Predatory Marriage (Web Novel)

Chapter 137. You Know Nothing

Translator: Atlas / Editor: Regan

She had a strange dream. It was a simple dream of suffering, burning pain, incredibly vivid. She wondered if that would have been the sensation she would have felt if her body was burning in hellfire.

If there had been a knife in reach, she would have stabbed herself in the heart. The pain was so unbearable that all she could was cry and beg for death.

Someone held her, constantly whispering to her. She didnt remember what he was saying. But his gentle warmth and affectionate whispers were pleasant. She clung to them through the endless pain, and when it finally stopped, she passed out.

It seemed like some time had passed. She wasnt sure how long, but she had wandered for a long time in the dark, at least a few days, before she finally came to her senses. Leah awoke with a slight headache, frowning.

“……”

Dumbfounded, she looked around. She was in an unfamiliar place. It was not Estia. It seemed she was in a barracks. The floor was covered with exotic patterned rugs and the bed Leah was lying on was covered in a fancy patterned cloth. She pushed aside the blanket and stood up.

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Or she tried.

A pained sound escaped her. She remembered drinking a potion and losing her sanity, and feeling as if her body was crumbling apart.

Leah sat up in bed and looked around again. There was a cluster of branches hanging on the wall over the head of the bed. In one corner of the barrack was a large brazier. She was accustomed to the scent it was emanating; it was the smell of the tobacco Ishakan often smoked. She sat, dazed.