Chapter 40: Arranged Marriage

"Rodrigo Shirvinton, you bastard, why are you sleeping in my bed?" Kyra Megus snapped, her voice sharp. "You're out like a log. Get up-now!" "You were the one who asked me to stay last night," Rodrigo protested, putting on a wounded-innocent look. "Is that so?" Kyra pinched his ear hard, raising her voice so the whole house could hear. "If I told you to jump off a cliff, would you do it?" Rodrigo gritted his teeth in pain and stammered, "Sorry, I… I…" Kyra let go and sighed. "You've really...