Her name in the Dark
The tension in his room was as hot as his temper when he slammed his fist on the table causing the wine cup to wiggle.
“Disgrace,” he snarled. “He embarrassed us in front of the groups.” The Thornes discredited me today in front of their lowly crowd. “I…JACOB,” he thumped his chest in sorrow.
"Do you grasp what this signifies, Jasmine?" He gazed at her face.
Jasmine stood gracefully by the window, her dress still sparkling from the disrupted ceremony. She tightened her fists at her sides.
“Indeed, Father.”
Jacob's anger surged with each step he made while walking across the floor. “They mock us now…today, everyone silently said that Moonvale was turned down.”
“And I, Jacob Willows, was unable to bind my daughter to form an alliance. Do you believe Hugo will ho
