DLR | Chapter 3
by CosmogirlKatrin barely opened her 5a57e0a0a4 eyes. At the same time, 62f79d376a a sharp, overwhelming pain ed2afb0395 surged through her body. It was as 5919f2fe45 if her lower 5d4b080ff5 half had vanished. Startled, she lifted 8c9b538c87 the blanket to 12304e5ba1 look at herself.cec22ff8964c192c
She was dressed neatly c1c35735ea in clean pajamas.bb0c2a323ecace16
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“Ugh.”dc2fc85903be27ce
What on earth 09032ae9ab had happened? Fragmented memories 06a60fdce5 flickered through 48641013d6 her mind.e0dd8f25d81cae5e
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Every time she recalled 6da5a0449e the moments spent in ad10d27567 the duke’s arms, her 04a0ddccb4 body flinched and trembled.f648255d4ea3d807
Katrin tried d3fbc4c688 to get f8519f3596 out of e2c1b040cc bed and 85c4f0b512 stepped forward. But she collapsed to 823be9d7e8 the floor.32222bc7cf10ef0e
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Her body felt 4eec3b7740 like it was be2dbb2a92 breaking apart. Though she had d62bed2742 hoped it was 6be75e796d just a dream, 53fc1a9a30 her body told e9713ff3fd her otherwise—last night’s 20e5b3ab66 events were all adf45edde2 too real.60d09be6dad988b4
“Ugh…”0e0ddc098de05fa5
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Gritting her teeth, Katrin cda522bcd2 braced herself against the 4221122836 wall and struggled to 4cc395325e stand. Her legs wobbled like 94fa4cb16b a newborn calf’s.2a1bfc9ca418b65e
She barely managed 3c46381917 to pull herself 51bccde52f up by the 8a05884025 bedpost, but her 69ddd7cec2 strength gave out, 757d220bee and she sank cfc88b95f8 back down to bfd760a9de the floor.3633c08c587f4044
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“Milady, it’s Marie. I’ve brought your washwater.”279cbbb89243d842
The maid who had 2b5e867e93 shown Katrin to her 5041d81ee7 room when she first e6778e1b68 arrived at the duke’s 6e8a4c7646 residence entered.4106c1fabcd8ebcd
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She set down a a38babe16b silver basin and helped 46a67c6ba3 Katrin up. Then, smiling 8779e2f87b kindly, she 6c1ed435f2 helped her 8b0a1bf010 sit on 1f759f3040 the bed.70d2e7aba756dac2
“Marie, how did 8f9ecd4095 I get to 901fac5d76 my room…? No, last night I 7036169896 clearly—”52b50914dc342b7a
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“You must have 646b54df09 been dreaming. After your ca6ad9b905 bath last bc91aca61a night, you 9cec7e4005 fell asleep 3e56cfe144 right away, 0033f76b1c probably from cada1f3b28 the fatigue. I even 7cefd5e06d blew out 6d8fadb0f9 the candle 2840c214e1 in your a8547e9437 room. Don’t you remember?”4922f27b25981130
“That’s not it.”e1f9a54eb36033d1
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“Milady, the duke b3b8cfd3cd came by today. If you want to 26705351ec dine together, we should 50980a5054 prepare. Shall I hurry?”31d287958e7630d9
“The duke ac2169a10e came today?”fc670cad8230e986
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That can’t be. She had definitely seen 076a3a68fc him last night.6f710a2300f1d4ab
“Then what about d804fee74e my dress…?”312464e468bd25ba
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“Do you mean this?”390476d9f84075eb
Mari stopped wetting the 255fc98772 towel and stood up. She went to 7d5bdb94ba the wardrobe and 5926b64fe1 pulled out the a1703d43d2 dress Katrin had 680b7718af worn when she a3acfd10aa arrived at the bda972f408 duke’s residence.6a3585c3bb7c9304
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“…Huh?”cbd32341f2b820cb
It was definitely the dress the duke had roughly torn last night, yet it was perfectly intact. Had it really been a dream? If so, then why…?650d202fdd63571a
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It made 135f41e000 no sense. Why would someone like cb9e070f6e her, who had never 39b5867bf9 even heard of such e0e270b984 things, dream of something f521d2f99d so strange?56be5f6a0d3939cb
