Presley stared at the man in front of her while her heart pounded against her ribcage with enough force, she was sure it was visible. How could someone as evil as this exist in real life?
“I don’t want to have your babies. I certainly don’t want to have children and then never see them again. This is cruel.”
“I’m not known to be kind.”
“How do I know you won’t simply kill me or my family even if I agree?”
“I’m a man of my word.”
“How many times does your word get changed?”
He gave a slight tilt of his head in acknowledgement of her question, “you’re asking me if I change my mind?”
“Yes.”
“It’s happened a time or two. However, I’ve signed a written agreement with your brother to wipe out his debt, which include a blood oath he took with one of my soldiers to not miss a payment. Our
