I Became The Wife Of The Cursed Grand Duke
lisa
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Chapter 5
“Could you lend me the clothes you're wearing?”
Leah narrowed her eyes.
It was right after she had overheard the maids talking.
Moreover, since Evelyn was someone who rarely asked anyone for favors, Leah couldn't help but be suspicious of the sudden request.
“The physician's robe? Why? Don't tell me...”
“You're right. There's something I need to confirm, so I have to get into the tower. To get past the tight security, disguising myself as a physician is the only way.”
Leah remained silent in thought for a while. Then she carefully brushed the rainwater off the robe and handed it to her.
She had been a tomboy since childhood, but she knew that when someone urgently asked for help, there was usually a good reason behind it.
Besides, Evelyn was her lifesaver.
“Promise me one thing. The moment you're done checking, you'll come right back out. If people say it's dangerous, there's always a reason for it.”
Evelyn knew.
She knew just how thoughtful and composed the man everyone called a cruel and dangerous monster truly was.
“I will. Don't worry.”
Wearing the robe marked with the symbol of the royal physician, Evelyn left behind Leah's worried gaze and headed toward the tower.
Small footsteps echoed through a place as dark as the entrance to hell.
“Who's there?”
After making her way through the maze-like corridors, the hooded Evelyn appeared, only to be stopped by a guard.
They weren't the Count's private soldiers.
They belonged to the Blackwood Knights of the North.
Even though there was no way they could recognize her face, Evelyn instinctively lowered her head and spoke timidly.
“I've brought medicine. I was ordered to attend to His Highness until the priests arrive.”
“Medicine?”
Earlier, Evelyn had overheard the guards talking and learned they were waiting for priests.
There could be many reasons for that, but she simply used it as the most fitting excuse for her disguise.
“Yes. I don't know if it'll help, though.”
Silence filled the air.
Four pairs of eyes bore into her as though trying to see through her intentions.
Just when she felt she might suffocate—
“Watch yourself. Check on his condition if you must, but don't get too close.”
Unable to sense any danger from the woman disguised as a physician, the guards let her pass without suspicion.
She wondered briefly what he meant by don't get too close, but she quickly nodded and continued forward.
Creak.
As the door opened, overwhelming darkness swallowed her whole.
Has he already fallen asleep...?
She looked around, her eyes slowly adjusting to the darkness.
Then—
Flash!
Rumble—Crash!
For a brief instant, lightning illuminated the room.
On the bed, curled up naked beneath a mass of black energy...
She saw him.
"Kal..."
Tears instantly welled up in her eyes, filled with excitement and anxiety.
The thought that she might finally see the face she had missed so desperately made her throat tighten and her chest burn.
Wiping away her falling tears, she slowly approached him.
Something wasn't right.
Clutching her violently pounding heart, Evelyn hurried to the bedside.
“Oh my God...!”
The first thing she noticed—
Were the wounds.
Deep gashes, as though a monster had torn through his flesh with razor-sharp claws.
The wounds were so severe that bone was visible, with dark crimson blood flowing freely.
Then she saw the scales covering his bare skin...
And the black feathers tearing through his right arm like wings.
His berserk transformation has already begun.
It was a terrible sign.
Once he completely lost control, the darkness would consume him, and the evil god sleeping within him would take over his body.
Only by shedding someone's blood would that madness subside.
“What in the world happened...?”
Throwing back her hood, Evelyn hurriedly placed her hand over his wound.
Her mind held only one thought.
I have to save him.
No matter what happened to the future she had planned...
As long as she could save him, she would never regret this moment.
Then—
“Hng...!”
A gentle green aura spread from Evelyn's hand the instant it touched Kalian's arm.
At the same time, her eyes widened in shock.
The moment she touched his wound—
An unbearable agony, as though all four of her limbs were being torn apart and burned alive, rushed into her body.
She quickly covered her mouth before she could scream.
“...Mmph!”
Then something hot surged violently up from inside her.
A piercing ringing filled her ears.
At the same moment, the metallic smell of blood flooded her nose.
Bright red blood spilled between her tightly clenched teeth, soaking her dress in an instant.
“Blood...?”
A burning pain accompanied by overwhelming thirst spread through her entire body.
Her chest throbbed as though someone had pressed a branding iron against it.
Why is this happening...?
She had no idea.
This had never happened before.
Her vision flickered.
Instinctively, Evelyn realized...
His pain was being transferred to her.
Her senses felt as though they were shattering.
Time and space seemed to twist apart.
This...
It's just like the pain I felt right before I died...
For a moment, overwhelming fear seized her.
Breathing heavily, she looked at the man writhing in agony.
