Roman
I had never intended to marry for love, though I didn't know what that meant. Any woman I married would only strengthen the clan, which had been fading over the years.
Even so, Clara wasn't my choice. I would have to find another member of society besides her once I got my sister back.
So I had gone against everything I believed in by indulging Elena's whims. The old me would have thrown her in one of the prisons and torn the truth from her lips by extreme measures, just like Macy had done. But now I was patient with her for reasons I didn't understand.
I sighed; perhaps tonight I would let my guard down a little. Tomorrow she would leave, and I would return to being the cold, intimidating man the Overlords had grown accustomed to. Tomorrow was just around the corner, almost midn
