Predatory Marriage (Web Novel)

Chapter 311 – Isha (11)

Translator: Atlas / Editor: Regan

The words were so somber, it was hard to believe they came from such a young and beautiful girl. Ishas heart suddenly felt heavy, as if it had hardened into stone.

“People treat me as a princess, but I dont have any real power.” She confessed the bitter truth so calmly. “My stepbrother is the one that will inherit the throne. They say I am the Flower of Estia, but…they are just waiting until they can pluck me, and sell me.”

Isha recognized that feeling of helplessness, and sensed exactly deeply ingrained in her it was. But she was quick to hide it behind a smile.

“But I want to do my duty, as princess,” she said. “I still love Estia, and we are not a country of slave traders. I will stop it.”

Estia was already known as a base for the slave trade. Of course, the royal family would not like such a thing to be known.

“I dont have many people supporting me yet, thats why these things are so complicated, but we were so lucky this time. Normally its all we can do just to rescue three or four,” she said, and this time her smile was from genuine happiness. It was like sunshine coming through the clouds. “I am glad we found you.”

Isha couldnt speak. His lips were as firmly stuck together as if they had been glued. He gazed at her, transfixed.

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“I have seen many Kurkans,” she said, leaning toward him. “But I have never seen one with such beautiful golden eyes as yours.”

Her proximity made his breath catch, and his eyes flickered.

“They are amazing,” she whispered, watching them, clearly a compliment to try to make him feel better.

It backfired on Isha. There was a strange tingling in his heart, and suddenly it was beating so fast. He had never felt like this in his life. He must have been more injured than he thought, he felt so strange.

“Does anything hurt?” The Princess asked carefully. She had noticed his sudden stiffness.

Isha finally opened his mouth.

“…No.”

It came out coldly, slicing sharply through the air like a knife, and the Princess smiled again, this time with embarrassment. He had answered rudely, even though she was trying to help him.

But he didnt know what to do. He didnt understand his own emotions, contradictory and nonsensical. He wanted to get away from this girl immediately, and at the same time he wanted to stay just where he was.

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Ive lost my mind.