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17 Chapter 17: Silence Her with a Kiss
“Injured? Me? HAH!” Gale snorted. He lifted his chin arrogantly and claimed, “There is nobody stronger than me in this world. A mere dozens of weak beastmen won’t be able
to scathe me.”
“But…” Swan lowered her head. She still noticed the grimace on his face, as if he was truly enduring a lot of pain.
However, it was true that he was the strongest, especially when she witnessed that giant wolf who leaped into the palace’s yard.
Did she read too much into it? Maybe he was truly fine, and she was just overthinking.
Gale had been watching her reaction the whole time, and he saw that she looked hurt and sad.
So he pointed it out, “You are worrying over nothing. I am unbeatable, and I will be the King of Beasts forever.”
“Mm… I’m sorry…” Swan muttered. “I thought that you were enduring a lot of pain. Your face says it. But maybe I’m just overthinking.”
Gale’s arrogant smirk quickly vanished and he claimed, “I’m not in pain. Nothing in this
world can hurt me.”
Swan kept on staring at him, and the more he claimed his prowess, the more she noticed the pain in his face as if the pain came from within. 3
However, Swan was scared of offending him, especially when he didn’t show his smugness anymore, so she simply said, “I… I have been sent to be of your use. If there is any way for me to make you feel better, then please tell me. I–I will do my best!”
Gale went silent after that. He kept staring at the woman in his embrace who looked at him with earnestness in her eyes as if it was a life–and–death situation for her.
His lips thinned as he began to wonder if this woman understood what she was talking about, or maybe she was just a sheltered princess wearing rose–tinted glasses.
“You can’t help me, Swan. Nobody can,” Gale replied coldly, and Swan’s heart broke instantly.
She had long known that she was not important. In her whole life, she had always been seen as a parasite that ruined scenery.
But she thought, even if it would cost her life, she would be useful for one person at
least.
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Gale read through her expression quickly, and he found it funny that Swan looked crushed by his words.
Shouldn’t she be happy that he didn’t need her help? Or was she so ignorant that she didn’t know how dangerous he truly was?
“Don’t look so dejected. You should be grateful that you can’t help me,” Gale said.
“But I want to…” Swan insisted. “I–I want to be useful. I want to do something that can make you happy.”
Again, Gale could see the earnestness in her eyes, and he asked, “Even if it will harm
you?”
Swan had long resigned to her fate. She had no use while she was alive. If death would help him of some sort, then she would be more than willing.
Thus, she nodded without hesitation.
“Even if it will cost me my life.”
“You-” Gale wrapped his hands on her waist, and then pulled her closer until there was no gap between them. Some of the blood from his body stained her dress, and it
made her uncomfortable
But Swan tried her best not to show her discomfort.
“What are you trying to do? Help me? Do you not realize that I am a dangerous beast?”
“I–I know…” Swan nodded. She paused for a moment, trying to form a sentence that wouldn’t show that she was nothing but a sacrifice. She still had to protect her people, “B–but in Holy Achate, once you are married, then that means you and I are bound together in a sacred vow.”
Swan slowly put her palm on his chest where his heart was beating. She knew this was the right time to say this once and for all, so Gale knew that she was ready.
“If… if my life can make you feel better, then I’m willing to die.”
Gale gritted his teeth spontaneously. He tightened his hands around her waist until Swan winced, but it still didn’t make her lose her resolution.
“Don’t you ever say that again. You are not allowed to die under my watch,” Gale warned. He growled as if he was angry at her statement just now, and Swan didn’t understand why.
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Wouldn’t it be good for him? If his curse needed a sacrifice, he could use her as a sacrifice.
He could get rid of the ugly wife, on top of being healed out of his curse.
It was killing two birds with one stone.
Besides, he would have many wives shortly anyway, there was no point in keeping the one he would never touch after this.
“I don’t mind…” Swan said. “If I can be of use.
“SILENCE!”
Swan was caught off guard by him snapping at her. Yet, for an unknown reason, it only brought her the courage to keep saying it until Gale agreed with her.
“If your curse requires me to die, 1–mmfh!”
Swan couldn’t finish her sentence because Gale silenced her with a kiss. It was a deep and suppressing kiss, with him forcing her to open her lips, and then pried inside.
“W–wait, Gale, I–mmh!”
Swan tried to struggle, but soon found herself at his mercy when he refused her to take a breath, let alone speak.
Gale pushed her to the bed, pressing his lips deeper. The blood from his body stained the sheet, her dress, and even her lips.
But he didn’t care.
He wanted to shut this woman up for saying stupid stuff that she would regret in the future.
He finally stopped parting their lips once Swan stopped fighting back.
He checked on Swan whose eyes were unfocused. Her chest rose up and down and she had been breathless for a bit too long.
Yet, it made him at ease, because this woman finally stopped talking about sacrifice.
“Call
your attendants to change the sheet. I will wash up at the lake first,” Gale said. “By the time I’ve returned, I expect you to stop talking about sacrifice. I don’t want to hear it.”
Swan had no energy to say no. She nodded weakly and watched how Gafe jumped from the window and disappeared into the night.
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