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“That bastard Emperor seems to have gone back on his word,” Kael muttered under his breath, his fury raging uncontrollably and his breathing turning ragged and hot. From where had that spineless tyrant drawn such sudden audacity? Only one absolute possibility came to mind, sending a cold shiver creeping up Kael’s spine: the Emperor must have successfully launched a covert strike to turn the tables! Kael’s dark suspicions ran wilder by the second. “Did the imperial shadow assassins manage to infiltrate the encampment? Has some lethal catastrophe befallen Theodore and Lady Serena?” Kael paced back and forth in sheer agitation. Considering how wretched and venomous the Emperor’s methods were, it was far from impossible that he had sent a clandestine strike straight into the Northern soldiers’ camp. If Theodore and Serena were truly maimed or incapacitated, the Northern Cavalry outside the walls would undoubtedly be plunged into fatal chaos. “Damn it all!” Kael cursed hoarsely, sto
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Lily stared at Gerald with furrowed brows, fighting to suppress the surge of disgust and anxiety churning in her chest.“Are you certain you want to do this, Gerald?” Lily asked, her voice strained. She forced a faint smile, yet deep down, she was utterly sickened by his arrogance.Only now did she realise how hopelessly delusional this man truly was!“Aren’t you afraid of the consequences of stirring up trouble at an hour like this? The capital is already on edge. If the Emperor discovers by morning that imperial troops have acted without court decrees, your clan’s standing could be in grave jeopardy once more!” she continued, unable to keep the sharp irritation from her tone.Hearing her warning, Gerald threw his head back and burst into wild laughter, a rotten, arrogant sneer stretching across his gaunt face.“Consequences?!” Gerald spat onto the floorboards with utter contempt.“Pah!”“What is there to fear from a dead dog like Theodore?! His body is already rotting away out there
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‘Tch. What can anyone expect from a ruin like this?’ Nobility? How could a man without legs lead a war legion into battle or stride proudly beside her at a grand ducal gala? Lineage? Gerald’s bloodline had been severed clean to the root. Far from fathering a legitimate heir to inherit an imperial title, he would never touch a woman as a real man for the rest of his wretched life! Every time she imagined spending frigid nights in this bedchamber reeking of rotting wounds and bitter tinctures—forced to nurse a legless, impotent, and venomous cripple—horror crawled across Lily’s skin. The man she once found dazzling now seemed utterly pathetic, vile, and repulsive—no better than an earthworm that had lost its venom. A brutal contrast shattered Lily’s thoughts. The towering image of Theodore Cordova flashed through her mind like lightning. How Theodore stood tall and unyielding, with broad shoulders and a chest carved of solid granite. How that intoxicating, wild masculine scent h
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For reasons she could not explain, Lily’s vision suddenly blurred. Her mind drifted far from the medicine-choked room, dragged backward into a dark, scorching night—the wedding night at the Cordova estate. The memory struck her with overwhelming force. It was not the sting of his slap that had left its mark, but the moment Theodore’s iron-clad grip seized her jaw with sheer savagery, ripping her gown to shreds with a single violent yank and slamming her onto the bridal silk mattress. How that formidable man pinned her down without a shred of mercy. Theodore’s stone-hard chest muscles had pressed her slender frame down until she felt crushed into the bed. The scent of masculine sweat mingled with the searing heat rolling off the Rank 7 Grandmaster’s body assaulted her every sense. Theodore’s touch that night knew no compassion. It was the raw, unbridled ferocity of an apex predator dominating its prey. Every artificial whimper from Lily was answered only by an even rougher grip, tw
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Those words pierced Claude’s soul like a great temple bell shattering the dense fog in his mind.The unease and phantom dread that had momentarily paralyzed his senses dissolved into nothingness. Claude drew a deep, steady breath, straightened his spine with effortless poise, and allowed the iron dignity of the high nobility to course through his veins once more. His signature calm, composed expression returned to his face.“Forgive me, Sister,” Claude said, his voice deep, resonant, and devoid of tremor. “A father’s desperation for his daughter’s life clouded my vision. You speak the truth. We have yet to see the final card held by that young lion of Cordova.”Queen Victoria offered a graceful, knowing smile as she saw the resolute fire rekindle within her brother’s eyes. She gave an approving nod. “Now that is the younger brother I know.”Rising from her velvet armchair, the Queen glided gracefully toward the grand arched window, her gaze settling upon the pale crimson dawn creeping
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“Sigh… Perhaps, Sister. But truth be told, it is not merely the Emperor’s decrees that unsettle me,” Claude replied, his eyes fixed intently upon his elder sister. “The reports from our outer perimeter scouts beyond the western gate paint a deeply alarming picture. The Iron Cavalry encampment is under complete lockdown at the highest state of war readiness. A suffocating stench of blood hangs in the air, and scorched wreckage marks the site of a violent clash around the central command pavilion. I fear with every passing second… that Maxime and the martial experts dispatched by the Emperor truly succeeded in cutting down Theodore and his younger sister, Serena.” Claude’s tone dropped to a stifled murmur, weighed down by an inner torment he was struggling to contain. “If the twin pillars of House Cordova have truly fallen to the imperial vaults’ forbidden poison, Angela’s fate hangs by a thread. She is inside that encampment tonight, carrying the covert terms of our alliance. If she
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