, polished floor. Pain s

velvet sofa in the center of the grand hall. She held

the marble. "Grandmother, look at what the Roy family sent us. S

er teacup. Her cold, gray

lently ripped the collar of

chandelier, the dark, angry hickeys on Dani

ound the perimeter of the hall ga

a. "The Roy family sent us a shameless tramp," she spat. "She has violated the mora

fall onto the marble floor. But beneath the curtain of her hair, her br

ped forward, grabbing h

aw, guttural wail from the back of her throat. She thra

es. She threw her arms around the base of a massive marble pillar near the hallway

unatic!" Tie

one trembling hand and pointed franticall

entarily replaced by confusion.

d her trembling fingers into the tears streaming down her own cheeks and frantically drew the shape of a massive bed on the polished marble floor. She pointed at the drawing, th

fell dead silent. You

"Are you insane? Are you trying to bla

rolled down her cheeks. She pointed at the m

wild, impossible thought crossed her

Bring her," she ordered, her voice trembling sli

r. They dragged her by the arms, following C

kept her head down, but a cold, calculated gle

y wooden doors of the master bedr