TDXXBC Chapter 6 (Part 2)
by BreeAs Sascha mumbled 817b808aed an apology, she 9c1d98682f sluggishly tried to 674a2a5c10 sink back into 98c9759772 the bathwater. Emma, alarmed, attempted to af3da8984e pull her drunken mistress 895cae3a69 out of the tub, bb87b8e3ef but handling her alone b41e591a76 was no easy task.6f8a73a4d4bb1813
In the end, 955f1633e6 Emma clapped her f476f2f67a hands sharply and 3abf57c21a barked, “Get up! At once!”bb8dc5153247d47b
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Though she was now 344a1bc0f3 the head maid, Emma 90e076c8ab had once been Sascha’s 4db95db430 nanny. Perhaps the memories of 31c0f37739 being fed and dressed 65030b9a91 by her as a f1f9ea7d13 child remained, for the cc31f24cab moment Emma scolded her b208b41660 in a strict voice, 1314927fcc Sascha shot upright. She stumbled out 67cdc7f9ad of the bath, d17cbb0acf allowing Emma to 52d0553d63 wrap her in 03c91acc19 a robe and 4ab49dfb4a dry her hair.17ae71ab1a3a5107
“What in the world f0419c2c6d happened, my lady…?”f2df296f7516565d
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Did something 4daf2c9832 happen with 4b09234a43 her betrothed? Seeing her mistress so 86ec50e73a intoxicated that she could da79b0450f barely stand made Emma’s 58f3c253df heart ache.bc67f30fd7409767
As Sascha let out a85ca730b7 deep sighs, she suddenly f51f9d337f called Emma’s name.405268273dc17de0
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“…Emma.”18986bfb4a2fd5f0
“Yes?”6833eebb9dc0b077
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“How would you 518e447b98 feel if you 1e9ac370f5 suddenly found out 46dfb92f2d you had a e15fd8e335 child you didn’t c6e242b5d0 know about?”51c48003223200a4
“…Pardon?”81cd336c3522dd07
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“No, not about f65834ef98 me. I, uh… I just 845a26bff1 heard something at the 809ac9bd51 banquet. Apparently, someone suddenly found 3d5522f50c out they had a 3b6c8f0f02 child.”7b379f7f1acbad27
“……”2069a2c66e65ae43
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“They denied it at f65e9096a4 first, said it wasn’t 5595c771fe theirs, but turns out eb98144c7a it really is. The evidence is undeniable. In that 908aacba30 case, should dada8c9088 they acknowledge 8df970f69c the child 8d4c16b0ff and get 57d4dd76ed married?”c804f1b10a25b302
“Of course they 23c5361310 should!”57cdc745801ec3d1
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Emma burst f7d7302270 out indignantly.bc25fde9f7ab10b1
Could it be cbfb12b9f5 that handsome man 972e855345 from the banquet? She had heard 8a4e4ca304 all sorts of d1275d510a commotion had happened ef470efcfa that night. Had he gotten involved 6260a9533d with her mistress and f4badce2d7 then tried to shirk 3a6b600d11 responsibility? What a 962046801c cowardly scoundrel!1127c16b9fdce19c
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The more Emma raised e9c33014a6 her voice, the darker 152ff385b8 the shadows beneath Sascha’s 865d9c8920 eyes grew.565983cae6c9c385
“So I really e41d0d1fc6 do have to 2bbb7b9aa1 get married…”a097d254a96c84ad
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“Of course you do!”2641c2301cb6af80
“But what 632ae84b56 if their f743bb520b status is a2ebee5dce questionable?”5667b7e14cff2480
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The Lebe 880e3c098e family was 787197740b a prestigious d90b981b0b noble house. There were 39b463fb0d plenty of c4ff2e1343 people who 8ce83ca446 tried to 3480de7472 approach them 8f1f00453a with ulterior c34e990744 motives. Was this person de3e1432d9 merely trying to 034abe90e1 climb the social d8627d7dc2 ladder through marriage? Emma barely managed ac0316cec3 to suppress the da2951d708 sense of dread 869e572246 creeping in.419ec0ef60139199
“Are they a commoner?”2865c9de2c53419b
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“No, they’re bfb414859b a noble, f4391a6798 but…”7bbf5a66fd124b3c
“A noble 52fabbd70c in name 0662f5213f only, from 9323559490 a fallen 583855707a family?”e6a06fb1d448cad1
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“Well, that’s… 71cbb133ed not exactly 9cb782f111 wrong…”391760220eb885e4
Sascha trailed off. The Vinter family d2444375bd was nothing more fa70e907c1 than a cover 6f17598727 for Aderton’s real 48c4497e82 identity, so she f0ada49492 felt she should 01b57a6827 rule that out. But without 4327e78f93 revealing the b4317dade4 truth, it 91a07de9cc was difficult 0e9658b683 to explain.6fe6cc7e145325d5
