Predatory Marriage (Web Novel)

Chapter 236 – Reasons (2)

Translator: Atlas / Editor: Regan

Ishakan respected Leah as much as he loved her. He would always support her and try to help her get what she wanted. But though he could see the cold rationality behind her decision, his emotions were in such a tumult, he could hardly control them.

What should he do? Ishakan covered his face with his hands and took a long breath. He was so angry. He had convinced himself that even if Leah said out loud that she loved Blain, it wouldnt put a dent in his heart. But he had been so wrong. Watching her leave with another man had been torture.

Every time she had looked back, dark thoughts tormented him. Surely, he couldnt sink any lower than this.

Leah had been right. Ishakan could not bear the thought that she might have someone else in her heart.

All he wanted to do was make her happy. He had hoped she would have fun, that she would laugh more, and that he could free her to follow the voice in her heart. But now she had lost all of that. How arrogant he had been. He had promised to protect her, and then she had been stolen from him right before his eyes.

Maybe this was a punishment. Perhaps he was paying the price for not searching for her sooner, and leaving her to be mistreated in the palace for so long. If only they had met earlier, or if he had understood his feelings for her from the moment they met…but he could not turn back the clock. There was no point in looking back.

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For now, they needed to leave this place.

Ishakan turned back to the Kurkans, waiting silently for his decision.

“We will return to the capital,” he said quietly.

“Yes,” said Genin quickly. “What will we do now?”

“What we can.”

They had taught Cerdina and Blain a lesson. Surely it would cow them, at least for a little bit. Cerdina in particular was bound by the fear that Ishakan would get his hands on her son.

They would wait for the wedding, as they had planned. He would do his best to help Leah get her memories back. Ishakan looked at the burning orchard.

“I allowed her to leave…but that doesnt mean Ive left her alone.”