Chapter 13
I married the prince they called a monster. Four women before me had accepted his proposals, only to become bloodied corpses. In short, I was a sacrificial lamb offered to this beast. On our wedding night, I braced myself for death. “Grr…” A guttural growl rumbled from his throat. Then… a miracle. “Good, stay still.” “Yes.” He rested his head on my lap and nudged it back and forth, as if begging for a caress. ‘Does he want me to pet him?’ *** “Ren, please don’t go,” he pleaded, clutching my sleeve with a desperate look in his eyes. “I can’t live without you.” A pang of sympathy resonated deep within me. It seemed like I had tamed the monster a little too well.
Chapter 12
[I was married off to the imperial palace as if I were being disposed of, and there, I tamed the monster prince.] Irena, a bastard child from a prestigious noble family, was married off to the 1st Prince, who carried the stigma of being a monster prince due to a curse. This marriage was no different from being disposed of. She thought she was destined to die on her wedding night, just like previous princess candidates, but unexpectedly, she managed to calm the monster prince with an unforeseen ability and began to live with him....