The truth was shocking, but Ivy slowly began to get over it. “What happened next?” She asked, finally lifting up her head to face her grandmother. Sheila breathed out, relieved she was engaging again. “Lots of things began to change, Princess. Ian was more open and honest. Made me see him for what he truly was. Made me see them all for what they truly were- monsters. They were all monsters that would stop at nothing to get whatever they wanted. They would even play God if that was what it took. When this realization dawned on me, my entire mentality changed. If my own father could offer me to a man to clear his debt, if the man I thought I met through destiny, and fell in love with could have planned meeting me cunningly from the very start, whilst hiding who he truly was from me, if I

