<h4>Predatory Marriage — Chapter 278. Obsession (2)</h4>
Trantor: As / Editor: Regan
in stared up at the ceiling with dull eyes. Above him was painted the royal family’s coat of arms, and a bitter smile came to his lips as he looked at it.
Everything hade from Cerdina. His possessiveness, his twisted sexuality, his sick obsession. Just as Cerdina obsessed over in, in was obsessed with Leah. The madness of the blood that coursed through his veins was not diluted. It was only refined as time went on.
Rising from bed, in pulled on his robe and grabbed the bottle of wine from a nearby table to start drinking. He wanted alcohol because he couldn’t stand reality, but his mind was still mercilessly lucid.
Leah had escaped.
The same day in realized that he could never possess more than her body, she had left with the King of the barbarians. At first he thought she would return quickly. It was a fair assumption when there were so many people at the pce who could be used as hostages.
But soon he realized something was wrong. The barbarians who hade to Estia as emissaries had disappeared as if they had evaporated, and they weren’t the only ones. Every Toma in the city had also disappeared. He could only assume that they had been seized by the savages, and hadmanded his soldiers to scour the capital for them. But they had disappeared without a trace.
Cerdina’s power was constantly destabilizing. Whenever it became uncontroble, another wagon would leave the Queen Mother’s pce,den with sacrificed corpses, but in didn’t care much. Even if her power was out of control, it was fine as long as Cerdina could cast one spell.
All he cared about was having Leah.
If she didn’t return the wedding, he was going to behead herdies-in-waiting one by one. He would have their heads hung up in the capital for disy, and after that, every noble that had been close to her would go to the guillotine, one at a time.
When she saw the crows devouring the rotting bodies, then she would have no choice but to return immediately to the pce. And as soon as she set foot inside, he would wait no longer. He would have her made into his doll.
The next day, in personally attended the Cab Council meeting.
There were many inconveniences caused by Leah’s absence. With her gone, in now had to handle all the work she had been doing alone. Of course, once she returned, then she would resume all her old duties.
in watched as the nobles entered, his head tilted slightly back. These creatures had no conscience. It annoyed him, wasting his time on these useless meetings. But as he looked at them, one of his eyebrows suddenly lifted.
“……?”
Count Weddleton smiled ufortably as he made eye contact with in. Though he was the new King’s grandfather, he had never been interested in politics. But suddenly, here he was at the Cab Council meeting.
And Count Weddleton was seated next to Count Byun Gyeongbaek. It was surprising; in had not thought that they were close to each other.
Looking more carefully, he realized that there was something strange about Byun Gyeongbaek too. He was under a spell like everyone else, and should have epted whatever happened at the Cab Council meeting as normal, even if in was having s3x on the table. But Count Gyeongbaek looked puzzled, as if he knew that the princess was supposed to be leading these meetings. – Posted only on NovelUtopia
in was eying him suspiciously when the door suddenly opened, and in turned with a frown. If the King had taken his seat, that door should not be opened. Even nobles were not allowed to enter if they werete, and could not leave until the meeting was over.
His first thought was tomand his knights to drag out the lunatic who had opened the door, but he fell silent as the door opened the rest of the way, stiffening as he stared.
A small silver-haired woman entered and looked quietly around the room, turning toward the seat she had always taken. in was seated there now.
Her purple eyes were shining as she looked directly at in, and his mouth opened in surprise.
“…Leah.”
The Princess was back.