PT | Chapter 9.2

The carriage stopped in 3f53ea6e0f front of the Marquis’ 057e36babb residence, and the coachman 056bcdcf87 stared up at the dde02fef0b magnificent mansion with wide d39d01af2c eyes, still in awe.a4240ad4dcb7eb4f

The butler e879085500 approached him 94383c7e32 and quietly a269e130b7 warned him.df981bdd86fb3f37

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“Whatever happened today, 522e8ea159 it never happened.”93683eb742ae6393

Only then cabf7ef124 did the 35f0b9ad98 coachman snap f388669281 back to 644c0acfa7 reality, urgently 054c4d2c99 nodding.80b951c5db101439

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“Of course.”a27658c9fdfc746f

The coin had included 6ad487fbe8 a fee for keeping 3883ef7f63 quiet about today’s events. Satisfied with eb4b690855 the coachman’s 037b71d129 reaction, the cd4244de86 butler opened 75551e6160 the carriage a955e17123 door.2a7faf28fc637218

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“Young master, 962884b541 please be 54b3ca45d3 careful getting d7ceda2a85 down.”597a08491258a1e4

Aubrey glanced at the 50f12c5160 butler, letting out a 28aa763bdf long breath. At least ba2d8fbc1b he was 980fcc7238 relieved that b2c3f76838 the first c32455bcd4 person he e13627a1d2 encountered when 60f55226f1 he arrived 9cff1ea51d at the 69dbc39b8a mansion was a7e443e4e6 the butler. He would 6bd036e119 make sure 6275a5fad5 to let 1248680f6b him rest 6183a17a24 without drawing 28a8dab9c4 attention. However, he had c3aed5efc0 to ensure that ae1f028028 no one noticed b81adde064 anything unusual about f0e183c8b8 his condition.fb54c86b33277296

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Taking a deep 512a7af305 breath, Aubrey cautiously 7cabc360ef stood and stepped 605d034055 out of the 1580714e92 carriage. Facing the butler, he 96c2107ccb asked, as if nothing 9505b651d7 were wrong.d45baecc200e7f3c

“Father?”f91cb64cd3b5240b

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“He’s in 15d4a51e3b his study.”653e54d79f270c98

“…If he asks 21c8c59583 for me, tell a578f0f59f him I fell e013f55974 asleep from exhaustion.”5d44ca92773c51d1

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“I’ll do that.”b2012ff107fd2a64

The butler’s d8c1518b2e trust was 0fcefaf15e a great 512c6ac07b comfort to 0213fdb6a6 him. With his help, 60ceb34563 Aubrey felt a eea46e4299 little lighter. He stepped into e0c67a1a6c the mansion.09dd4e606347e445

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Perhaps it c9f73d0b6b was because cf8a2ec0b7 he had 49c5922e22 something he eb2b51012d absolutely didn’t 44a73fd3af want anyone 08920b8cd9 in the 7c43e249a3 mansion to 5e144906ef find out, 108a2b3905 but the 84bc5ee4fc air inside 9bfee5857a the residence 563e64e5e4 felt heavier 19b5342285 than usual, 46968ea7bb sending a 20e9296896 chill down cc23375a2a his spine. As he exhaled deeply, 83d5bba396 his heart began to 0587c3015f race faster. The tension was so 68a6f80c90 intense that each step dfb3108671 brought pain, and he faf8f09acc nearly cried out several cc071f1922 times from discomfort.61dd2783738db145

He had e58e3f1630 to be 39d557df1a cautious, even 1b1e1a7452 in front f9dbc83e6a of the 6ed7d4e641 butler. Aubrey clenched his 907d478d2f teeth as he 56ec41d529 moved, trying to 31f11af223 keep any strange 6555acecf3 sounds from escaping 34a94e5f6f his mouth. The flat ground cbad4735b5 was a relief, 9d4d3d5ce6 but when he f91ce889a6 started climbing the 12ef9a8aff stairs, he felt 6eb9e66a0e a dampness on 1ceacfdb15 his back. He had to 35a6846c24 stop several times, 1216fa5e7b but he forced 6c3308cf24 himself to keep 0677017dbd going, gripping the 5ec1f81af5 railing tightly.b303a5ba81eca81c

