Lagos
I can’t stop looking at my newlywed wife. They told me she was young, but I didn’t imagine she would be this young. How old could she be? Twenty-one? Twenty-two, perhaps? Holy Christ! What have I gotten myself into?! She’s just a kid! Her brother probably forced her into marriage to secure Zeldric’s loyalty. Those damned Russians always settle everything with arranged marriages. Damn, the little girl is probably planning to run away from me—and with good reason. I’m more than ten years her senior and she doesn’t even know me. Still, she didn’t hesitate when the judge asked if she wanted to marry me. She seemed so sure of herself…
I did have doubts. I considered putting an end to this madness and going back home, but as soon as I glanced in the direction where Zeldric and Jenkins we
