-Laelia-
“So, Uncle, what is it going to be? Are you going to kill me?” I asked.
My uncle continued to watch me, his smile long gone. His eyes were now cold and deadly. He clearly didn’t appreciate having his dark secrets exposed.
“Well, Uncle?”
Suddenly, his smile returned, and he seemed to settle more comfortably into his chair. It was not the reaction I had anticipated.
“Very clever,” he said.
I stared at him, feeling puzzled. Clever? Was that all he had to say?
“You are right,” he admitted.
What?
“I never considered you a threat, which is why I didn’t bother saving you from the dragons. After all, you were just a woman,” he said.
Just a woman? Why did these powerful men see that as a disadvantage?
“Well, this woman is going to kill you,” I spat.
That made him laugh, the
