RedNovelChapter 546
---- If he ever discovered magic ran through my veins, my head would roll on the very first day.
---- Rossella proposed it as casually as discussing the weather, makingimmediately suspect a trapbut then |
saw it.
The dark marks on her chest.
A death sentence.
| didnt respond right away.
| looked around at this tiny cell, the place that had been my entire world for the past ten years.
The place where | had lost myself.
Where | had been forced to do so many degrading things just to survive.
Even when | had wanted to die, they hadnt allowedto do so in peace.
Now, she was offeringa new life.
But more importantly, she was offeringmy daughter.
This time, | had to protect her.
No one would take her away from me.
| stood up on unsteady legs, my body weak and frail.
She reached out to steady me, but | shoved her away in disgust.
It didnt matter that | was the filthy one and she the refined lady.
After a few seconds, | nodded.
| still couldnt speak clearly, but my determination was unmistakable.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"Thank the Heavens you accepted," she sighed in relief.
"TIl speak to the head of the sanatorium today to arrange your transfer to the countryside.
You need at least a month of training before presenting yourself at the Duchy." My entire world shifted in a single
second.
| didnt know if | had just accepted my salvation...
or my damnation.
How could the Duke not recognize his own wife? What kind of man was he? ---- own father.
She was supposed to be the healthy twin, the Elemental twinand | was the supernatural freak.
A rough, deranged, and utterly insane laugh tore from my throat, muffled by the leather gag.
She had no idea how badly | wanted to watch her die.
"T suppose its what | deserve," she continued, unfazed by my reaction.
" At the very least, | hope it brings you a bit of joy.
But | chere to ask you for one last favor..
limmediately stopped laughing.
"I need you to take my place in Everharts Duchy.
No one there knows | have a twin sister.
Im married to the Duke who controls all those lands.
Ifl die, they Il be lostalong with the ones Father purchased..." | sprang to my feet so fast that the chains tore
open fresh wounds on my wrists.
Blood dripped to the floor as | lunged at her like a madwoman.
Iscreamed behind the gag, my eyes bulging with rage, my nails just inches from her throat, desperate to tear
into her, to strangle her...
Rossella didnt move.
She just stared at me, standing tall, dignified, and calculated as always.
"YOU RUINED MY LIFE! YOU BETRAYED YOUR OWN SISTER! YOU TOLD FATHER | HAD MAGIC, AND BECAUSE OF
YOU, | WAS LOCKED UP IN HERE LIKE A DISGRACE, LIKE AN ANIMAL! AND NOW YOU WANTTO TAKE YOUR
PLACE?!" Her next words struck like an ice-cold blade to my heart.
"Shes alive.
The baby is alive." ---- And just like that, it was as if a bucket of freezing water had extinguished all my
murderous rage.
| studied her face, searching for lies in her words.
"Father lied to you about that too.
She survived her birth, and | raised her as my own daughteryours and the Dukes." My lips trembled
uncontrollably as salty tears spilled from the corners of my eyes.
| thought | could never cry again, that all my self-pity had long since faded.
| was wrong.
My hands reached for the leather mask that dug painfully into my face.
| lowered my head, and sobs tore from my chestmuffled screams of agony and suffering.
| didnt want to appear weak in front of her, but | collapsed to my knees.
Hard.
Dizzy and overwhelmed.
My baby.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmThe child | believed to be dead.
The one | had mourned every night in bitter remembrance...
was alive.
My mind was in chaos.
"Things are more complicated than you think.
If I die, the child will be left unprotected, at the Dukes mercy.
He knows she isnt his legitimate heir and could cast her out of the Duchy without hesitation.
Father and he made a deal, and you need to know everything | do." | lifted my head, my disheveled, dirty hair
falling over my face.
| stared at her, my mind swirling with a thousand turbulent thoughts.
"lI want to leave in peace, Katherine.
| stole your life, and now | wish to give it back to youthe chance for you and Lavinia to be safe and secure.
All you have to do is take my place.
You only need to becthe Duchess of Everhart."
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