TDXXBC Chapter 6 (Part 2)
by BreeAs Sascha e1f10c135a mumbled an efb500a813 apology, she 3333e60bf8 sluggishly tried b24efe1b1c to sink d284c4fdd4 back into 70115b4564 the bathwater. Emma, alarmed, 5541d0ccf8 attempted to 3d6ce17c28 pull her 5f27a3d0ca drunken mistress 541b1086cc out of 796ed6450b the tub, 15101b5088 but handling 1660e65ee2 her alone edbc027eb1 was no be6f1f5123 easy task.1ce07ea12366a8f7
In the end, 2aab4b1d35 Emma clapped her 1f3e3559ff hands sharply and f0ad6d62a6 barked, “Get up! At once!”284f25f34919e7d9
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Though she ea9206ec61 was now ab607feacf the head 7b294cea43 maid, Emma 6cf7026321 had once 516065e6fa been Sascha’s a2c9e9d816 nanny. Perhaps the 42aa2f0448 memories of e9bfa3d4af being fed fe45dce420 and dressed c78c9c841f by her 01c9d97c30 as a a2408d42c5 child remained, 62b7b28f7d for the 67663590d9 moment Emma 1e0a7582ca scolded her ccac245224 in a b11414fa66 strict voice, fd689a125d Sascha shot b15355fe6a upright. She stumbled 3180ded72a out of 0eb6b7610e the bath, b7882596d6 allowing Emma ed0dfef00f to wrap ed27d3be20 her in d87a99e165 a robe 1fa02c448e and dry c281285133 her hair.89e58f0fa0dd720d
“What in the 31ddae1397 world happened, my 93c1af7920 lady…?”8514c6c16b7600cc
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Did something happen with 1912f988b4 her betrothed? Seeing her mistress so 69f5952edc intoxicated that she could 44d65ac50c barely stand made Emma’s 3fac0a3795 heart ache.472f74588520ebbc
As Sascha let ef20eb53db out deep sighs, bee84472bd she suddenly called 9f08205a9f Emma’s name.36f3c8307291e4cd
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“…Emma.”64cadaa8948e7402
“Yes?”7b469336ea7b652f
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“How would you 43d571adf9 feel if you 4aacf87a6b suddenly found out a26420a816 you had a b5e35e423d child you didn’t 8104d26ac5 know about?”48edef195b3dfafc
“…Pardon?”5370575c32e9594b
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“No, not about me. I, uh… I just 4606a7ea70 heard something at the 88c7f2ee5b banquet. Apparently, someone suddenly e54ecbd2e4 found out they 9b14bf28ac had a child.”c63ac353e36c2440
“……”a3c5dfe1b92a3e78
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“They denied it at 90591402b1 first, said it wasn’t f1da83273d theirs, but turns out b260149801 it really is. The evidence 8b107108aa is undeniable. In that d8246e80a4 case, should e9ce5b83ca they acknowledge cd4c305620 the child 5405aadcf2 and get 229b27463b married?”e14b51e554d94993
“Of course b6c2268f9a they should!”07a87c1d3f67d310
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Emma burst out indignantly.7e498e40d39d22b5
Could it 97bd17906a be that b290f97ad4 handsome man 121687f864 from the 5ac96c0736 banquet? She had heard 9fbb5b790a all sorts of 7d50ce0312 commotion had happened 844fc3bf7c that night. Had he gotten involved e5ec8937ff with her mistress and 4a7eceeb6f then tried to shirk 7a3c73e717 responsibility? What a b4723c83fb cowardly scoundrel!6e3b318093e024cf
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The more Emma raised a326e31016 her voice, the darker 71f83e2124 the shadows beneath Sascha’s 9b30351a0f eyes grew.a0fed3931009e1e6
“So I really do 8d23b56df8 have to get married…”07f04a054a639ef4
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“Of course f1fba3249b you do!”46906a789e896bd0
“But what if their 9afd305294 status is questionable?”98a68e173e9c4b57
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The Lebe family was d0b245e6e0 a prestigious noble house. There were plenty of fad5377fda people who tried to 5471e30722 approach them with ulterior eea42ee1ea motives. Was this person da52c3ce05 merely trying to a3e2f740f8 climb the social e8cd1856a5 ladder through marriage? Emma barely managed to a95499d8cb suppress the sense of 30222a9ebf dread creeping in.aad9d89819341af6
“Are they a 6bb312bc26 commoner?”5e252cc10ffc15c9
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“No, they’re a 12e177aac5 noble, but…”3fd179a64a12a60b
“A noble in a7ee24f4b2 name only, from eba662eda0 a fallen family?”4cffb140620a72fe
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“Well, that’s… not exactly 9a405989c0 wrong…”894311c1a86bf9a2
Sascha trailed off. The Vinter c8f6e85df1 family was 3ed2e1bc1e nothing more 2e47d81d9e than a 7354bc985d cover for c290aea0e9 Aderton’s real f6bd65e693 identity, so c289bda3c9 she felt 67905d2115 she should e951e737e4 rule that 8ffad70c21 out. But without revealing the cdcf2918e2 truth, it was difficult d8eaf404e6 to explain.e856dceaa7998485
