Predatory Marriage (Web Novel)

Chapter 222 – Suspense (2)

Translator: Atlas / Editor: Regan

Haban, who had snapped another mans neck, approached with his hands stained with blood. Mura extended her foot toward him, and Haban braced it on his knee as he bent to retie the laces of her shoes.

“Its so much more fun to cook with you,” she said, shrugging.

“I think so too, Mura.”

She smiled at the quick response. With her shoes retied, she turned to walk, with Haban following behind her.

All of the Kurkans had been in an uproar after they learned they would be meeting Leah again. Mura had begged Ishakan to let her come, and he had chosen her after she promised she would make the most delicious food.

Their Queen looked as if she had not been eating properly. She had lost a lot of weight. Knowing how much she loved Kurkan food, Mura had packed several full meals, and hurried to the chosen place with her arms laden and Haban behind her, carrying still more items in a sack. But the excited Mura had been greeted with the sight of suspicious-looking men in hoods.

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The villa in the orchard had been silent. The knights and ladies-in-waiting were sleeping. The sight of those hooded men slipping inside angered her to her core. Her Queen would eat cold food because of these men.

So while Ishakan was headed for Leah, Mura went to clear the area with Haban and Genin, displaying her abilities for the first time in a long time. She snapped off the intruders heads like watermelons off a vine.

“Wheres Genin?”

“Decided to clean up the other side…shes probably done by now.”

At that moment, Genin was approaching, walking toward them in the distance while smoking a cigar. She had finished her task.

When Mura glanced back at Haban, he had already lit a similar cigar for her, and she kissed his cheek as she took it.

“Thank you.”

“……”