But if I give up now... he might die.
And if Kalian dies... then I...
Everything she was trying to accomplish would disappear.
Right now, he was the only person who could freely enter the temple and take her to the North.
To find out whether my mother is alive...
To break my curse...
I need you.
So please... endure this.
Biting her lower lip until it bled, Evelyn prayed for his pain to fade away.
After what felt like an eternity—
The razor-like scales...
And the black feathers...
Gradually disappeared into wisps of dark smoke.
The wounds that had been pouring blood weren't completely healed...
But they had become much cleaner than before.
Even his ragged breathing slowly calmed.
Relief washed over her.
Her eyelashes grew damp with tears.
More than anything else...
She was overjoyed that her healing power still worked on him.
Thank goodness... really...
Covered in blood, sweat, and tears, Evelyn cautiously reached out to touch his forehead one more time.
Then—
“Ah!”
A hand shot out from the darkness like lightning and seized her wrist.
Before she could react, her body spun violently.
She was thrown onto the bed, her vision turning toward the ceiling.
“Ugh...!”
His grip was terrifyingly strong.
She couldn't even think about escaping.
She couldn't even speak.
Kalian climbed over her, pinning down her lower body while restraining both of her wrists.
“Y-Your Grace...?”
The moment she finally managed to speak—
His weight forced the back of her head into the soft pillow.
Her trembling lips parted.
She stared blankly at the crimson moon slowly drawing closer.
Only after several moments did she realize...
They were his eyes.
...He's still not himself.
There was no focus in those blood-red eyes.
Only overwhelming madness.
Meeting those crimson eyes made her feel as though she were being dragged beneath deep water.
“W-Why...?”
As though their souls were intertwining...
Combined with his fierce, intense gaze...
An indescribable desire began rising within her heart.
She didn't understand why.
The instant their bodies touched...
The only thought filling her mind was the shameful wish that he would completely consume her.
“...Ah!”
She grabbed his shoulders, trying to regain her senses.
The next instant—
Darkness swallowed her whole.
His face descended before her so quickly that it cast a shadow over her vision.
Like a starving beast...
He roughly claimed her lips.
His thick tongue forced its way between her small lips, invading her mouth.
Large, powerful, and experienced...
His tongue completely dominated her mouth.
It searched every corner...
Relentlessly tangling around the root of her tongue.
She could barely breathe.
It's too much...
I can't take it...
Her mind gradually blurred.
His tongue slowly sucked and caressed hers with intoxicating skill.
Little by little...
Heat spread through her body.
His kiss was so intoxicating that it melted away every thought in her mind.
Yet she could never bring herself to admit it aloud.
“Haa...”
Turning her head aside, Evelyn finally managed to catch a desperate breath.
At once—
A large hand gripped her chin, silently warning her not to look away.
Their eyes met again.
Inside those vertically slit pupils...
Flames flickered.
“Ah...!”
Was this how a predator looked while cornering its prey?
Never releasing her gaze...
He leaned forward until their foreheads nearly touched.
Then he devoured her lips once again.
"I know... exactly where to touch you to make you lose yourself in pleasure."
The gentle eyes that had once gazed down at her naked body...
The warm hands that had once caressed her like sunlight...
Overlapped with the face of the man now consumed by darkness.
Perhaps because the memories of the past still remained...
Her heart trembled despite his savage demeanor.
She couldn't bring herself to reject the man she had loved for so long.
Held tightly by Kalian's overwhelming strength...
Evelyn surrendered without resistance.
When she finally regained her senses...
She had already wrapped her arms around his head, desperately returning his kisses, greedily drawing in his invading lips and tongue.
As tangled tongues intertwined like vines...
Their saliva mixed together in sticky strands.
“Hng!”
A large hand slipped beneath her blood-soaked dress as smoothly as flowing water.
The hand caressed the inside of her slender thigh...
Then slowly reached even deeper.
“Y-Your Grace...”
Startled by the unexpected touch, Evelyn's thighs trembled.
Though his movements were rough...
Her entire body burned with unbearable heat.
Like someone drunk on strong liquor...
She couldn't regain her senses.
“Ahh... ah... ngh!”
Her waist arched upward.
All the sensations in her body gathered below as an overwhelming wave of pleasure crashed over her.
She had no idea how to relieve the unbearable heat consuming her.
“Hah... Y-Your Grace... Your Grace...!”
She could only keep calling his name like someone who had lost her mind.
Then...
Their eyes met.
Within his crimson eyes, which had begun to regain their original color...
She saw herself.
Disheveled.
Tears streamed down her cheeks, dampening her hair as they flowed past her ears.
