Predatory Marriage (Web Novel)

Chapter 312 – Isha (12)

Translator: Atlas / Editor: Regan

The Princess hesitated, but there wasnt time to even think it through. There was no choice but to accept his plan, and the obligation that it imposed. The two looked at each other for one moment in complete understanding.

“……”

Isha couldnt look away from her, and had to swallow saliva in the deep silence. There were a few words right at the tip of his tongue, but now was not the time to say them. There was no point in asking whether he would ever see her again. Their single point of intersection would vanish behind them as soon as this moment passed. There was no reason for the Princess of Estia to have anything to do with a Kurkan ex-slave.

But still, he felt a desire to make some promise to her, a strangely powerful impulse.

“Princess,” he said, unable to restrain himself. “My name is Isha.”

“Isha,” she repeated. It felt good to hear his name from her lips.

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“I hope you remember.” That sounded a little desperate, and he added hastily, “I will return the favor. And…”

He paused a moment, and drew a deep breath.

“…your eyes are also beautiful.”

She laughed, a laugh as lovely as the song of a nightingale at daybreak. Her eyes curved.

“Thank you. I will remember it, Isha.”

He stared at her back as she darted away, and when he was sure she was gone, he ran as fast as he could down the other path. The baying of the hunting hounds was coming closer.

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Isha frowned. His vision was wobbling.

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Words were not enough to describe how poor his condition was. The bandage he had made with an old rag was soaked with blood, enough that he was dizzy with blood loss, and he couldnt feel his left arm. One of the dogs had bitten it badly.