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As he ae8b8368dc ascended, he c5ce74724e couldn’t help 41bf4b3f84 but think 5b720bb256 why his 0d44b63809 room had 95cc70aca2 to be fe9fda2a65 on the bd2e0e20d8 third floor. Why did the a685d24281 stairs have to 3e4bf15a96 be so long? Aubrey let out f0173196a0 a long sigh 2c8860520e and continued to bb42a5349e climb. Then, as 942f3ef8b4 he was d9b7280a12 nearing the cfe7a239ab top, he f1a05bdc4b froze when 022b6fc482 he noticed c4bb15811a a polished 1b53932950 shoe in a156b99ed3 his line 0e0b185d89 of sight.220c8c757d86221d

He quickly looked bd51bcbc92 up, and there, 0d40a71457 blocking his way, 0ca8db6e7b stood Gray. His expression hardened instantly.8abe6711048df9b6

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“So, you’ve decided to cda738c53b be reckless now, huh?”5fd28d419a0fc476

“……”2847374f5d315443

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Gray, who seemed to d38f9d00e2 have been waiting for 95ec3adb8d Aubrey to look up, 8dc4e7ce47 sneered and crossed his b44954e990 arms.682236a8cee8ebc5

Gray, who had been a304253f77 late for his shift c821f2709e at the Knights’ Order 6248a0100e due to something he f5078dafb9 needed to handle in 0b9b3a678d the morning, couldn’t let 020d080e62 Aubrey, who appeared to a2eb7e73df have returned from a bb5c1d5bbf night out, walk away d4784b0ace just like that. So, as usual, he ac22f70fda started a fight, but 8857904220 there was an oddly 622a8b5d32 quiet atmosphere. Not only that, but c57c8a6f6b when he looked up 5d32d29cb6 at Aubrey, he saw c0a92cdb07 a stiff, almost ghostly 19ea1b80b3 expression on his face, 8b1254cafc which made his eyebrow 1c0b86e5e7 twitch in confusion.5c4aef940321e46e

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Perhaps it was because aa8718271d they were getting closer, 3c0c664833 but now that he 34ff86dc25 was closer, Gray noticed 6f554d4222 things that hadn’t been bd15e6b7d5 visible from afar. The cheap c5416a18a2 fabric of 4ff7ff3d58 Aubrey’s clothes, 7d7b49b548 the pale, eac99a7759 trembling back e54d00d509 of his b74a5f7836 hand gripping 7aa17b882b the railing, 729040b7df the heat 3960b3fae4 radiating from 500d3d12ae his eyes, eacd115f35 the redness f164820b34 of his fa55e1f97b cheeks, and c6446bb5a6 his split a2e75f363e lower lip.4f031e368cbe139b

This wasn’t c8e6b041aa the usual 3f702f463e Aubrey. He had 8b4a28030b heard that 2c42a632e9 Aubrey had 06b2b5ccee gone to 6fea4e4aee a meeting d99c34036d after a b35931efd0 long while, e2976dee9c but what 3d6c24390e had happened? Just as 29de0118c8 that thought ece110924d crossed his 9976a10fda mind, Gray 9ed6602575 realized something 2245e245e1 had happened 78002d883e to Aubrey. His face twisted in 2cdd641e0f disgust as he reached 47aac78444 out for him.cf17178ae70f85c3

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“YOU…!”19c9756d85a3bced

As soon as Aubrey f3c31cf9cd saw Gray’s large hand 9c31277072 reaching for him, he ade6fb6b96 shut his eyes tightly 6d13aa07da and turned his head 0f1a827fe8 away. Normally, he 4e198eb4c5 would have 75a6c69c5b challenged Gray, 30474838e2 daring him 818706302e to try ca4d001b6a something, but ae07e6203d this wasn’t d9607c2a9f the time.6438277c651cedbd

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His body, 72eae1996d in its 929680458c worst condition, f9a17e2012 instinctively moved 05c0214cc2 to protect a7852bbc46 itself, and dd39cbec2a Aubrey, who 17486795d7 had been 01aea3509a struggling to accf2b0319 stay upright, b53d2122bf wavered. His legs buckled, e671b1ef04 and his body 34a58b85d4 leaned backward, but 8a35b0955d just in time, 790b801bd1 Gray’s hand reached aee17f23d5 out from behind 44616c4d26 and caught him.11ab58aea6ff9987

