DAMIAN BLACKWOOD
I watched his face assume a sour expression that had disgust written all over it.
"While I waited, Oliver came a number of weeks later to me," he continued, his voice hardening. "He told me Vanilla had already been promised to someone else by their father to secure an alliance. When I asked if she had agreed to it, he swore that she did. I did not want to believe him, as I was sure that his sister was in love with me, but I trusted him as my friend and let go by stopping my visits and even asking about her. I buried it all and told myself I'd been a fool to fall for her, to think that she could love me as a Blackwood."
I watched him closely, and found myself annoyed by the emotion that showed in his face. Only weak men let emotions get to them as far as I was concerne