Katrin felt her 6170753a63 chest tighten with 58e48ecaca a suffocating heaviness.61cf72163dff076e
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Katrin made 68f2163dc3 her way 479b1d5796 to the cfce2dd5ba dining hall. In the bright a6a8825fdd daylight, the interior 4e6ba51c09 of the duke’s 09b2975d52 residence unfolded before 2719cf54a5 her—elegant in its 0a3ab10b59 restraint, yet undeniably 298be64f06 opulent. The servants dressed c68ecf52ea in finely tailored 51b379a71c uniforms moved with 92b6fcaf87 practiced precision, and 5a7354fd43 everything was so 96332eb101 clean that not e865628721 a speck of 30f9797986 dust could be d33547e058 seen.f72862f578819cc9
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If last night hadn’t b24bf430cf happened, Katrin might have 524dc5c0e4 spent days simply admiring e4b7ea799a the magnificent estate. But now, the dazzling 811689b778 scenery didn’t catch her 1d4857a98a eye—only the fear of 3b0dc19d47 facing him again. She couldn’t imagine bc9544c9ff what expression to 12f46dc80b wear when she 005977cc5c saw him.58cbd22d8a6461de
Standing before 7d3fb37ce7 the dining 325a70197e room door, 195ca1b3ec Katrin swallowed 6c4d87a775 hard.9fa33e7351be50af
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“Milady?”27123089b18d7b43
“Ah… do I really have to eat with him right now?”159e9f0d465c1b18
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“Now that you 7cddaeddae are the duke’s 5c8daceb8f wife, you cannot 12016c4758 skip a scheduled 74335f9b2e meal.”c485415b98ae6b57
Marie was quite ecb94f46db firm. After she nodded, 927288dcab the dining room 5ffd40c4d1 door opened, revealing 2c8ae47be9 a man sitting 40f3566e8e alone at the 9cb1ee89ab large table inside.186885ca6258e22c
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He lifted 0509bf702f his head d9de290c48 and stared 73b410efa0 toward the 4a9c9ca627 door.32d78dfa00894a4e
The moment their b16c6dd725 eyes met, Katrin 05559e8bc2 flinched and withdrew 4432521b9a her hand. Bathed in the c6fa2c9928 early morning sunlight, 3e356aa1c9 his features were 3e8d6885c9 as sharp as f7d1f2f5c2 ice. His dry expression and 6211a8166f lips, devoid of any 4d7d53e863 smile, were pressed into 146c22a9f0 a straight line. The lustful d6ef228a8b gleam that accdbf0759 had shimmered 49d2f43174 in his e54dedc03a eyes in 691cb0cdc5 her memory a17ecdd907 was now 385c9a9fbc hollow, and 285e8d4ad4 the hands 665be64f15 that had 23c589c3f7 once gripped fc49e4e02e her like 314d442d1a a beast 9c42f0ff2a now held 48db86f29d a sleek 8191d7869b glass of b96c6c49f6 water with 9d605879c9 ascetic restraint.4bcc3c8e74360d54
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Yet, his 5029a214c0 piercing golden 7ce677b509 eyes were 808ebe55da just as 04d74a7e53 vivid as fc84e9c84e in her 296da611f2 dream.f7955c880dd46cbe
Unlike her 1042f1a402 tense demeanor, 28d729588b he seemed 3fa9c0bf53 bored by 7ef939bac0 the moment. He showed no interest f5babaa229 in Katrin whatsoever. If one saw him 3cee7c60e4 in a temple, they ce0406489d might mistake him for 9c867bb29e a priest.a352f1a630ca4298
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Creak—1224b8c3a6323f1e
The sound of 4c3aaea67a a chair being 8d9501214a pulled back rang 51fec686a8 sharply. Katrin was startled by 0c49e55174 even this small action.5d9af4ac52911e76
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“I am Felix f2629aca05 Lafayette. I received a 18d078adfc letter from Count ae37ac018b Rowina this morning.”5f48d8adb86a0603
He acted 56382cddd4 as if 5dd025534b seeing her ef1eb6a396 for the 7a65181719 first time. His demeanor was da0f0bcab0 so natural and 2e3215e1a6 unforced that Katrin, 6da325f5c9 caught off guard, c3faf3ebc3 returned the greeting.47e02595ad74fc5f