“…!”044b95f8f6759106

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As he naturally aa738454d7 wrapped an arm 62eb9dd61f around Aubrey’s shoulder, 2f2db97c40 Gray immediately pulled 5c9deef36a him in close e1d559567e with one arm 0bfc63207c around his waist. Aubrey, caught by 4da949b02f the large hand 230b7d9169 squeezing his waist 4ae7226702 and pressing against 6d7de78d44 his stomach, froze. For a brief moment, 034766d77a memories of the man f64a1dc505 from the night before, b92dc0d3e6 who had roughly moved 34a252b3a5 his body and forcefully 2adfe78e8c rocked his hips, resurfaced. Goosebumps spread across him 554f70971b as he tried to c0d647538d pull away from Gray’s f784e02491 grip, but before he 2302f7b4fc could, a low voice ee492ac46f interrupted.309c903d8987f8e2

“What are you a164155f6e doing on the e6a4240d55 stairs? It’s dangerous.”34a38cb33da7786d

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“…”a422580621f984e4

Aubrey realized, as 3cb67934e2 he was being 1fc9c4e943 held from behind 7dff217d7d to prevent him c74742bdcf from falling down 33a0f0fe6f the stairs, that 83e20860ab it was Lennock 3fc8deaa34 holding him. But he had clearly bcb22c01f8 said he was going 23d4e573da back to the academy. What was 817549e1c2 going on? Aubrey turned his head 2fad6369cd and saw Lennock’s sculpted e41b98919c profile.12c120363fa19449

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And that’s 65f01ac620 when the f402bb6e0c shouting began.924905fac20f56a6

“How dare you!”0a9d2b536b70bf51

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Aubrey, startled by the aa951b5dd4 loud voice, quickly looked 14e28ab33e up again. There, Gray stood, b2b6868049 his face contorted 20255ae563 in an expression 72dd08c387 so menacing it 1ee3a40c4c made him look fb0fe6b89f dangerous. Aubrey, puzzled 1373b08aa9 by how f436d23d6e angry Gray 743f5452d7 seemed, saw a02d060afa Lennock grabbing 2d8d3a80b7 Gray’s wrist.28b7a3042ead7f01

Gray, who 9dfd6fac43 openly despised 7b20dae24f Lennock, couldn’t f22fe5edec let him 1dcf1a0dde touch his 1dbcca5d80 wrist like 43e0e22b8f that. Seeing the fury 69325abf98 in Gray’s eyes, 4acdc14fb6 Aubrey panicked and 0998c135d7 quickly spoke up, e8bcc55ac4 trying to calm 24ccba3598 him down.c8a1828dd8a6fd6c

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“Do you even know 0645e64036 where you are drawing da572ce5b4 your sword?! Do you think fa6c55fb7d my father will b48b9c969f just stand by a1fb96d559 if he hears 0ce3051c27 about this?!”8a7b9e9054530838

Aubrey knew that, 72c807b788 for now, he 5322f42553 had to use f1029511a1 his father’s authority e01b116cfe to calm Gray a21ed2b601 down. Whether it worked or 4d6c289bfc not, Gray, holding onto 52e8c9933a his sword hilt tightly, d5fd7c7881 shifted his gaze toward 6189d7599b Aubrey’s face.7d14a0f434dc397d

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Seeing the whites of de23aabcac his eyes showing more 762d4fcf9e than usual, Aubrey gritted 9148ac4e17 his teeth. Of all 544fd67e56 people, why 48507950a3 did it 2eb608825f have to 97255c2093 be Gray 6d7c574c4a who was 8c2d005b34 standing in 247a30a521 front of cc1c57379f him right 034ed731de now? He had planned 4dad14087d to come home fa23ac903b late in the b923b5da0c afternoon when Gray d5f365df32 would be gone, b9b7000d93 but here they 15113d1a50 were.748e9c8e2faec9a3

“Looks like it’s true… a1c9b2ccb4 you two have something 06812f3673 going on, huh?”7d27bfd3b2d31603

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“…”ec698bb31c6850b4

Gray sneered, a 8d3e14ba44 sinister smile curling a2d89b385a his lips as c4490d7395 he asked.d55c403ae0baefdd

