Suddenly we heard a female voice. "Both of you. Take a step back away to each other." Her voice is firm and holds the utmost authority, and to my surprise, my husband takes one step back away from Parash as she holing her neck with both hands with her breath ragged. I look at her male as he just stands there as if nothing happened.

What a useless piece of...

"Another violent action and I will have to call the Authority." The female talks again. Now I push myself to look at her, the last thing I expected is a female Tzarian. I have no idea Tzarian has females? She is tall and slender, her long black hair reaching her butt but parted in the middle, her sunset eyes has more yellow than orange, her body is muscular and for a moment I wonder why'd she threatened to call the authority, she looks more than capable to kick some asses.

"Now, if I can have all the female to follow me to the second floor where the event will begin." With eyes burning to Parash, Zer, and me then she turns around and leads all the female to the upper floor. I take Zer's hand and kiss it, the tension on his face subsides but I can feel his muscles are still ready to lunge for a fight.

"I'll see you soon," I tell him as I follow other females to the staircase. I was the last one to join them, I can feel the badass female eyes on me as I take my seat away from Parash, her face is beyond pissed and I can see the mark on her neck.

Zer hurt her.

My heart clenched with the realization but I try to feed my logic with the fact how little do I know about this part of the universe.

Maybe she was crossing an unforgivable line?

"My name is Hir. I'm the advocate for all pair female rights and well-being in Tzarian. I'm here to make sure that none of you are being forced to do anything, or living life under Tzarian standard. To go straight to the point, I'd like you all to know, although pairing is sacred, it is possible to break it. I will not push you to break your pairing but I'd like you to know that you have the option. Male isn't our superior, we all are equal. Male doesn't have the right to dictate, order, command, direct, or dominate us." I hear all female murmured in agreement. "Now, who are unhappy with their pairing or their male?" Hir asks.

I'm the only one with my hand down.

Seriously?

Hir eyes are on me. "Very well, which ones of you are thinking to break their pairing?" she asks again, and four females, including me have our hands down.

Didn't she say she wouldn't push to break pairing?

I swear I can see her smile triumphantly, I know she did that in purpose. "Well, in that case, please notify our database with your identification and the pairing council will send you your separation paper."

No she didn't.

"Has any of you ever think to talk to your males?" I interrupt. "Pairing is a sacred union of two different people, different races, different languages, different cultures, and different expectations. It'd be impossible if everything goes on smoothly without any hindrances, surely if all of us can sit down talk about what expect from the pairing a solution will come."

If looks can kill, I'd be nothing but a pile of ash. Hir's jaw is clenched and her hands are fisted on her side. "If the pair know what each other needs and requires to thrive in a union, surely they can work together, side by side to achieve what they are hoping to achieve. It's not like we get into a pairing hoping to get separated, right?"

I can hear some female agrees. Hir's eyes are blazing with fury. "If that's what you want, sure, why not, I'm here for other females who know they can get a better male."

"Aren't you suppose to try to help the female to fix their pairing problems instead of encouraging them to dump their male?" Is this female advocate a joke?

"I will not push anyone to make any decision. If these females are happy with their male, congratulation. But if not, I don't see why they have to stay in a union that is suffocating their being. I was paired once and I took the right step to get separated, no union, sacred or not, should demand female to obey males, even if it comes from arguably the most powerful male in the galaxy."

Did she just personally attacking me? I know for sure whom was she referring to as the most powerful male in the galaxy, I slept next to him every night! "Oh, that's very shallow of you to say that, you don't know anything about him." If she thinks she can disrespect my husband in front of these females then I'll teach her some lessons.

But she only laughs at me, "I know a lot of things about him, female, I was paired with him."

What the...

"And I filed for our separation." Her face turns cold to the rest of the female, "Never let anyone try to tell you what to do, one female worth more than a hundred male." Hir takes steps towards me, "I can easily see why a female as weak as you can put up with a male like him, I pity you." With that Hir instructed the female to keep her in their contact should they decided to get separated, and some other information which I don't recall hearing.

Hir is Zer's ex-wife? And he doesn't think I should know about that? Knowing she will show up here?

I feel so much rage as I walk out of the room, down to the main floor. I see most males are mingling around each other, and easy to find a certain lying piece of male I call husband among them, even burn with fury I cannot stop my heart for skipping a beat every time I look at him. As if he notices my gaze his back turns, when he sees me, and whatever he sees in my eyes, he walks towards me.

I take a step back away from him.

"Wife? What's wrong?"

What is wrong?! "I'll tell you what is wrong. My husband seems to think it's alright not to tell me he was paired before." I can see him flinches as I speak. "And even think that I, his wife, has no right to know that his ex-wife will be here."

"Kat—"

"So instead of being honest he chooses to conceal the truth, sent me up with his ex-wife, and let her made a fool out of me, in front of other females!" My voice keeps rising and rising. "So help me, husband, you better have an extremely good reason for this, or God help me, I will make you regret this for the rest of your life."