Chapter 98 - Bride Kidnapping ( (1/2)

Chapter 98. Bride Kidnapping (1)

Translator: Atlas / Editor: Regan

Looking into his eyes, Leah couldn’t help remembering their first meeting, which was a deliberate meeting Ishakan had disguised as a coincidence. It felt as if it had happened yesterday, Ishakan in her cloak, and she in her disguise.

The memory did not alleviate her doubts.

It seemed the Kurkans had relationships with Estian dignitaries. It wouldn’t be strange if their King had done something to compromise Leah, who was a key figure in Estian society. She knew how easy it would be for Ishakan to persuade her, and possibly steal Estia’s most sensitive information. Simple reason warned her that she should turn away from him and his lies, but her heart didn’t want to believe that.

When she realized she was still doubting after listing twenty-nine different reasons why she shouldn’t trust him, she could only come to one conclusion. Her ability to be objective had been compromised. When it came to Ishakan, she could no longer think properly.

He waited silently for her response while Leah wrestled with her thoughts.

“It’s never easy,” he said finally, after a prolonged silence. Leaning forward, he kissed her slowly, softly. It was a simple and loving kiss, without the demand of lust, and he drew back to look into her eyes. “What do you want to do after the peace treaty?”

She did not answer.

“Do you still want to die?”

She lowered her gaze.

“Are you dying for your convenience?” She said nothing. “You’re dying for your own convenience?”

She couldn’t easily answer any of his questions.She felt adrift from his questions and the feelings he provoked. Her eyes fell on the circle on the floor, the light streaming through the window overhead. It looked like a luminous rope she could climb to escape this suffocating room. She could just imagine a cool breeze blowing all her problems away once she escaped. – Chapter advanced in NovelUtopia

A familiar impulse surged within her, but this time, it wouldn’t go away. It wouldn’t be ignored. It spread through her body.