Married To The Mad Vampire Lord novel Chapter 34

Chapter 34: The whores in the castle_Part 3

"This part of the castle is where cousin Rohan keeps his harems from the inside and also has a mini-theater where they entertain him every night," Cordelia said, her voice carrying a hint of amusement as she looked up at the towering castle. The grandeur of the dark stone walls loomed over them, casting long shadows across the courtyard as they walked.

Belle stopped in her tracks at those words, having not expected them. Her eyes blinked in confusion for just a moment at the towering castle before they returned to the vampiress, who had been playing tour master as they walked around the vast castle grounds.

"Pardon me?" she asked, her voice careful, her expression blank. She had no idea whether the woman was serious or joking about her husband having a harem in the very castle he had brought her to live in as his wife. Married men don’t keep other women under the same roof as their wife.

Cordelia turned to her, feigning innocence, though her lips curled in a knowing smirk. "Oh, I forgot. You are not from Nightbrook and wouldn’t know about this. Word has it that he took in exotic vampire whores and set them up in this part of the castle like a private harem. But rest assured, you won’t set eyes on them while you are here, not once have I seen them myself. It’s a vast castle with many back doors." She gave a delicate laugh, covering her mouth with her fingers as though sharing an inside joke.

Belle didn’t laugh. She barely breathed from the disbelief of those words. Rohan had other women apart from her in this castle, women he kept as his private harem?

Her stomach clenched involuntarily. She knew of married men keeping mistresses, that was an unspoken reality of the world she had grown up in. But whores? That was something else. Something disgraceful for a gentleman. But then, her husband was no gentleman. She had known that since the time he kissed her in that carriage and when he told her that he would teach her body to lust.

Yet the thought of them, hidden away in the castle’s depths, sent an unfamiliar, unwelcome sting through her chest. Why does it bother me? she thought, frustrated with herself for no absolute reason.

But then, why wouldn’t it bother her? She had every right to feel angry. He had told her not to love another man or even entertain the thought of one, had so casually thrown away the only thing she had left of the man she loved as if it were worthless, yet he kept a harem of whores in the castle.

How hypocritical of him! He had demanded that she erase her past, yet he surrounded himself with such women in secret. He had even made a mockery of their wedding night by using his fingers to take her innocence. The memory sent an unwanted warmth to her core, making her stomach twist as if his fingers were back where they had been last night.

Belle quickly muttered a silent prayer for forgiveness, willing the thought and the scene to disappear from her torturous mind. She wished she could cleanse her thoughts of sin or scold her body for reacting so foolishly. How could one not want something, yet still feel so stupidly drawn to it? And why was it that, even though it had happened last night, her lower half could not rid itself of the lingering sensation when she thought about it? It always made her want to clasp her legs together to stop the sensation...

Did he touch those women the way he had touched her? Did he do the same things to them? He had probably gone to them last night after leaving her. Perhaps that was why Rav had warned her not to go to his chamber unless she was sent for. Not that she wanted to live in the same room as him, but the thought of him putting his fingers inside those women made something bloom in her chest before she forcefully shoved it away.

Whatever he does, it’s none of my business. He was her husband in name only. What he did with his nights should not matter to her. And with such women in the castle, he would soon forget about his wife and his words to teach her body wicked things she did not want to think of right now.

Women were taught to look away and pretend they knew nothing when their husbands kept other women, and this husband of hers was only temporary. So she would act as if she had not heard the vampiress’s words, words that were no doubt meant to gauge her reaction. Otherwise, why bring it up at all when they weren’t even touring the inside?

So she willed her expression into perfect indifference, her voice steady as she said, "I see."

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