Chapter 270: The Monster That Horrified Monsters [4]
[ZULA]
When they left the assembly grounds, they both portaled to the palace, only that Zaffuto didn’t reach the palace with Liana. He was nowhere to be seen when the portal closed behind her.
At first, she was scared for him, until she felt the pull in the distance, and the stench of blood filled her nose – the cruel reminder that he had left her and to do what he always did best. He had marked her and left her on the same night.
Perhaps Liana should have expected this, given the way that he was always out and about. However, she had hoped that this night would be different – surely it wasn’t too much for her to ask of him, right?
He was her Erasthai and she was well within her rights to seek him out on a night like this. They were supposed to consummate their bond and yet the barbarian was nowhere to be seen. But was that why Liana was seeking him out?
Was it purely for consummation? Was she that desperate for the king or to have heirs for him, or was this just what she was telling herself to make up for the insane line of thoughts that had been hounding her for the longest time since she knew she was his?
"Is he always like this?" Liana asked Sadako when she walked out of her chambers. The king had tasked his brother with taking care of the most important person in his life on the night that was supposed to be the most important to both of them.
It was a tad ironic how much the king cared about their bond, and how he wasn’t even here to be with her. She was all alone, and yet she was supposed to make peace with that too. What kind of life had she let herself be a part of this time?
While Sadako knew that his brother had to be out there he had tried to talk to him about the mating ceremony. He had tried to pump some sense into him, given that Sadako didn’t have the guts to say no to his brother’s request.