Chapter 27
- Fifty percent.
- Adrian’s voice rang through the room, steady but distant, as if the weight of his own words made it difficult to meet my eyes. He stood at the doorway, avoiding me, speaking to everyone else instead.
- “We’ll return fifty percent of her dowry. If Lord Sinclair and Mr. Sinclair disagree, they’re welcome to take it up with the courts and see if my actions are unfair.”