CHAPTER 55: Other End of The Bargain

“I kept my promise to you; now, you must keep yours,” King Caldwell muttered to Shia when she was just about to go down from the carriage that they shared.

Shia painfully gulped down the tears and the uncertainties that were stuck in her throat. She recalled the promises he had asked her to keep the night before when they were discussing at the dining hall of the Rubiyah Manor.

“This wedding has its own terms, love. If you expect me to keep my end of the bargain, you have to fulfil your end as well,” the king declared as he drank his wine from a fancy chalice.

“What are these terms then?” she asked dryly.

“I will release your dear prince and his guard if you fulfil all my wishes. I will release the guard first, but your prince will be kept locked up for a month until after our wedding. I have to ensure that the wedding has been fully consummated before I release him.”

The term ‘consummate,’ made Shia’s blood boil and shiver at the same time. “