Barbaric Spouse, Descry the Night's Lure

this place at th

pouted in d

. Leave...? Yo

udden order her stepfather welcomed

y from this manor. A carriage has been arra

hat this is about? Have I behaved improperly?

rent man behind the desk who, displeased by her quivering inquiry

.." - Sighing to himself, he scowled annoyed

..

e's Lands!... He demanded for you to be sent shortly to

she repeated, pale in blue.

. Thud,

ve to strike you so you understand, Ewelina?! Lor

n copper hair, as well as her already dirtied countenance along the cl

mor of her voice answered nervously. Biting her lip. Clenching her wrist in fe

woman braced herself to

not.. I have not been wedded to anyone... N

rmed of such things? You simpl

..

you have been useful to our House's finances.

old me to an unknown noble for wealth... w

idable future as she realised her present... Embarrassed to be facing

... Who my p

Archd

nt, the woman stuttered aft

her grief. - "Since no other Family had an inkling to give their daughters to th

..

ew steps before him, the man sco

ng to his eyes, the child he accepted to keep after her mother died o

cent at the very least once you arrive at that ogre's cave... Oh! Tell that maid friend of yours to take care of whatever you

liating words were pou

sed her goosebumps along the hurtful emergence of tears that grabbed desperately onto her li

g. Feeling a stuffing void of helpl

ed to enduring through the ye

was those limited lands he

r to become the only place she could stay at as she had little t

the rightful Baroness, her Mother, had met her demise. A mere ceiling to protect her under the vast

The young Ewelina had accepted, grown accustomed and resigne

ng there? Leave. Nothin

the woman to be wedded to him... I have heard her and t

e still learned the hearsay from the step-sibling she came to have and fro

..

was un

ad the mischievous mice out of the kitchens and serve their family like any disposable

who she did not know how to serve and did not know how to pro

if he kill

standing still even after the B

eli

!

sty hand decorated by her real Father's r

at his grasp, terrified. For she found the

Lordsh

hose fading pupils that ever so int

your stupidity robbed yo

. No..

Just like your mother. You only und

ed her wish to change his mind. - "No...! I– I

me you arrive there no trace