Predatory Marriage (Web Novel)

Chapter 17 – The King of Kurkans

Its said that if a beast is shackled from birth, then he wont break away from it even after growing up.

Leah was well aware of this fact. The beast wouldnt break the shackles, not because it loved or feared its master, but because it was so used to captivity

Even if someone taught the beast how to break free, it still wouldnt try. Some would call the beast foolish for not doing it, but maybe the thought of shackles were deeply ingrained in its mind that it wouldnt even think that breaking free was possible.

Leah was the same. But, she feared the queen instead.

And every moment, she had feared for her life.

The queen was Leahs biggest nightmare.

All tragedies start with a blazing love. The king fell in love at first sight with a country girl while attending a banquet. Her frank tone and bright smile were something mesmerized the king, who had never seen something like that before. Thus, the girl who grew up in a small family in the province became the queen of Estia.

However, merely being good didnt let her survive in the palace. With no one backing her up, she slowly became thinner day by day. All she could do was cling on to the kings love.

At the pinnacle of her misery, Leah was born. She experienced labor complications and barely managed to give birth. Afterwards, she was rendered infertile.

A barren queen was a disgrace to the royal family, and the once blazing love fell cold… The powerless, weak king easily complied with the demands of the greedy nobles who wanted to depose the queen. Soon after, she was driven out of the palace in a miserable shape.