Chapter 38
-That’s archaic. - I scoffed.
Nerrian just shrugged. -The Sororians are still doing it. Daughters are nothing more than a tool to increase that male's status. - Nerrian explained.
I shook my head in disgust. -Why? -
-Well, this goes back to that time. When the King's Uncle took the Princess to his lair he mated and impregnated her. This was the beginning of the fall of the Sororian’s monarchy. -
My eyes widened as I became engrossed in his story. A picture formed in my head and began to play like a movie. That’s when I realized he was showing me this story more than telling me.
-Once the princess came back mated and full of child her father became enraged and wanted to behead her mate rather than see her giving herself to someone ‘below’ her. -
I felt her pain and anguish deep inside me.