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To Emma, 9994fc415e who was 5f5fec56a9 unaware of 991996286d the circumstances, db4cd656d4 it simply 1c82e73352 sounded like 9250efccbb a dubious, cd038126d9 ruined noble.1e03b365a49ab465
“Do they 6efd8f759e have wealth?”6f81cafb114d978b
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“Yes. They run a 5059f64f58 business, too…”23b7199e272675d3
A businessman?19b993596293d239
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Emma pieced 1a9329b3ed the information 4d1d91ea25 together.ed267d2f83ff8a80
A handsome 253eccb2f6 but impoverished 5a0f1962b8 nobleman had 695182bfa8 proposed to f1c7fd0cb7 her mistress, 745538ae89 fathered a 3707a93d66 child, and ac52c94fbf was now 78278827ed refusing to 90b7078034 take responsibility—on b0a777adb9 top of d23f39be5e having a ad585841f7 penchant for 105446cf42 business?792e561502b8a661
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‘Absolutely not!’8d1100e7c76e5ea1
How many generations had 4993646d76 the Lebe family endured 07bf0f4668 to maintain their standing? She wouldn’t d2fcd6ad25 allow some 5ca449b3f8 shady man 3da7ded557 to squander 456f8055f5 their entire 77fe3c0bd3 fortune! Emma clenched 52cb256d29 her fists 8c98096853 in determination.adde501029a10f1b
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“That sounds like a 079f05aa98 rattlesnake to me.”11323aca48402640
“…A snake? How did you know?”e47292649aec6912
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“…Excuse me?”0038f0cf656bf262
Aderton was aeb64ad534 half snake, f908a00a13 after all—a aea277b801 demon beast, f86412ee23 part serpent b65368554f and part ff945ea287 seahorse.882236f32f8b01ec
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Did Emma possess e6cd074c18 some magical ability a8034a7e6b that allowed her 44375f04bf to sense that? Had she realized Sascha d56e4688d1 had encountered a demon 2cbe63d109 beast?b656a73c5ae2744c
While Sascha cd10e6c3d7 was caught 666184e701 off guard, 8881829e47 Emma had 288e58730f gone pale 76da8fdfb3 for an fef15d20af entirely different e5083222fe reason.32d95d5ee1f23ea0
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There were men 66f82fce15 in the world 14e2856df2 known as rattlesnakes.1d13ba022bdf68b3
They were despicable scoundrels 6d6e8ca834 who preyed on naive 7f8666f048 noblewomen or widows longing fec487bf2b for companionship, swindling them 3dc50daf90 out of their wealth. Though they had handsome db3467af7f faces and smooth tongues, f1f5087725 they were utterly penniless, f533c5899f owning nothing but the 52f539b1d8 rattles of their deception.9e4f1cc3cb1e6f27
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And now, one b6a2d4ef5e of those scoundrels 8d7dc9953d had ensnared her a642e51a44 lady?c36bab4f15cc305d
‘Oh, heavens! I should have taught 2d5bac508e her about men and 20653b119b romance, not just swordsmanship!’9ada1c8bb2fc8641
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Emma blamed herself.de9f4751dfd1bc51
“I didn’t see any e034e82e2a rattles, though…”cfeefea9f3d3cc0a
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Didn’t rattlesnakes have 43a4574162 distinct tails? But the small eb302ba0f6 black snake she d3b6fa6b9b had seen in cc14f542ec the mountains had 2d79c38205 seemed ordinary. It was agile 8d080f3ad8 and sleek, no 7bcd469f58 different from a a3a1813029 typical wild snake.f5f348f6e06bdfb9
Of course, c9f1df8893 its true 7b031763cd form was 197756ed36 something else f2400796f6 entirely, but 83a5af6705 it hadn’t f32bfdc9fb seemed like 475f8a9229 a rattlesnake…39230e3ba7cb33b8
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Sascha tilted her head 59a9e3fce9 in thought, completely unaware 3728ff319e that her vague response 4d29913b72 was only fueling Emma’s 9812bd21ec misunderstanding.544bce10fce94c62
‘Wait, does that 9dab33022a mean he’s… a e51030a7d6 eunuch? Or is he 57c75e2fc8 just pretending to fa4ca0c1d3 be?’cf9abd1b38d65e08
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No wonder he hadn’t b24624353d used any contraception—that bastard!d18b120fdb93af9d
“If you’re unsure 057f033c45 about marriage, you d0b0be7323 could at least 8695373c98 acknowledge the child 89a256f11f and bring them 0cd6eeed7c into the family. The Marquess of c61bd77146 Lebe isn’t one 7fc059ab6e to be swayed d77cf5f86b by rumors of dd96eb1d3c an illegitimate child, f66b806a58 nor is our 21797e30ec house so impoverished b99b79b9ca that we can’t ae3c630cf8 raise one.”e2d87e4b4664136d
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“…It’s not 6a07f2a0a4 just one 99a1682f0c child.”fb9bcff24b879747
