RODRIGO'S POV
I felt a mixture of fear and anger seeing Perlah in the hands of Datu. Frightened because the sight of a gun being pointed at her head sent shivers down my spine and angry because I had specifically warned her to stay in the heavily guarded house I desperately prepared, but she had flouted my orders, resulting in her being held captive in Datu’s hand.
"Let her go," I demanded while advancing towards them slowly.
"Stay where you are, don't move an inch if you do, I'll really blow her brains out," Datu threatened and pushed the nozzle of the gun deeper into her neck in a daring way.
I stopped in my tracks, weighing my options. If I shot at him, he wouldn't be able to sign over my properties back to me and the properties would be inherited by whoever was his next of kin, so
