"What did you say?!" Shurna's voice shot up to an almost unbearable pitch.
The old man snapped, violently pushing her hand off his shoulder before shoving her away.
She staggered, falling to the ground in a heap, her mind spinning. She kept muttering in disbelief as though she had lost all sense of reality.
"No! No! This can't be happening! How could she be Calaen's fiancée?"
The old man grabbed Lorelei by the collar, his face contorted with rage.
"What the hell did you do?!"
"You dare to mess with our future lady of the house?" He snarled, glaring at her.
"Misunderstanding! Sir, I'm sure this is all a misunderstanding!" Lorelei stammered, panic creeping into her voice.
"That woman is my son's fiancée..."
The sound of the slap rang through the room as the old man's fury boiled ove
