The Protector

Instantly, everyone who thought about pleading for Mia backed away.

“Both of you shall receive ten strokes each! I will increase the number if you continue to beg,” Michael cruelly snapped.

With that, Mia’s parents did not dare to continue.

On the other hand, Michael did not feel sorry that Mia had to receive such brutal punishment.

He would not care even if she were beaten to death.

After all, she is a woman.

If she dies, I can easily replace her with another one.

Only the men’s lives matter to me!

All the males in this family are precious to me, and I will hate to lose any of them.

Deeply rooted within this family was the patriarchal thinking, where they preferred males over females.

Even in this age and era, the perception was still ingrained in their minds.

“Go to South Hampton and bring me the ferule now!” Michael ordered.

family punishment, he thought they should use

no

everything, what should we

Everyone was curious.

he have a wife? I believe he will agree to come with us if we promise to take care of her and the

Mia’s punishment, we shall send someone to go after

I always have my men monitoring him, so there is no way for him

find out that Mia had

are heartless. We live in a new era,

let anyone touch Mia

Deadly daggers were shooting from

parents were kneeling

other Joneses who watched on expressionlessly but seemed to

who had a domineering aura around

and broke the family rules. According to the book, she will receive

that, a man brought a plate covered by a red cloth to

cloth

the

towards Mia,

given up hope and knelt there,

were wailing