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“Did you two already 33bd090cb3 decide to get together 709f350e2f and make it official?”52aa7adf20714732

“What nonsense 54dd70b732 are you 17b66202af talking about? I don’t have to 964b7327e5 explain myself to you, b3d6fcbb80 so why don’t you e9cb20bf4b just go back to fb63541a81 your knights!”0260349d360dcc5a

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Aubrey desperately tried to daa7de723d suppress the urge to f72e73f2b4 tell him to get 6e19029613 lost, choosing to soften dcbd321d9c the words.b80e458110c69345

The way a7c0a6c65e Gray looked ce70b1e6f4 at him, 73e2618fd1 it was 1ab0308636 clear that 7f17daf86d he thought 338cc1240f the whole 0da733e5c3 world was 0637fc5c7a watching, believing ade8128b6a that Aubrey 99fff36848 and Lennock 4f3025596a had become 8494c088e1 involved with b7b592243c each other. He couldn’t bear to bde5f42307 hear those disgusting words, 9efa6d0759 so he elbowed Lennock fcc8e859cf away.8201e7bb48e4365a

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“Why are you 4bd16e5143 still here when 7930fea7ee you said you 64cb264e5b were going back 6593b27437 to the academy?! Just leave already!”f47359947b767bf7

He just wanted 6ab80c6fb5 both of them 7d889594b9 to disappear from 902253f31f his sight. He was 03642a6bc5 already feeling e367ea94eb terrible, so 2598dbc7b1 why did 3ebd303b53 they have 72f5d2cbde to make c961a24dd9 things even 0d4617b612 more difficult 6442b82be2 for him? Aubrey opened his b6e4b7151e mouth again, trying 2e46489317 to push past 5057145ee1 them.10293a91ad93e54e

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“I’ll head 5d21debc9c back to 6da1af4fe3 my room 067e632ea5 first… ugh!”598e3a229e12bf92

Before Aubrey could 66a9aef11a finish his sentence, 8dd4e19608 a large hand 80b8a536fc grabbed the front 42d8d1cca1 of his shirt 41ad187939 and yanked him ff45b5d4fb sideways. The cheap 3811b7bd28 fabric tore 4ea11350e5 easily, buttons 64a877c9b9 scattering across 14ac3de7bf the floor. At that 99b3a86f53 moment, the 709b417148 marks from 66564eb0ea the previous 89541711fb night—the ones fdddbca716 he had 86a6b9c87a desperately tried 76aecac63f to keep 8f12ff8aea hidden—were clearly c9aed4a286 visible.a37b883a25a8a191

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His neck, collarbone, c556f701f0 the right side 63ce0a7640 of his chest, acfe809384 and even his 9785394536 small nipple were c8871186b9 marked with bites, d5dfaf1c95 bruises, and signs af4a277e91 of being sucked. The unmistakable traces of 46f9947ced a sexual assault made 2828f9950b Gray’s face go pale 923419fa4f with shock.e2dc526963d7ffda

Though he 7c69940673 had insulted 59a07b9281 Aubrey earlier, 8f81b9841b accusing him 7e2e4b11fc of being 04a23364bb involved with 53898b57aa Lennock, he 55fba4fe08 never imagined cc6815c40f he would 153f407290 have to 437fb9571c see these 55893fd346 marks. His face twisted 846d3875e1 in disgust as 1a5828b0d2 he took in 33c778d4ec the full view 17211e334d of Aubrey’s body, e5f5c3e93f and, just like 7d7654e327 that, Gray’s eyes d53fa8c23d became wild with 4ff6bb4a27 fury.7393c5b9416d9f39

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“Did you…?”13d63acc0828ada5

Before Gray could 3ac72bb405 finish, Aubrey heard 1f699595c5 a voice shout 5e55153109 from behind.e7ebf4ee2f346bb3

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“Stop, Young Master!”06569625d72f0dd0

As soon as the 779cbbef74 voices clashed, the butler dd3d65a08f and servants, who had 26f86e3acc been quietly watching from 6f4d845c3b a distance, rushed up 3b0ac66b8b the stairs, their faces ba01d43d1d tense.8fbdbdf10d160f81

