The Lycan King and His Dark Temptation by Luna Nova

Chapter 553

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DINNER WITH THE DUKE KATHERINE Night had already fallen.

I was drenched in water, covered in the dust from the road, and utterly exhaustedmore mentally than physically.

I stepped into a small sitting room, adorned with lavish furniture anda tea service table.

The décor was exquisite: paintings, heavy drapes, finely crafted hardwood furnitureeven the ceiling had intricate detailing.

Everything was beautiful, but if you looked closely, certain details stood outthe cobwebs half-hidden in the corners, the dust poorly wiped away.

When I opened the bedroom door, the stale, damp smell hit my nose, despite the clean sheets.

Whoever was in charge of cleaning this room did everything but clean properly.

At least they had left the fireplace burning in the cold room.

When I opened the enormous wooden wardrobe, I almost expected bats to come flying out like from a cave.

That thing hadnt taken a single breath of air in all this time.

Well, what a pathetic excuse for a Duchess you were, dear sister, I murmured with a sigh.

dress with the least musty smell, though to me who had spent ten years in a cell smaller than

hallway, I should find the suits of

ah, there they are.

the tapestry of the man on horseback and the staircase to the first floor." The layout played out in my

memorized it every day, so I arrived at the massive

never-ending table, set just

footman guided me to a chair

it when he gave

where you always

a problem? he asked, and I glanced at the head of

had assumed Id be seated beside the Duke,

is fine, I replied, gathering the voluminous skirt

and refined, built upon the little I

myself by examining the tablewarethe white porcelain decorated

my head, watching for the Dukes arrival, the food,

scalp, and my ass had already gone numb from

stepped into the bathroom, it was the same

you betrayed me for this life of

so-called rose bath, which was more cold water than anything else,

or more trailing after me, attending to my every

but