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The Way To Protect The Female Lead's Older Brother - Chapter 10
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It was late and the night seemed to creep over a figure who was seated on her windowsill.
“I see. You saw no one?” she said.
A wispy voice responded quietly. Its whisper barely broke the silence in the room.
The curtains were swaying slowly from the wind and seemed to cocoon the young lady in an ululating fashion. Moonlight poured over her, revealing her face in plain sight. Her beauty was too unrealistic; it would have been hard to believe that God himself had breathed life into her. Her soft hair, which glinted brilliantly even in the darkest of nights, fell over her neckline and the bodice of her hourglass figure. Her eyes were like jewels made from bright red blood and had the effect of causing almost anyone who met her gaze to fall into a stupor. She carried herself as a noblewoman and her overall appearance made her overwhelming beauty seem almost frightening.
“If you find the party looking for him, attach yourself to their leader,” Roxana gave a new order to her servant.
“Yes, Mistress,” the red butterfly said in its wispy voice. Its wings waved in one fluid motion before it flew from its perch on her thin and delicate finger. It flew in a circle, catching a draft, and repeated its mistress’s orders like a spell until it left plain view.
Roxana thought of the young man in the dungeons and gave a low sigh. A teardrop slid over her beautiful face.
She had to think quickly. While she had been with Cassis the last fortnight, Charlotte, one of her half-siblings, had been wheedling the guardsman to see “the toy.” Her tantrum had been heard throughout half of the manor.
Roxana knew the guardsman was weak. She had appeared at the entrance to the dungeons to distract Charlotte from coming in. Her attitude had been flippant when she met her sister. She had been curious about the toy and it now needed rest. Charlotte was still a child. It wouldn’t be–prudent–to describe the toy’s condition now. And Yo-an, the guardsman….
Her eyes flashed. The man groaned.
Her cold and playful smile unsettled the man and child.
Roxana didn’t know how she could hold a monopoly over Cassis for much longer.
“Will we make it?” she murmured.
Cassis had to survive to prevent her murder, and he could not survive without her help. Their fates were intertwined in the least romantic way possible.
Her eyes lowered. Cassis had voluntarily eaten the last pill without any violent action from her part. Did he know her identity? Or did he trust her a little more? Of course, if he knew her surname, he would see her immediately as a villain. He must have believed she was only a maid who felt sorry for him. She may have been psychologically corrupted by her employers, but still had enough of a heart to go against their unethical orders.
Or maybe Cassis had just resigned himself to whatever fate she had in store for him. If he refused, he must have assumed that she would render him unconscious. It would be safer to ingest poison than fall asleep in front of her.
She tapped her finger against the window. The first family dinner since Cassis Pedelian’s arrival was scheduled to commence soon.
She had received the second invitation.
Someone else had received the first invitation.
The first rank, her father’s favourite son.
Father will be hosting, she thought.
A miracle would be welcome at this time.