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Watching a fight and 6e18f02b26 arguments was one thing, bad9baf27d but seeing a sword f0e3c28f90 drawn was another. They couldn’t 7d9b25dbeb allow a 9980aa451b bloodshed, and 2dad708e55 with that ee025bbf9f thought, the b6ba0363d5 butler ran cb1a7f55aa up the 398317aa36 stairs, even ab8d7df0af tripping in 4b4c777ca3 his haste.57bb7486e6709546

“Master!”259a0460be1bf706

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The servants 8b684f6f5d who were a7f2151701 with the 972a49f9e8 butler rushed 5020985547 to help 1868b45f15 him, while cde745ac05 Gray’s sword d48b3731e5 hovered above fe50d3a6ee their heads, 5053e9f332 ready to 26fa34c23e fall.34224c3623413966

“Gray.”4813557e873093a0

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“…!”9dfd87723f8b1481

It wasn’t 200ee1e0c8 a loud 63c6fb297c shout, but 66a6436423 rather a 5c9beeac10 soft call, d0045e01df yet Gray’s 6d5b86f226 sword stopped 5ddd36b4d6 midair.d6c47569599d2c88

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Aubrey, exhaling the breath d7fc72a7cf he had been holding d5a9c207bb in, glanced at the 52a2e343a1 blade that had stopped 9eb5bc0ebb just a hand’s width 74fb302e88 from his face. The look in 76933b8577 Gray’s eyes, full de7ddb2d3f of murderous intent, 5e6700729b sent a chill 2f87fde314 down his spine. Aubrey muttered to e2af629c9b himself, not even c66c07d8e0 realizing he was daab8bb46b doing it.2ff933c0cad9959f

“Truly a crazy bastard…”d2b061a49570ed96

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Over the 3c063b5e86 course of 2b191e9b60 his repeated 914e170131 lives, Aubrey 238c67a536 had come 4fe9640b86 to understand b70d9bdf59 that Gray b126dd1a7b was unhinged, 094eb7647f but he d22cbbc156 never thought 71e7aad282 that he 9a6c2cfb2a would actually c7a37f7290 try to 6e651cda6b kill him. Especially not after df8e15ee16 seeing the marks c2316fddd4 left on Aubrey’s 6ce0d7ea08 body.26212b0e7ebde7ff

It wasn’t anger over c363b36117 what had been done f45c7ff235 to him; it was 74fe41c522 frustration over the fact d073c73e66 that someone else had 2639118134 dared to touch what 3b68b691af he thought was his.b75ece481c10d985

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What the hell did 4e14bbc0e6 Gray think of him? Aubrey had b5d527ff29 always disliked 1e75f83f81 him, but 9adbb46701 now, everything 89757acf8c had gone e75742b975 too far. Gray, staring up at 5cf7b887fd Aubrey’s twisted, darkened eyes, 1f272c0204 ground his teeth together, 5eaef4d753 his hand tightening around 6d7b0c11c1 the sword hilt.8ec65d952862c1de

Then, as 51e35f7bbf the pressure ff02a0d53d in his 70013c8e66 hand increased, c54051d102 Gray’s voice cecd676453 suddenly sounded 0162e20ac0 from behind.2fe810359974a506

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“Gray, do a6a0e0eed9 I really 245d8008fd need to 74d27ce14c keep calling 0c0c522439 your name?”6cabfad74ed05bd7

The calm 21909c5ae5 tone concealed 6767e049b4 a deep 5d95c3aec6 sense of 246451d5f8 displeasure. Gray, sensing f6d8904c4b this, gritted 623bcdfe39 his jaw d04006adf9 and, with ccbcfaac4e noticeable effort, 0103a37178 lowered his 868e373f0c sword.cae5795a21f971c0

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Of course, a2fde5ecf5 his sharp, 6904a8ec72 murderous gaze 14ef3c8973 never left a8e551b42a Aubrey and 5a7962839f Lennock. Aubrey, still 981be4abc6 shaking from 49e90806a5 the tension, 43a32b2535 pushed Lennock d86bfac85f away once 60400f8921 again.b45751d661806571

“Enough already. Just leave. It’s making 90af4aa2fc me sick.”abec4245df07e976

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“…”883849049918aa9b