Rae Bennett and Wyatt Wright's beginning was far from beautiful. It can be summarized in four words: taking by force and power.
It was the spring of her eighteenth year when she encountered the young man fixing streetlights in the rural fields.
The young man stood on a tall ladder, wrapped in moonlight, shining brighter than her favorite ruby.
Greed started to grow at that moment.
She walked under the streetlight and looked up, "Young man, how do I get to Harris Estate?"
At nineteen, Wyatt Wright had already grown into the image of a gentleman, like the gallant young men on horseback from the dramas, vibrant and flamboyant.
"Turn left at the intersection ahead, then go straight until the next intersection and turn left again."
The girl under the light looked up, her eyes clear, like a deer that had strayed into the human world: "I'm not familiar with the roads here, can you take me there?"
