This Life, I Will Save The Duke (20 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 84

“Insult?”

Who exactly was insulting whom?

Kaius climbed onto Ariel, who was trying to get up again, and pinned both her hands down onto the bed.

Was this the reason she had acted like a seductress all last week? Now that she no longer needed to stay by his side to save his life, was this her parting gift—her final act of charity?

Kaius felt profoundly insulted by her words—her suggestion that he hand his wife over to a demon to beg for his life. Consequently, he grew rougher.

Ariel struggled to get away from him, who now seemed strangely different from before, but it was entirely futile. Under his devouring kisses and forceful movements, there was nothing she could do except stubbornly endure those involuntary, shameful sounds slipping from her lips.

***

Say that again, Ariel.

Who do you plan to go to? Go ahead, if you want. The moment you do, the truce between the human realm and the demon realm ends. I’ll kill that mad demon myself. If you truly wish to see the human world plunged back into war and people dying because of you, then by all means, go.

I’ll let you.

I’ll become a madman as many times as it takes.

But you still can’t leave me. You’re mine. Suffer beside me until you die.

With a voice tinged with laughter, Kaius whispered into her ear as she lay beneath his shadow, groaning. He truly looked like a madman.

“Don’t… please don’t. I don’t want to either… not to Ludvian…”

She wanted to say again that she didn’t wish to go to Ludvian, but the moment the demon’s name slipped past her lips, what she’d thought was over began anew.

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