And then she found herself being restored to cold sanity as some of his words fell into place in her mind. "I would love to trust you.." as tears threatened to fill her eyes.
"I'm sorry, but I cannot possibly accept your offer." She said,
He stared at her for a moment and asked, "Why, Pearl?"
"If I do become your wife, what is the assurance that you would open up and talk to me about your father? Would you really trust me with your deep secrets? Would you give up your revenge on whoever murdered your father for me, would you?"
He went silent. There was no way he could live with himself if he ignored his debt to his father.
She stopped. He was staring at her in the way he sometimes did that made her feel awkward and terrifyingly transparent. What was in his mind?
“You offended me ye
