Cailina stared at her father with doubt flowing from her eyes. The thoughts about the young man who she grew interested in vanished, and was replaced by the swirling worry. Her world flowed around her father's approval. It has always been like this.
Her father would present her choices but never the right to choose what she wanted.
It became a shackle on her neck ever since the moment she asked about what happened to Aris after the night of her seventh birthday. She clearly remembered how her father carried the stern look and the words he uttered that broke her young heart.
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"He had disobeyed your orders. Aris will be dealt with accordingly," Duke Grandis said. His eyes locked on his daughter.
Cailina's small fists clenched. She wanted to shout, scream, drop all the manners she had learned. The fault wasn't completely Aris'. Lai played a part that almost another noble discovered that a dog resides in the Grandis' mansion.
