GMYC Prologue

The man’s eyes were the color of molten gold, brighter and more gorgeous than any pure gold. Irina pressed her plump lips together as she met his gaze. 

His golden eyes seemed to belong to a predator, a carnivore ready to pounce, to tear her apart, to devour her whole at any moment. Primal fear made her shoulders flinch involuntarily.

He seemed amused by her reaction, stretching his lips into a long, predatory grin. He was like a wild beast toying with its prey before the kill. Irina trembled slightly, watching as his lips parted.

“Irina. Now you must pay me the price of the contract.”

Price of the contract

His words pierced her ears like a dagger, stabbing deep into her heart. She could only open and close her mouth dumbly.

Their contract… The favor he had done for her, rescuing her from her predicament, came with a price. A terrible price.

“Irina, please give me your firstborn child.”

Her firstborn. A child who hadn’t even been conceived yet, who didn’t exist in this world. Irina was an unmarried young lady who had never been with any man. There was only one way she could give a man her first child.

Giving birth to his child.

“But… but…” 

“You know you can’t break this contract. Contracts with non-humans are just as important.”

He was right. Contracts with a human were important, but contracts with non-humans were even more important. 

She couldn’t break it. If she did, her heart would stop. What she had pledged as collateral for her contract was her own life.

There was no escape. Irina bit her lip. Suddenly, the man’s long, slender fingers brushed against her lips. The cold touch lingered on her skin, making her eyes widen in surprise.

“Irina, you just have to say one word. You’re giving me your first child. Just one word is enough.”

The man’s voice was seductive and provocative. Sweetly and sluggishly, he bewitched Irina. But she knew very well how scary those words were.

Nevertheless, Irina had no choice but to do what he wanted.

Finally, Irina spoke, her voice barely a whisper, “Rumpel… My first child….I’ll give it to you.” 

“All right, Irina.”

Behind the gentle praise as if you were treating a child,

“Uh-huh!”

Rumpel’s lips swallowed Irina’s.