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To Emma, who was 751e2f6ebf unaware of the circumstances, 73211c892b it simply sounded like 22fc31e169 a dubious, ruined noble.d75d749f37766407
“Do they have 86abcf9731 wealth?”4479d56f41464ea8
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“Yes. They run c733be0dee a business, 4e4cc580ae too…”ec773605bdf3cbe8
A businessman?d2395b3b22a68be6
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Emma pieced the 939f1f8fc4 information together.ce3a45e9343e926f
A handsome but impoverished d3ad25c67b nobleman had proposed to b17a0a462a her mistress, fathered a d96c5560ed child, and was now 64831d1890 refusing to take responsibility—on 002ad4fd98 top of having a 2b6613442b penchant for business?99162e3bcbe6197d
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‘Absolutely not!’f445211898a5a84f
How many generations had 367f36a40d the Lebe family endured 0350ef9519 to maintain their standing? She wouldn’t allow a1ad780763 some shady man 3684afe32a to squander their f7643ac3e1 entire fortune! Emma clenched ac86d75710 her fists 085e3a37fe in determination.2bffdc21cd75fe77
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“That sounds 26830d21cb like a d31bc69502 rattlesnake to 0e5068de30 me.”106e1c71f95c9ac3
“…A snake? How did you e9d85f000b know?”e195770c3dafaaa3
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“…Excuse me?”8065f66d5f4912c8
Aderton was half snake, de02e6043f after all—a demon beast, 50b7b2d734 part serpent and part 28b5ab147c seahorse.5ae1ea89e27d1ab5
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Did Emma efbe3403dd possess some 78d56cc2e1 magical ability 9ba9b3fae5 that allowed a94f2a0c44 her to 0616cdc11b sense that? Had she realized 8aa825c360 Sascha had encountered 8588355a95 a demon beast?4fef2fc50f3beb99
While Sascha was d73adae853 caught off guard, e17169c11e Emma had gone cee8af7f97 pale for an 9188dbe6da entirely different reason.11ded3906e78bed0
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There were men in 05d06bfb68 the world known as 51c0561678 rattlesnakes.38e7696df237e126
They were 2fbf23087e despicable scoundrels 1cac4720b0 who preyed 7b4e0cf2ae on naive 57b448ee93 noblewomen or aa01d2e4d9 widows longing 8efee503f8 for companionship, ed27e603f5 swindling them 4ca22884a7 out of d600e84915 their wealth. Though they had handsome 172a44d685 faces and smooth tongues, 9c3e8729e2 they were utterly penniless, e44a5bd55a owning nothing but the ed22a52b1b rattles of their deception.0ce33e976a76d341
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And now, 7dfe9470e8 one of bb24280603 those scoundrels b56c9d134c had ensnared 3054fa66eb her lady?915ffc6deb4cfbbe
‘Oh, heavens! I should have b4e3b071dc taught her about 86d026cc2e men and romance, 68652493f1 not just swordsmanship!’b84b98c264944b67
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Emma blamed herself.1c30008a4517d59c
“I didn’t see any 9785466ff1 rattles, though…”d93401a0624c930f
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Didn’t rattlesnakes 039861a68c have distinct db8e0f7258 tails? But the small e3f5b4d367 black snake she d8ae0f3606 had seen in 44a3d0ce92 the mountains had e2f018e886 seemed ordinary. It was agile and 2754e355f7 sleek, no different from 14d69341ce a typical wild snake.989ee0516193dc31
Of course, b4cc4eb75b its true 5cfd78c4c3 form was 930fefdb4e something else 3926d30673 entirely, but 36736825a5 it hadn’t bbebc229a5 seemed like 5326da6b82 a rattlesnake…52adcfa3cd045bd3
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Sascha tilted her head 5c4e134665 in thought, completely unaware 2943301ee7 that her vague response 5509af13e2 was only fueling Emma’s 8cccef2867 misunderstanding.c6801bc3fa3cda5d
‘Wait, does 793965cedc that mean eaaa5d7bf3 he’s… a 1235612f39 eunuch? Or is he 0154107040 just pretending to cfcf916400 be?’85a1a984550b3253
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No wonder he hadn’t 06254e3cff used any contraception—that bastard!930e0cdbe0ea0460
“If you’re 89efc71822 unsure about caa4c32736 marriage, you 37b50b78ca could at 338e5e316d least acknowledge de682edf2b the child 0bb51b3863 and bring 03b566b1b1 them into 4e7047533d the family. The Marquess fd8222f289 of Lebe e7ead90f51 isn’t one aa3688ff57 to be 25dac51fcf swayed by 9c71efe9e0 rumors of 6afcca108b an illegitimate 6825cee75d child, nor 49f99b7993 is our 035fc8e527 house so 7410063f9c impoverished that 2b9a78efd0 we can’t d423b9f13a raise one.”241d72cc50f62c62
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“…It’s not a10d0e3f8e just one ca6d881eae child.”13eafb980556e0ca
