"How about we kick his balls and elope you from here?" he asked with a funny look on his face.
If only he knew that I offered his brother the same and got rejected. Guess, now I know who is the better brother.
I gave him a 'are you serious' look before a thought came to my mind or rather thought of someone. "Where's Theodore Ardolf?" I asked and he nodded discreetly.
"He is not here tonight, had something to deal with," Kian said and I felt a tinge of disappointment in me.
What are you getting so upset about? You'll either die trying to run away tonight or end up as Mrs Crassus, either way, you won't end up with him. - for the first time, the devil in me reasoned.
Until now, I hadn't felt as hopeless as I did at that moment.
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What was I even expecting? Maybe
