Contract with a Monster

“You signed a contract! You’re my wife and you’ll do what I tell you!” The captain’s gaze flashed with coldness. “I didn’t sign—” Tears poured from my eyes again. “This man scares me. My stepmother— it’s all her… she sold me.” “On the contract your signature is there, and we are already on our way. For me it doesn’t matter how it happened. You’ll spend a month being the most obedient and meek wife in the Riordan System.” “And what then? What will happen in a month?” I asked, and imagined the worst. “I’ll look at your behavior. And now march into my cabin.”

A story about the son of Alina and Rian Hale from the book “The Wife of the Star Admiral.”