Chapter 17: Start with a kiss

Her heartbeat quickened; this was so much more exciting than having to go into an arranged marriage with an idiot who could barely count. She knew how to bargain, had gotten her family to agree to let her stay at the abbey two extra years before they arranged a marriage for her. Had bargained time at the abbey so that she could spend most of her time deciphering the secret scrolls. If not for the Capets' insistence on a marriage with Sir Robert, she would've gotten two more years of freedom. She could outwit this Star Warrior anytime.

"I cannot have relations with a person I do not know." Her heart beat so loud, it drummed in her ears. What was she doing? She should be running and screaming to get away from him. If she ever escaped, she would be banished from the Church if they knew how she'd bargained with the devil's minion.

He narrowed his eyes at her. "We will start with a kiss."

She took an involuntary step back. "No."