Predatory Marriage (Web Novel)

Chapter 306 – Isha (6)

Translator: Atlas / Editor: Regan

Slowly, Mel sank to his knees. Then he lowered his head until his forehead touched the floor, a full abasement. When he raised his head, his eyes were unfocused, looking straight ahead as though dead.

“I am only a humble slave,” he whispered, a broken voice through trembling lips. “I will never rebel again. I am a slave. I will be obedient to the tamers.”

Isha bit his lip until he tasted blood as the tamer patted Mels shoulder, his face filled with satisfaction. And then he laughed, the sound echoing in Ishas ears.

The tamer eventually walked away, leaving Mel behind in an awkward silence. None of the Kurkans dared to approach him, but Isha finally went to him.

“Mel.”

For a long moment, there was no response. His eyes remained fixed on the floor. When they finally drifted upward, they were still unfocused and unseeing.

“I want to go home,” he whispered.

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There was nothing Isha could say. He wanted to tell his friend that they would, that one day they would go home to the Kurkan desert, but he knew it was all but impossible. He could not lie, but he grabbed Mels hand, trying to comfort him.

The other boy sobbed.

“Im sorry,” he said, squeezing Ishas hand back.

That night, Mel hanged himself.

Isha was the one that discovered his lifeless body.

“……”

The body was motionless in the dim flickering of the torchlight. Isha stared, blank and disbelieving, but Mels eyes did not open. No matter how long Isha waited, he would never open his eyes again.

Isha didnt try to call his name, or shake him awake. He didnt try to warm that cold body, or bring back the heartbeat that had stopped. He knew all those things would be futile. He had tried them all so many times before, for so many other people.

All at once, he remembered the nameless child who had died in his place, and he remembered the prayer.

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“May you…” His voice trembled, cracking. “May you rest like the sand of the desert…”