Predatory Marriage — Chapter 140. Urge for food (1)

Translator: Atlas / Editor: Regan

There was no approach he would ship Leah again to Estia, even when it made her hate him. However now that she had determined to remain by his aspect, Ishakan didn’t see any purpose to maintain her tied up. Ishakan kissed her wrist.

“First, you need to eat,” he mentioned. “You have got slept for a very long time, so I’ll carry mild meals.”

Ishakan exited the hut and instantly returned with a tray full of meals. However maybe as a result of he thought-about Leah a affected person, this time he didn’t carry meals piled in excessive layers at this time. Leah laughed inside.

Ishakan sat within the chair beside Leah’s mattress and arranged the meals one course at a time. First, he positioned some sizzling porridge earlier than her, after which lined up the programs to observe in a line as she ate little by little.

Leah had been smiling as she watched Ishakan slicing tender veal into small items, however she instantly darkened as recollections got here to her thoughts. From an early age, when her urge for food had been at its peak, Cerdina had regulated her meals. Leah had eaten in Cerdina’s firm a minimum of as soon as each two days, and each time it made her sick to her abdomen. Consuming was extraordinarily anxious.

Cerdina had taught her a strict etiquette for consuming. If Leah made the slightest mistake, Cerdina would cease consuming instantly and hit her with a stick on the a part of her arm hidden by the sleeve of her gown. And when Leah was too hungry and tried to eat extra, Cerdina would chortle scornfully and level out the issues in her physique, pinching the flesh of her stomach and thighs, though Leah had a traditional structure as a toddler.

—I don’t assume you may presently contemplate your self the Princess of Estia, Leah.

Cerdina’s gaze was chilly as she informed Leah that she should at all times have a dignified look.

—Do you need to hear individuals saying that the stepmother made a mistake in elevating her stepdaughter?

Then Leah must plead together with her, begging to be forgiven, saying that she had made a mistake and wouldn’t eat anymore. Some individuals had taken pity on Leah and had tried to offer her meals in secret, however all had been expelled from the palace after brutal torment.

The cycle repeated itself a number of instances and after she noticed what Cerdina had accomplished to the victims, Leah started to chorus from consuming on her personal. She was much more cautious as a result of she feared the Countess Melissa, the one individual she might belief, can be expelled.

So long as Leah restrained herself, everybody can be at peace.

She felt disagreeable as she ate the porridge, and put down the spoon. She couldn’t eat anymore. It felt as if she had instantly turn out to be full. When she handed him again the half-eaten bowl of porridge, Ishakan frowned.

“Don’t inform me you’re accomplished.”

“I’m full.” Leah hesitated for a second, then spoke quietly. “I’d wish to eat extra, however…I can’t. Perhaps it’s as a result of I haven’t eaten in a very long time.”

Ishakan was silent. His eyes glowed brightly, however any trace of hazard rapidly pale. He didn’t attempt to coax her any additional, simply took the meals away, after which got here again to hug Leah tightly.

Although she hadn’t eaten a lot, his heat made her really feel full.

“Let’s get some contemporary air,” Ishakan mentioned as he stroked her hair. “I need to present you one thing.”

Carrying her in his arms, his large hand pushed open the canvas door of the barrack. Leah gasped as they handed from darkness into mild, a scorching solar and golden sand as huge as the ocean.

It was the desert.