Chapter 68 Promises And Pacts

From the balcony, my mate and I spoke. "I'm not going to wash dishes, or scrub floors and cook just to please your mother.'' I said to Kaelan, after he and I sneaked out of his room first thing in the morning to avoid an awkward encounter with our friends. "If your mother, the queen, ends up not liking me, I won't bend over backwards to impress her. After Elian, I will never throw myself at the mercy of my inlaws.''