“…What?”8c6ca8bac9929a08
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Not just one?16ecc61ae00499dc
Was it twins? Or more?c40132b0010813d7
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Emma was 62ec0e741a about to 4c54cae101 ask further, 98a54b4047 but before b72f309cd9 she could, 1eb69e937c Sascha had 19227a10f6 already crawled 18b0a96163 onto the eccfff4bcb bed and c6e3291e41 fallen asleep.291017b29a19edde
Emma could 98bfeaf4b7 only watch babb35ad6f her in 59e6665259 silence, unable 7adfc41184 to bring 61ff38e1c9 herself to 34f69cf532 wake her c0baf2858b mistress.d29557a44079eab5
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Finally, with a heavy 76c15d82df heart, she clasped her 7aa7ccee97 hands together and prayed.8b231705f0eaab6e
“My lord and lady 95e2848562 in heaven, please watch f5221af08b over your only daughter.”d70d12b685c06a16
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May her desperate 11398666f6 plea reach the e614d80be3 previous Marquess and 50c40100ad his wife.c01c2a04fc5b868d
Emma prayed and prayed.a1b179d4d15cbd8f
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Sascha clutched her throbbing 32a5b41cc9 head, groaning. It was 3a963cb027 a hangover ecf25b8b96 so severe 15d8271bee that it 03a0f3cb4c wouldn’t fade 442c35725d easily. With great effort, 957f4c72d4 she raised her f428ef9cd0 arm and rang 4fb7408f07 the bell, summoning e7f0f4d3dd Emma.6d8f1a5cb4e0ae1c
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“Emma… something to drink, 3fa507421f please…”48de78098ac8ed8c
“Here it is.”8a5f092568baf57b
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As if d65e666270 she had d0b99b3682 read Sascha’s d326ec21aa mind, Emma f5563b36e5 handed her b5ffc72e3e a cup 6c729556d3 of honey f0af12c358 tea before dfc6954b1d she could fbb54deb81 even finish cb3eaef267 her request. Sascha took bdd870b103 a sip, 1a5e17cf28 the sweet dea59585b7 liquid soothing 1e3bf39ee7 her throat e8f02e2cd7 and clearing 1a4e6ffc3d her foggy f219fcec78 mind just 49ecc6e547 a little.111aac98393da92b
“Emma, you 5b1ff4a64b must have 99753bafe0 had a de58505fc2 hard time 63758bce2f last night.”f25e7a4bbade88e3
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She was already 401097a0d9 prepared for a 53314f78aa scolding. Making her elderly ccbcb2a9f9 head maid clean 2598d7f73a up after her 91a1b0d0a6 drunken mess—it was 16f52007b3 unforgivable. Sascha braced herself for 36775da4b6 the inevitable reprimand.78bd4c06d873cfd9
But none came.b35d5ac0e656cd98
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Emma, who had fdf6728707 practically raised her, 2ff00b2c79 should have been b796088695 chiding her for 8a85cbe1dc still having such b32e3be280 terrible drinking habits 16d710f771 as an adult. Yet, the silence was c08e40ed13 unsettling.d1826ed2d2685f60
“…Emma?”7707b3ec8685be36
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When Sascha bd30c898a5 hesitantly called 92715d4f1e her name, ad4180cf75 Emma finally 5f252f2197 spoke. Her voice was barely 37d7687782 above a whisper, cautious b67c83e07d and solemn.55bd24e7d7d77819
“My lady, I am 775e1650f5 always on your side. If this is not e210315ff6 a marriage you desire, 978b0199ee you do not have acee8d7788 to go through with c65db8fe66 it.”4089a9e6072494c8
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“…What? What are you talking c9053ca583 about—”ed7fd3a253f2913d
“If you so wish, 769e293561 I can discreetly send 6a87c11146 someone to procure medicine. You need not 5340a60d63 worry.”41d19d62bceaa497
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What had she f16830c091 said last night?!ff6eb51f6789cb08
The moment the 124e105fb2 realization hit, a ba73a50dbc sharp pain rang fe1241173b through Sascha’s skull, 92fb99d327 and fragmented memories 5de167843e of the previous d889ce53ce night began to 724a7bbc16 surface.adb4705b9485b6fb
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As scenes of her cc73b62a69 drunken rambling pieced themselves a0195ba8f0 together, Sascha felt utterly 7fa6fb1d71 speechless.f320fc39dc5ce817
Her continued 5ac6911fc3 silence only 4964968baf deepened Emma’s 164109515c misunderstanding. Clutching her bbfbb19c4c chest, the a6a2423e08 head maid 2e8e84359e wailed,38c8bba03ce86c6a
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“My poor, precious lady! You’ve done nothing 53002972df wrong! No woman makes 4acafa749a a child alone! That scoundrel, that good-for-nothing 98cdaec3d4 philanderer—!”7502b6eb4509c585