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.

grabbed the simplest dress with the least musty smell, though to me who had spent ten years in a cell smaller than that closet, dressed in nothing

Alright, following this hallway, I should find the suits

ah, there they are.

the man on horseback and the staircase

I arrived at the massive dining hall, large enough to accommodate about fifty

and that never-ending table, set just for the two of

footman guided me to a chair placed almost

regretting it when he gave me a look

you always dine, Your

and I glanced at the head of the

least, I had assumed Id be seated beside the Duke, but I

voluminous skirt of my turquoise dress and

from all the etiquette I had learned and refined, built upon the little I had

the tablewarethe white porcelain decorated with blue

watching for the Dukes arrival, the food,

churned worse than lice in a greasy scalp, and my

the bathroom, it was the same as

to think you betrayed me

so-called rose bath, which

lady of the house, I should have had a maid or more trailing after me, attending

but there was