I don't know whether nice people tend to grow roses or growing roses makes people nice. - Roland A. Browne

Marcus Thorpe was never one to give up. No, not that easily. Had he been that kind of a person, he would never have made it to where he was right now. So what if his grandson's mother was a Domina? His influence would bring him results.

Hadn't he worked his way out of the streets to become the sole heir of his father's household? There was nothing that a little coercing ...