My Insolent Shadow (22 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 84

I stared blankly into space for a long time, right in front of a coffee cup that had long gone cold.

My thoughts cooled as rapidly as the coffee’s bitter chill.

When I finally managed to stand, my legs—gone weak—wobbled unsteadily.

Picking up the envelope before me, I felt its rough texture prick sharply against my fingertips.

Piochelle’s words rushed through my mind like icy gusts piercing my brain.

Yet time seemed to freeze at a certain sentence, growing clearer with every blink.

[Leave him. Leave his side.]

As a noble lady, those words were only natural for her to say—and I’d steeled myself for them, so they shouldn’t have hurt.

But then… why did the back of my head throb as if struck by a hammer?

Anyone watching might assume I was hopelessly in love, but I couldn’t possibly abandon the man who held my very breath in his hands.

If only it had been my own breath he held…

Then perhaps I could have abandoned this wretched existence without a second thought.

Why did he have to seize not mine, but Mother’s breath instead?

Was it all just fascinating to him—the man who’d driven his blade deep into my only vulnerability?

Was he laughing now, watching me unable to move even a hair without his permission?

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