“I cannot allow you to do that, Miranda,” said Salem with a stern look on her face and then Miranda nodded at him. “I know that you are trying to protect me and I know that I need the protection but you are not beholden to me in any way, Salem. You have not chosen a mate yet and in your village you are seen with a different kind of mentality just for the fact that you thought of taking me there. Don’t think that I did not know why you took me. I do feel it but I can never forgive myself if I take away from you the things that you deserve. That life, that land and what the land owes to you along with your people…” said Miranda but Salem placed a finger on her lips and then looked at her which made her go silent. “You are speaking all the wrong things. So right now you need to think what i