Chapter 90

• [ZARINA]
• “Don’t be mad, Eliana,” she holds my hand even tighter while she sounds terrified. “I know it looks bad, but trust me, he was simply looking out for the family. It was not easy for him either.”
• “The hell he was!” I scoff, disgusted by the revelation. How could someone do that to their child? Vladimir’s madness stands nowhere near the insensitivity of my so-called father. “That man was so blinded by his desire to appease some mob of strangers that he bartered his daughter? What kind of fucked up man he was? And how can you even defend him? Unbelievable.”