Chapter 90
The most powerful families of the court owe their influence to three things: property, titles, and magic. House Konbayazen, lacking a sorcerer, became a laughingstock among fellow aristocrats; that is, until the head of their House took his daughter Sabina and invited the curse of death upon her - turning her into “death incarnate.” This curse causes any who utter Sabina’s name to catch a fatal illness and contact with her flesh causes one’s own to rot away. This new power allows her father to monger fear, killing anyone who dare stand in his way. After countless years of abuse at the hands of her father, Sabina is allowed to convalesce in the countryside to regain her strength. He sends her to an empty, abandoned village with the imperial knight Erzan Muskovayev to be her bodyguard…but there is something different about Erzan. Normally repulsed by the heat of another person’s body, Sabina immediately finds an abnormal comfort in his presence. What’s more, Erzan seems immune to any curse that he encounters. As the two spend time together in the seemingly haunted village, they find themselves inexplicably drawn to each other, in a way neither knew was possible…
Chapter 65
"Divorce him and marry me instead." Roseline and her family are in danger due to her father's crimes when Archduke Melchior intervenes. He saves her life, saves her family, pays off their debts, and even proposes marriage! But what is his motive in all of this? And what will she do when her apprentice wants to marry her, too?