Semua Bab Burning For My Husband's Son: Bab 1 - Bab 4

VEDA’S POVTwo years ago“Dad, you can’t do this to me,” I whispered, the sob I was trying desperately to hold back breaking free. “You promised me. You promised Mom you wouldn’t sell me off.”“You don’t have a say in the matter, Veda,” he said firmly as tears streamed down my cheeks. You know that feeling in your chest that builds up and sinks to your stomach when someone you trust hurts you? That’s what I was currently experiencing: the only man I’d ever loved broke me like this.“I won’t let you do this, Dad. You cannot do this,” I screamed, ignoring the numerous eyes in my father’s office. This place used to be a haven for me. But not right now. Right now, I was pissed, angry and broken.Fuck, how could he?“Mind your tone, Veda,” my father seethed.“No, I wo–”The harsh sound of skin meeting skin cut me off, and it wasn’t until I felt blood pooling in my mouth that I realised I’d been slapped. I turned to the culprit, and it was my stepmother. A broken laugh escaped my lips as te

ZANE’S POVThe flight back home was draining, but last night’s conversation with my father’s wife wasn't one I’d anticipated.I’d been called a lot of things in my life, from reckless and arrogant to Silas Sterling’s greatest disappointment. But security was new, and I still wasn’t sure whether to be deeply offended or impressed at her audacity. My father’s office looked the same as it had four years ago. Everything was as it was… except the huge portrait of him and the new girl above the fireplace. She wore a silver gown that glowed against her pale skin, and a long slit went up her thigh, the only daring thing about the dress. I looked away from the picture, ignoring the odd thing in my chest.“Why exactly are you back here, Zane?”“Is it a bad thing to miss my old man?” I asked, dropping into the chair across from him without permission. His face remained composed as it's always been since I was twelve and old enough to know what he did at night to my mother. A long silence stretc