"Neriah, my love, please calm down and talk to me. When you say he's getting you married to a barbarian, do you mean someone from the Trago Kingdom perhaps?" She could hear the tremor in his voice.
"Oh Lyle, I do not understand what kind of madness has pushed my father to the point of marrying me to someone from such a kingdom." She trembled and so did he. His eyes dilated and he tried to hold her firmly but she could see his fingers quivering.
"N_neriah, this can not happen. Th_those people are vicious. They are cruel and_and_ and they are—"
