Predatory Marriage (Web Novel)

Chapter 219 – Locked up (4)

Translator: Atlas / Editor: Regan

Leahs day began as it always had in the palace. She got up early in the morning and went to work in the office of the villa, addressing some of the most urgent tasks. The fact that she was not at the palace limited her scope. When the time came, she ate under the watchful eyes of her ladies-in-waiting, and dutifully drank the tea Cerdina had sent. It felt as if she was swallowing poison with every sip, but she endured it, determined.

She watched the sun set. It tinted the orchard red until it disappeared into the mountains to the west, and then darkness overwhelmed the whole villa. Unlike the palace, which was illuminated by lanterns even late at night, the orchard was shrouded in silent shadows.

As soon as the sun went down, Leah kept an eye on the window. The man she was waiting for always appeared when she least expected him.

She wondered if he would come in by the window this time too, or maybe some other way. She didnt feel bored, waiting for him. It was entertaining to imagine what his arrival would be like. Deliberately, she left the window unlatched, fearing to obstruct his entrance.

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Alone in the bedroom, she longed for the night like a child awaiting a gift. She couldnt control her excitement. She tried reading a book, but her eyes kept wandering to the window. When she couldnt take it anymore, she went to the window and looked for a long time into the dark.

She was reading by the light of a small oil lamp when she felt a shiver suddenly run down her back. Leah set the book down.

“……”

Lifting the lamp from the desk, she approached the door, her shadow stretching far into the far behind her. It was quiet outside. She couldnt hear anything, not even the footsteps of her ladies or the murmur of the knights. It seemed as if everyone had gone to sleep.

Suddenly she had a bad feeling, an instinctive fear. She wanted to go check, but when she turned the doorknob, it was locked. Her ladies locked her into her room every night to keep her from leaving. As she was standing before the door, she heard voices.

—Look for her.