“Nothing to be sorry for, brother.” Dendup hauls himself up from his seat. “Things all turned out better than we could ever have imagined.” A satisfied grin flashes our way. “And we have you to thank for it.”
Karma’s arm freezes around me. I catch his gaze. An icy green frost shifts in his eyes, fast as lightening. What’s this? I shiver and turn to Dendup.
“How?” I hesitate. A wary calm stirs within me.
Dendup points his chin at his cup for another pour, but Norbu’s not moving.
Do I really want to know? Seems I don’t have a choice.
“Ah, sister.” Dendup’s face is all innocence, but his nostrils flare. “What better revenge than having you, their only granddaughter, being a wife in our family?”
His truth slices right through me, like the sharpest blade.
My stomach hardens. Ouch. Tha
