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186 Laverna's Truth

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I started to feel nervous with such a strong man standing so close to me.

“I…” I began to stammer, not knowing how to get out of this situation.

“You need a fake husband, don’t you?” the guard smirked after reading my reaction — and damn it, that smile suited him.

“I do…”

“Then let’s do this,” the dark-haired man suggested. “You look at the candidates who arrive and decide if any of them are worthy of you. If there is — you choose him. If not, I’ll be your backup. I promise I won’t enter your bedroom without your permission, and I won’t interfere with ruling the kingdom either,” he added with a faint smile, studying me closely.

I looked back at him — and immediately realized I was starting to look through him, reading him. I quickly broke the eye contact.

“It’s fine,” Turab said with a small chuckle. “You have every right to check me. I don’t mind.”

“No. I mind,” I replied, not looking at him. “I’ve already pushed myself too far today with reading. Even what I saw was more than enough
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  • No Escape From Fate    187

    “You cursed Kays’s family, turning them into a clay monolith that even I couldn’t undo! You made Kays a monster for years, and you killed Bahira outright!” I threw the truth in her face, watching as the old hag’s eyes flared green with rage and her teeth ground together.“He told you that?” Laverna growled, not blinking.“Yes—and I saw it in my dreams! I saw a young man and a beautiful girl with a silver braid standing by a well, and a surge of power swallowing them. I saw Karadeylis’s family suffering, melting into one lifeless mass of clay! I heard their screams!”With every word, the witch’s gaze grew darker and heavier. Magic pulsed around her hands with fury.“And you believed it?” she sneered bitterly. “I loved them!” the old woman cried out, a tear sliding down her wrinkled face. “I always loved them—as the closest people in my life! I did not curse them! That bastard Kays cursed them in those caves!”I stared at her, frozen in absolute shock and horror.“And I didn’t kill or c

  • No Escape From Fate    186 Laverna's Truth

    I started to feel nervous with such a strong man standing so close to me.“I…” I began to stammer, not knowing how to get out of this situation.“You need a fake husband, don’t you?” the guard smirked after reading my reaction — and damn it, that smile suited him.“I do…”“Then let’s do this,” the dark-haired man suggested. “You look at the candidates who arrive and decide if any of them are worthy of you. If there is — you choose him. If not, I’ll be your backup. I promise I won’t enter your bedroom without your permission, and I won’t interfere with ruling the kingdom either,” he added with a faint smile, studying me closely.I looked back at him — and immediately realized I was starting to look through him, reading him. I quickly broke the eye contact.“It’s fine,” Turab said with a small chuckle. “You have every right to check me. I don’t mind.”“No. I mind,” I replied, not looking at him. “I’ve already pushed myself too far today with reading. Even what I saw was more than enough

  • No Escape From Fate    185

    “You should have mentioned these laws earlier!” I snapped. “I did not agree to marry some random man out of nowhere! I’m not about to let some guy claim marital rights over me!”“Naziza, sweetheart… it doesn’t mean this husband has to be in your bed,” the old man said slyly. “Since you’ve been declared my heir while I’m still alive, you will be the one actually ruling the kingdom. A husband is only there to pacify the dissenters. That way they won’t be able to dispute your legitimacy. If you don’t want him, he won’t even be allowed to come near you. You could keep favorites—or even a whole harem if you wished! It would all depend solely on your will.”He was disturbingly persuasive.“You mean… a sham marriage?” I asked more calmly.Gerald bloomed into a grin. The crafty old fox.“Of course, my dear! Who needs feelings when you can rule an entire kingdom? They’re insisting on a husband because they all want to try for the role themselves. They think that by becoming your husband they’l

  • No Escape From Fate    184 Husband Candidates

    At those words, I completely forgot where I was going and froze mid-step.What?!!! What husband?!I stopped by the half-open door, clearly intending to eavesdrop. Turab shot me a reproachful look and raised an eyebrow.“Oh, come on,” I rolled my eyes—and the guard quietly stayed where he was, not giving me away.“Yes!” a second voice eagerly chimed in. “According to our laws, a woman cannot rule the kingdom! Where has it ever been seen that something in a skirt is entrusted with such serious and responsible power?!”“You are overstepping, gentlemen!” Gerald slammed his fist on the throne. “She is my adopted daughter and my heir! Completely different laws apply here, and she can rule Zergedia! You all saw that she is a Seer!”“Perhaps that girl has fooled you, my king,” someone else spoke up. “Perhaps she’s an evil witch—or something even worse! She’s invaded your mind and you don’t even know what you’re doing!”I heard Gerald growl furiously, then a painful “ow!” from the speaker—and

  • No Escape From Fate    183

    And again I saw it—the black clump. Only this time I saw it inside Figaro again. I watched as Laverna’s power tore into that mass, drawing it out and devouring it. The spiders and worms writhed like a panicked swarm of cockroaches, and some of them were swallowed by the witch’s magic as well.Laverna finished and spat out another black lump, but I kept staring at my little beast, watching the filth still left inside him. There was much less now. And then I felt the old woman grab my hand and sharply pull me toward her, staring into my eyes.“You…” she whispered, her green eyes like deep pools—and now I could see she was sober. “She gave you her power…”“What’s happening to me?” I asked, and the witch pushed me toward a mirror. I saw my eyes glowing faintly, and while they still saw more than usual, I looked at Laverna herself. I managed to glimpse something like a vessel, covered in filth and black chains. But that vessel was cracked, like dried mud—and through those cracks… bright li

  • No Escape From Fate    182 The Power

    A wave of stunned, astonished gasps swept across the square. People immediately began whispering among themselves. They looked at me in different ways—some with fear, covering their mouths, some with curious interest, some going pale from the news… but there were also those who looked at me with something else.With hope.Especially the people standing beneath the stands—ordinary folk in simple clothes, without noble insignia. In the crowd I found the girl who was now tightly holding the freed guard, and I saw hope in her eyes… and gratitude. She stared at me without looking away, and I easily read her lips:Thank you.But when I shifted my gaze to the nobles’ tribunes, it was clear they felt no joy at all. Many of them had tensed, already animatedly discussing the news among themselves, gesturing vividly.Oh, I’ll get to you all!I’m certain that among them there are those who helped Helroy in the slave trade. Scum like that never work alone—they always have protectors “up above.”I

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