Eset rolls her eyes. “I was told—by you, I believe, dear brother—that I’d never be forced to marry anyone in a political arrangement. I told you I didn’t want to have the value of a cow, and I don’t. I’m a person, not a piece of meat or property to be sold off to the highest bidder. However, saying that… I know what Julio has done to members of this family,” Eset looks over at me before she speaks again, “and the children within it… so I have a proposition for you.”
“Which is?” Ruslan questions, and every single one of us is holding onto the edge of our seats, waiting for Eset to speak.
