Hana felt a vein bulge on her forehead. She had accepted the quest now, but thinking about it deeply, it made her very mad.
The system was really out to get her. Kulu was by no means small and adding a third after what those two did to her the previous night… she didn't really need to have that five-day paralysis punishment to not be able to get out of bed for five days.
And moreover… Kulu was someone who had offended her.
She touched the shallow cut on her cheek. The blood had dried, but the sting remained—a constant reminder that the man she was supposed to 'mate' with was the same one who had just tried to slice her open.
Her survival instincts were screaming at her to gut him, not bed him. But she took in a deep breath to let the survival instincts take a hike.
Beside her, the air began to simmer, wrapping around her like a hot blanket and she turned.
