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Gold ring with one love shape diamond, embed with small diamonds around it.

What was meant as a sign of love and devotion for other couples was nothing but a testament of his ownership on me. A daily reminder for the rest of my life. Until death do us part wasn’t an empty promise as with so many other couples that entered the holy bond of marriage. 

There was no way out of this union for me. So I was own by my husband until the end of my life. The last few words of the oath that men swore when they were inducted into the Black Clans could just as well have been the closing of my wedding vow.

This wedding wasn’t about love or trust or choice. It was about duty and honour, about doing what was expected.

A bond to ensure peace in Black territory and White Clans stop more bloodshed in between two big clans on this earth, B Clans and the last W Clans feud that clashes more than 2000 years.

Be Fate

Neither of my sisters turned around. I was relieved when they finally turned a corner and were gone. So I cried for myself for a while and nobody interrupted me. But I knew I wasn't alone.


When I finally turned around, Fu Shao and Fu Heng stood on the steps behind me. 


Fu Shao stared at me with a look I didn't have the energy to read. He probably thought me pathetic and weak. That was the second time I'd cried in front of him. 


But today hurt worse, as he came down the steps while Fu Heng stayed behind.


"B Country isn't the end of the world," He said calmly.


"It might as well be. I've never been separated from my sisters and brother. They were my whole world." 


Fu Shao didn't say anything. He gestured at his car.


 "We should leave. I have a meeting tonight."


I nodded as nothing kept me here. Everyone I cared about was gone.


"I'll be behind you," Fu Heng said, then headed for a motorcycle.


I sank into the taupe colored leather seats of the Aston Martin. Fu Shao closed the door, walked around the hood and settled behind the steering wheel.


"I don't need bodyguards. Xu is for you. And this car doesn't exactly have room for additional passengers."


 He started the engine, the deep rumbling filling the inside. I faced the window as we drew away from the Great Black Hall mansion. 


Suddenly, a felt surreal that my life could change so drastically because of a wedding. But it had, and would only change further. The drive to city centre passed in silence. 


But I was glad that he hadn't tried to make conversation. I wanted to be alone with my thoughts and sadness. 


Soon skyscrapers rose up around the car as we crept through busy city at a glacial pace which I didn't care. The longer the drive took the longer I could pretend I didn't have a new home, but eventually we pulled into an underground garage. 


We got out of the car without a word and Fu Shao took our bags from the trunk. Most of my belongings had already been brought to his penthouse and a few days ago but this would be the first time I saw where he lived.


I lingered next to the car as he headed for the elevator doors. He glanced over his shoulder and stopped as well.


 "You would find me. So I don't bother with that," I said simply.


 There was steel in his voice. He jabbed a card into a slot and the elevator doors glided open, revealing marble, mirrors and a small chandelier. The elevator made it clear that this wasn't a normal apartment building. 


We stepped inside, and nerves twisted my stomach I'd been alone with hi. last night and during the ride here but the thought of being alone in his penthouse was somehow worse. This was his kingdom. 


Run Away