“If you know what is good for you, you better not let that hand drop.” I said calmly even though I was anything but calm. No! I cannot be tied to a man who will physically abuse me, I would rather die than be my mother. My mind screamed out but none of this showed on my face. What showed was the calm fury I was holding to with all my might. I cannot return to the scared little girl I was, who was afraid of my father return whenever he would travel. Arius breathed out as his hand hanged in the air for a while before he dropped it by his side and not towards my direction as he had earlier intended. “Why on earth will you try and insult the council? Do you have a death wish? They are the most feared group in this empire. Not even the warriors. They can make and unmake. They can bre