"Tell me!!!" She yelled at Luke, who now stood frozen like a statue, because he had a clear answer, but he knew that saying it would be the wrong choice.

Because both of them were his wives, and asking him to choose between them was nothing less than pure torture.

After a long silence, Luke finally forced those words out of his mouth.

"Both of you are my wives. Of course, I love both of you."

But those words only made Aurielle’s face turn pale. Her eyes trembled, and then she shouted, unable to hold back the emotions bottled up inside her any longer.

"How can you love her? Or your other wives?"

Aurielle suddenly pulled his collar until their faces were only inches apart.

Tears streamed down her cheeks as she shouted, but her voice filled with pain and frustration.

"I am your only wife, not them!"

"They were the ones who left you, and it was me who took care of you!"

"Do you understand? It was me, not those bitches who left you and didn’t care about you at all!"

Luke could see Aurielle crying so hard as she shouted at him, her voice breaking more and more with every word.

Because he also knew the truth, if Aurielle had not taken care of him and had left him as well, he would have struggled to find even a safe shelter to call home, wandering aimlessly until one day he would have died.

Yeah, because he later found out that even if he died, all of them would still have one year before they died because of the golden chain.

So they could find the cure while he was long dead.

"I am sorry, Aurielle," Luke said to her in a low voice.

Aurielle’s pupils dilated after hearing his words, and she felt that her body was losing all strength.

"Aurielle!" Luke hurriedly held her when he noticed she suddenly collapsed to the ground.

"Are you okay?!" Luke held her tightly and asked worriedly while looking at her eyes, which now have lost their color.

"So you don’t love me." But then Luke heard Aurielle’s somewhat low but lost voice, like she doesn’t want to live anymore.

"What are you talking about?"

Luke held her face close to his, their foreheads almost touching as they both sat on the floor of the room.

Luke kissed her forehead and said it. "I love you and I will always love you."

He finally finished saying this, but Aurielle didn’t respond; her eyes just looked blank, but then she muttered something in a weak voice.

"Do you know? When you released my hand after seeing Naivara, I got so afraid that I thought you would leave me."

I didn’t say anything; I just quietly listened to her talk while holding her.

"I know; you are special, Luke." She finally looked at his eyes with love and raised her hand slowly to caress his cheek gently.

"I know, I can’t take you all for myself." Then she also brings Luke’s hand to her cheek.

"But remember, I am your only wife; if not, at least I am your first wife and always will be."

With that, she stood up weakly and swayed Luke’s hand away that was holding her, before walking towards the bed.

"Aurielle!" Luke called to her, but she didn’t stop and just slumped into bed.

He knows he is the worst, but he has taken a vow to protect his wife and his loved one.

So he just can’t abandon the other. "I need to be careful and have to think more about how to handle them."

Luke sighed, but then Nyx’s voice came.

"It seems like she thought you have only her in your heart."

Luke paused and turned to look at Nyx, who was floating beside him but then Nyx moved and sat on his shoulder.

"Your problem was not only that you ignored her, but you also left her behind for another woman even though she is your wife as well."

Luke lowered his head, as he knew he had made this mistake, but he just couldn’t control himself.

He was finally able to meet his other wife and thought that maybe all of them can be together.

"Just be careful next time and don’t ignore your wife for another woman, at least not when all of them are together."

With that, Nyx transformed into black light and merged into Luke’s body.

After all these talks, Luke sighed once more and thought, "Today is really my bad day."

With that, he moved towards the bed as well and lay down besides Aurielle.

"Honey, I am really sorry, and I promise I will never ignore you again." Luke said as he slowly leant close to her.

He held her waist gently and cuddled with her, with his face buried in her neck, where he smelled her scent, which also helped him get calmer.

Aurielle heard Luke’s voice and also felt his gentle touch as his hot breath touched her neck. But she still didn’t say anything.

Finally, after some time, Luke fell into a deep sleep, while Aurielle was still awake and thinking something else.

"Does he love her beauty that much? ... or her status?"

Aurielle was lost deep in thought when she remembered Naivara’s face and the guards behind her.

Then slowly she turned towards Luke, who had already fallen into a deep sleep.

She looked at his handsome face, which she never felt when they first met.

But soon her thoughts again spiraled further, sinking deeper with every passing second.

"Or is it because she is a real princess... and I am an exile?"

"Am I not special enough... is that why he doesn’t show interest in me?"

She trembled when this thought finally came into her mind and settled down like it was really this reason.

A tear dropped onto the pillow from her eyes as she looked at Luke’s sleeping face.

"Please... don’t leave me."

With that whisper, she leant in and hugged him tightly, like maybe this was the last time they would be together.

In response, Luke unconsciously wrapped his arms around her as well.

And in that fragile silence, both of them drifted into sleep together.

[Chapter End]