“…What?”2a457255fad362d1
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Not just one?37e7f9db0d255f9a
Was it twins? Or more?d13cf6e48e9f0a9b
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Emma was about 4ba19a6e95 to ask further, 12a953e5be but before she c8b2495963 could, Sascha had 5ca2c90ed4 already crawled onto 5e920c80e5 the bed and 98bbedc034 fallen asleep.bffa7e962bf7b223
Emma could only 98b7c8e13e watch her in 99d62c9eb8 silence, unable to 07f820e530 bring herself to d302f3ceea wake her mistress.0929f80265263e24
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Finally, with a heavy 6883d58234 heart, she clasped her 475bf6c6b6 hands together and prayed.604ef5f9de09e3b0
“My lord and lady 9216bfe254 in heaven, please watch 0d2c92bd54 over your only daughter.”4afc41ded57cc70f
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May her 8b05c40b64 desperate plea cae236415d reach the aa1efe8be9 previous Marquess 9e2c93b824 and his 20a4ecc7eb wife.522b8d4c4eba5144
Emma prayed 33857f19bd and prayed.14a4364517f5c4a9
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Sascha clutched her throbbing 1c6e9bacbc head, groaning. It was a 4e101f591d hangover so severe 4eefa95764 that it wouldn’t e99d64dae3 fade easily. With great 74d9f33920 effort, she 8618680b81 raised her d342444507 arm and 762aedf187 rang the 65177aad20 bell, summoning 6f68a92a49 Emma.11793d7887b29469
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“Emma… something to drink, 4e1e981c9b please…”0820a684d51a320a
“Here it is.”be387a62ebed3d8f
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As if she 753d129c4f had read Sascha’s b24f3a905c mind, Emma handed 98eb72f4b3 her a cup a239965633 of honey tea 53dd212af8 before she could e236389b1b even finish her 1712ed73fa request. Sascha took a 2545f89736 sip, the sweet e20419b649 liquid soothing her cda39916c8 throat and clearing af8f0371cd her foggy mind 8c7a8376a2 just a little.5166f6c5b72d053f
“Emma, you 3aad313e28 must have cb50bb359d had a 955496da52 hard time 2ae517982b last night.”9a45c5070479f5ba
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She was already 80ac53ff92 prepared for a d867806135 scolding. Making her 7caae67f40 elderly head 08caab7784 maid clean 34de630c16 up after c3946d6fe4 her drunken 709fbab0dd mess—it was d3604a6e57 unforgivable. Sascha braced herself 8420c57b5a for the inevitable 7cf6e8fcf9 reprimand.ca3dca9f35b95bcb
But none came.bf6a3bc4b91a8043
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Emma, who 758b82a15c had practically 332085acc5 raised her, 8f0aee5968 should have 397911e41a been chiding b30415ab38 her for cdad96967a still having 7b7d86c362 such terrible 91536e56f6 drinking habits 5792d5bf2d as an f31cff04b7 adult. Yet, the silence 936ecd02f7 was unsettling.b993b7027433a9f0
“…Emma?”cf9d96ce56720106
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When Sascha 3ac178c9bc hesitantly called aec0a86248 her name, b61798bef7 Emma finally 48907c11a3 spoke. Her voice was barely 541385a7b2 above a whisper, cautious 9e50249ec2 and solemn.d4c51cf7673ce3e0
“My lady, a91bb7206c I am 14f3d7d576 always on 67df98cb96 your side. If this 82949e3c4e is not 56b923dacd a marriage 1b39749163 you desire, b6358fef9e you do 608ee83f2b not have 5124f39196 to go e48f179bee through with 865099dc37 it.”e00da96c8e174d21
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“…What? What are 34d454cb0c you talking fd1ad989cc about—”9f032626923371ab
“If you so 910a623f8e wish, I can 9a2d4018f5 discreetly send someone 40fa0cd6b9 to procure medicine. You need 96a8408124 not worry.”7602aa01144ff7c4
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What had she said 5be7d9a0b4 last night?!f116e76004cb31e0
The moment e878da5689 the realization 63364edb8c hit, a 9bbf0936a4 sharp pain 57c7b34a4a rang through 3cd7dfe7ff Sascha’s skull, a8ad0be6b5 and fragmented c0081188d7 memories of 8360bb57a0 the previous 28dc67fd7e night began bddb2e7171 to surface.5965fba14eb2abb9
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As scenes of her 46765e7f31 drunken rambling pieced themselves 9b9c21a29a together, Sascha felt utterly 36205fb076 speechless.9ee1f9120a57e0ff
Her continued silence 1710295705 only deepened Emma’s 22357fa65a misunderstanding. Clutching her a0f3d7e5d0 chest, the fe49ba7b4a head maid e438f89cf0 wailed,23bdfcd19327415c
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“My poor, precious lady! You’ve done a6b81e0f40 nothing wrong! No woman makes 83bc8cd038 a child alone! That scoundrel, 56a4fbde76 that good-for-nothing 11a5d43c12 philanderer—!”130fb141ee1d0098