Ria PoV
Sighing, I reached for the millionth piece of paper of the day, my eyes scanning the various lines of text as quickly as I could.
However, what I read made me frown.
"Chordeva..?"
Glancing up, I looked towards my wife, my frown deepening as I watched her spin her pen around, those beautiful ruby eyes meeting mine in mere moments.
"What's up?"
Her bored tone made me sigh, but I handed her the document I was reading, letting her look it over before I asked "So... why did we just send our daughter into a veritable deathtrap?"
The Demoness chuckled dryly as she laid the paper down, before she leaned back in her large chair, pinching the bridge of her nose.
"Honestly? By the time they left, I still thought that the Grangeri, Liliko, and Poshiliqo Families held the contract. I got the news yesterday, that the Sariel Family bought out the contract weeks ago, but it had been undergoing 'finalizations' since then. Jahi and the others were already there when I learned of it..."
