A Barbaric Proposal

<p>“I already have a child with another man.”</p> <p>It was a lie made in order to refuse the proposal of the leader of the most feared mercenary company in the entire country. But his response was unexpected.</p> <p>“It doesn’t matter who the child is. Just birth it.”</p> <p>She couldn’t understand.</p> <p>What could this man possibly want with the princess of a failing nation?</p>