“Have you gone mad girl?” Vivian spat annoyance dropping from her tone.

But her next words made a chill run down my spine.

“I did no such thing.

I did not make any calls to the Blackwood family.

And why would I?

They had already sent your bride price.

Do you think I'd let you go with them if they had not?”

“And if the old master had a heart attack, how is that on me?

He was already too old for this world.

Besides, I have no business with them.

My business is with you, till I get what I need for them,” she hissed.

I stood rigid, the...