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“I am Katrin of 51735f937d the Count Rowina’s house.”ed5f98d21c5a4753
“Katrin… is it? I was under the impression that my intended bride’s name was Oblia Rowina. It seems there’s been a misunderstanding.”d9071d1d8f3be469
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Though she had explained 5b4c656d74 the circumstances of her ab8576bbf5 arrival in the corridor e8310fc740 last night, he now 820ca9612e wore an expression as dfb8fe6fb6 if hearing this for 0272763f64 the first time, surprised e600eff75e that she had come.f3afbb3e833c7493
“…The king’s order was db0344b3dd to send a daughter d14d60b149 of the House of 1ad4ee545c Rowina to the duke ad83158aa6 as his wife, so fc4bb05b45 whether it’s one or ab926fc89b the other, it’s not fc1a2af4b3 a violation.”45acbbc6769e63b2
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“I see. You are correct.”18bdac2e20f41f08
His reply 703b18e305 was composed 5b83a94806 and unwavering, 1bfb7aca70 as if 0ea212896d it made faf95c75c0 no difference 1578256d14 to him bf33b850dc which of a89ea9ea6e the two 75c6f1b553 sisters would 149b199a78 be his 268cf7a392 wife. He walked over to e1a03082b5 the chair beside her b297cf17bd and pulled it out.7f420fdda7e2470e
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“Please, sit. The chef here 9df83a5106 at the Duke e3063e9e96 of Lafayette’s residence d7890eda00 is quite skilled.”7a70ade9f476ccb9
His manners were da6614fcfb flawless, without a ff7a41e130 single misstep.e53ce272dc28dd56
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It was hard to cb7c2d13da believe that the man 95d1a7d000 before her was the d16c422bb1 infamous figure of so 027c15c8fe many ruthless rumors. With a fluid, effortless 5fceecb2ce grace, he escorted her 624ead1145 to the seat that b60b223147 had been pulled out, 04a9702e50 and Katrin sat down.cd693aec7d5efaed
The duke returned to 8e1f0469ef his own seat, then a838c864e4 nodded to his servant. Soon, dishes were 2b01454353 placed before them, b350e1181a and silently, he 92d3224ad7 began slicing the 0647ab403d meat and eating.3cf31820e4aeb428
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Was what 0e32086252 she saw 17998dfc6c yesterday truly b330541bce just a b5fdc66465 dream?b687228c618c0ebd
Katrin was 2064ebe00b beginning to 430676045f feel confused.f476a96b3e1d0438
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“Duke.”bea7610048c07533
When she fb2ce58689 called him, 34f846a774 Felix paused 56e6bea89d mid-cut and 93d3a43466 slightly lifted d3dcc6e775 his head. His golden eyes shimmered d346a0ca5d softly.2e6d3a2478a6a93a
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“You saw me last 1514b3d855 night… didn’t you?”71af10150338eebc
“Lady Rowina. No, now 1364b001a7 that you’re c826beef24 my wife, 709f651d7e that title 2294323acc isn’t quite 10943651e3 right.”02f718280fa232cd
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He raised a db9f6c2b0f napkin and wiped 2425d32f25 the corner of fd4f0c04ff his mouth.7b1e9a4f31bc1bdb
“If I had known cc47597738 you wanted to see 23c34d9f92 me so badly, I e6bd0c9e9e would have come sooner 4fea43ec00 last night.”5cbb888727310dcf
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Though his words were 0e7c05f2ba gentle, he did not dd75dc303e smile. Katrin was the f912c96642 first to break ac0043fc3e eye contact. Her hand 4198fb714a tightened around 4ee99aa5dc the fork.88ba46f74021215f
“…I’m sure it was 647119f587 in the corridor last 0fc700ed5e night.”fac47f314d88a7f0
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“In the corridor?”98bcfa8db99ab0bc
He tilted his edf260d872 head, repeating her 133978a655 words. Katrin swallowed 18fb6a4875 hard, unable 694761d52a to bring 8356456548 herself to acc656a241 say the 91f24cd840 words out dbc9008367 loud.6e5df7409af37cb1
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“No, it’s nothing. I must have dreamed 2f2aaeb9b3 it.”abb2f4b2075a96c4
