My Husband Has Changed (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 116

Mikhail, brushing back his disheveled hair, halted with his hand on the doorknob of his private office and let out a dry chuckle.

No wonder the steward had hesitated when he’d ordered no one to be let in.

“Your Highness.”

At the voice calling him again, Mikhail lifted his gaze from the floor.

Even in the darkness, his piercing green eyes fixed steadily on the man kneeling before him.

The only light in the room was a thin ray of sunlight slipping through a gap in the curtains.

“I have done as you commanded… Please, honor your promise.”

Joachim suppressed his ragged breath and spoke calmly.

Though he was accustomed to darkness every night, stepping into this room always left him strangely breathless—as if gripped by an invisible force. Hallucinations were frequent here.

Something crawling along the floor would suddenly coil around his whole body, strangling his throat… Was it a white serpent? Or a hand?

“…”

Without even thinking to wipe away the cold sweat trickling down his face, Joachim bowed his head once more.

Right now, serpents or hands meant nothing to him. His sole concern was his only sister, Nadia—whose life hung by a thread even as her beauty remained undimmed…

Joachim moistened his parched lips with his tongue and pleaded again.

“When you first sought me out, you said I would serve a purpose… I remember it well. Please, as promised, release my sister from her suffering.”

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