Bai Ming Rui's eyes reddened with fury as she watched the men close in on the terrified women.
"YOU BASTARDS!"
Her furious roar echoed through the forest, but the soldiers only laughed in response.
Bai Ming Rui clenched her fists so tightly that her nails dug into her palms.
She had always known that, as members of the Bai Clan, these women might one day be used for political marriages. It was simply the reality of living in a powerful clan.
Their marriages were rarely decided by love alone, and their futures were often tied to the interests of their family.
But that didn't mean she had ever treated their lives as worthless.
Bai Ming Rui was a shrewd woman.
She understood the importance of political alliances better than most, and she had never been foolish enough to believe that every woman in her clan could marry the man of her dreams.
Even so, whenever she arranged a marriage, she always took care to investigate the other party.
