Hellbound Heart

“Youareofferingmeamarriageofconvenience,butprincess…there'snothingconvenientaboutme.”Izabellehadunderestimatedthefireshethoughtshewasgoingtoplaywithtonight.Buthowcouldsheeverhaveforeseenthatthemanshehadhappenedtocomeacrosswithdoesnotplaywithjustasmallfire,butawholeinferno?Excerpt:“Yougoingthroughthismarriagewithmemightaswellbelikeyoudiggingyourowngrave.Becausethemomentyoustarttowantmorefromme,Iwilldivorceyou.Andthemomentyoubreakyourpromiseandtrytofightme…Iwillruinyouandbreakyouapartcompletely.Mercilessly.Youwillregretevermeetingthisdeviltonight.”Histhreatwasgiveninthesamesoftbutcoldvoice.ButElledidnotevenflinch.Hergazeneverfalteredeither.Thismanwasruthless,andsheknewthatclearly.Hiseyesthatmomentpromisednightmaresanddarknesswithoutanypromiseofrespite.Butnomatterwhathesaysnow,itwouldstillnotchangeherdecision.Shetrulyhadnootherchoice.“Iunderstandnow…”shesaidquietly,steelingherself.“Sinceyoudon'ttrustthatIwillkeepmyword,howaboutwedothis?YoupreparethedivorcedocumentsbeforehandnowandI'llsignit.Thatway,onceyoudecidetodivorcemeinthefuture,thepaperswouldalreadyhavebeensignedandtherewouldbenowayIcantroubleyouaboutit.Youwouldjustneedtosendittothelawyersandhaveitnotarized.”Aheavysilencereignedbeforehisquietdisbelievinglaughbrokethesilence.“I'matalossforwords,PrincessIzabelle.”Helookedwickedlyamused.Butthenhestartednoddinginapproval.“Fine,princess.Iwillmarryyou.”