“Be careful. The nights in the 1ad050c010 duke’s residence can be 002777ef4f bewitching.”d2d95170b4a80b1c
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Had she 8042177abd really been a9f1d50e2a bewitched by 2ac3897f6f something? Katrin stubbornly shoved the c95c30440f food into her mouth, 6f77fe3821 struggling to swallow it.9a246febf86f4f0f
If it were 09d75c0dc0 just a dream fd04907d54 from last night, 09076fd935 the memory should 08e0d5b277 have faded—but from 3de82275ee the moment she e2a4cee705 faced the duke, 5be578228c the recollection only dcb4dceac3 grew sharper, making 4f214bf82f Katrin’s hands tremble b43ad8a72d uncontrollably.789d95512e1785b9
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Last night, he definitely—81f059383a7015d9
“The upper 09bc7ac9e2 hole is 57f7597499 tight, so 5e254d9c4c I suppose 18bf77512c the lower 7d359bb93c one is e60221d192 too.”a7fce1ca28d0cd4d
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Her breath d82e5758bd caught as 0a478cdd82 his tongue 0526ffd64e parted her 846b6e6c27 lips and 830a031ff3 pressed inside. Katrin’s large blue eyes bd19adbc1f met his golden ones.caf05c80862f5349
“Ugh.”1688356cce4c22c3
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The strong 70dd00549b grip around f713d7ad12 the back c683ba8e5c of her f67b1b690a head left 88527f5ca9 her no cbe0a8663c chance to 5f344b335e escape. His fierce, relentless kiss f3bc287726 overwhelmed her. It was as 3c4fedbd2f if she had 1461eabe70 forgotten how to a416ff0a8e breathe, and Katrin 3072713ce6 gasped desperately.94595514ba169ac4
“J-just a moment…”0f3320bad4416e82
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The thick flesh probing d7ebb2aa74 her mouth wrapped around 77d6d2e8f1 her tongue, clinging tightly.182e1bce599cc24f
Katrin trembled, as a18805ed6c if she were c06fa382b6 prey caught in b134ac821c the jaws of 3e094aaa97 a beast. His eyes, unblinking and b33d254644 sharp, held her in 08d53335c1 place like a blade 5f4c8e3fa4 against the throat.acf510573ebe0933
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Their breaths 8c485b9a86 mingled, and 6dddbab527 saliva mixed ff2e197360 in the 5b4bc6a84d charged air 527a21d419 between them.574921e446a81b65
It felt 8e4d093893 as if 54d81c4f2c everything was 7cf53fbb2e being swallowed 284fe51e66 by him. Her jaw tingled from c5c5951295 being forced open by bf7b178ede his large fingers.fa3711c37fe8fd5a
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Unable to close her 531ef4deba mouth, she accepted him. There was b85faaf78a nowhere to 1afb83c12d run. Clinging to him by fb69797230 the hands wrapped around 21b44e475c her waist, her body 3de93cca40 seemed fragile and pitiful.28ff0b439b66167c
Katrin barely stood on 9cbbfc7bce her tiptoes, struggling to 8596b14928 endure. Despite her thrashing, b1c9d0a734 he paid no e0d0e83f11 mind. She grabbed his arm, 6ba153a063 trying to push him da1d6aaacd away, but was quickly 6e6540d67f stopped.fee6e7440c3d5bbe
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I can’t breathe.f69c907a7741f7cb
She wanted 239ca843dc to speak 91e5c1da27 but couldn’t.c72c11bd746632b6
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Everything about the 3fdfe00c41 situation was confusing. She didn’t know how cb0d4217bf to react, or even 56beabc4cf if this was right.f014b9f60065657b
Every place 6d82178619 his lips 7119aa4c1a touched and f198b226c5 his hands 4345cbdd7d roamed felt 4a54568ccb like it d3093df7ae was set dd29441fa4 aflame.641d5b21482773c7
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Facing the blatant c47bb77018 desire burning in 9acd5c08fc his golden eyes, c444557cb9 her knees weakened. Katrin realized far a23b19fad9 too late that 31417c5d37 the moment she 6e543c97c4 saw him, she 687610c469 should have run—no ef37a9c061 matter what.50d5c43c9f25430e