A knock came on Micah's chamber in the middle of the night. Micah turned in her bed.
"My lady, Lady Berth is here to see you." A guard announced, and Micah rubbed her eyes tiredly.
"Berth? Let her in! She screamed the last sentence loud enough for the guard to hear.
She had barely said those words when Berth barged into the room. Tears trailing down her cheeks.
Micah was stunned….
"You have to stop him, Micah. I… can't do it. I can't spend my life with a man I know nothing about." Berth's face was innocent, her tears genuine.
Micah could only watch as her sister sat beside her and cried her eyes out.
"He wants to give me away to the duke." Berth sniffed as she laid her head on Micah's lap.
"And…?" Came Micah's voice.
"That's already horrible enough; what else do you want me to say
