MASHA “What if you're lying?” I asked, my heart beating so hard against my ribcage I was sure a heart attack was bound to happen. I mean, what if he was an enemy sent to deceive me and make me think otherwise. But then who would send this man? He looked like people ran the opposite direction when he stepped into a room and that said something. “Why would the first thing I tell my fiancee be a lie?” He asked, his brow raising in question and I swallowed. Not knowing what else to say. He screamed danger and every fiber of my being told me to run. Run as fast as I could so he would never find me and swallow me alive. Cancel the wedding and change the planet! The voice screamed. But instead, I stood glued to the wall, my chest rising and falling unable to do or say anything. “I told

