Predatory Marriage (Web Novel)

But it could also become reality any moment. A thought appeared in her mind.

I have to go back to Estia.

She did not belong here. She had to go back to Estia. She staggered to her feet and ran to the nearest exit, a window covered with a thin curtain. The cool night breeze touched her face as soon as she pulled the curtain aside, and Leah came to her senses as though she had been slapped.

“……”

Leah stared blankly. Dim moonlight shone on the white stone buildings, and palm fronds swayed in the breeze. She let out the breath she had been holding and sank down to the ground, covering her face in her hands.

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Her whole body trembled. Only now did she really understand. Not only had she become Cerdinas puppet, but she had lost her mind. She was unhinged. She thought she had found the bottom, but there was no end to this despair. There was always a worse hell.

Alone in the dark, Leah turned, startled. A pair of eyes was watching her in the moonlight streaming through the window. He stood silently and looked at her with calm eyes, as if he had been watching from the beginning. Looking up at him, her lips moved slowly.

“…Lock me up.”

Her fear was unbearable. Especially with the vision of this man, unresisting as she stabbed him, floating before her eyes.

“You can put me in jail, isolate me somewhere, or tie me up. If this goes on, I can really kill you…” She whispered, her face pale. “Help me with this, Ishakan.”

Ishakan didnt respond to her desperate plea. He knew better than anyone else that she had not been freed from the Queens spells. He likely understood exactly what was in her mind. But he showed no fear, smiling slightly as he looked down at her.

“You are so naive…” he said. Lifting her, he slung her over his shoulder and carried her to the bed, throwing her onto it. A moment later, something fell on the bed in front of her.

It was a pair of leather cuffs with a chain. Unlike the cuff in the carriage that only bound one wrist, these bound both, and Ishakan attached them deftly, securing the chain on the canopy at the head of the bed.

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That wasnt all. He shackled her ankles as well. There was no long chain from the canopy, but a short one between her ankles. The chain was only the width of a hand, so it was impossible for her to even walk. Having her limbs bound made her feel better. Despite the discomfort, it was a relief that she wouldnt be able to hurt Ishakan as she had in her dreams.

“I have tied you up as you wished.” Ishakan said as he climbed on top of Leah. “I promised you I would heal you, so I dont understand why you are so worried.”