Bound by the Bargain

[KAELIA BRYNN HALLOWAY]

IT IS DONE.

Just like that.

No second thoughts, no bargaining, or nothing.

My eyebrows draw in and for a moment I am simply in disbelief. I can't believe my ears and then I let out a relieved breath, my shoulder relaxing, The stiffness in my back soothing.

I'm almost in the clear now, almost.

All this, everything I bargained for could be mine in six months.

Six months and t