Luke’s POV
Stepping inside, I make sure to stand at my full height, shoulders back and head high. Alisha has a skill of making others cower in her presence, and I need all the bravery I can muster up.
She barely raises her eyes as I approach. Clearly, she was expecting me.
“There is nothing you can do. The girl must be punished.” She’s trying to dismiss me by looking back down at the book in her hand, but I came here with a purpose and won’t be dismissed easily. I have respect for her, I’m naive enough to know she is very wise, but in this, she is wrong.
“I can’t accept that. If I am still willing to have her as my wife, what difference does it make to any of you? If this had never gotten out, then her purity status would have been between her and me, as it should be now. This is humiliating for her, and it doesn’t have to be prolonged by ageless rules,” I plead my case.
She lowered her book, placing it on the table and crossing her arms, giving me her full attention.
