I Ended Up Saving the Duke Who Was Meant to Die - Chapter 4.4🔞
From the start, her claim of happening to see it didn’t make sense. They must have deliberately tampered with the gate to harm Severus, and this would have been kept strictly confidential since any information leak could provide him an escape route.
The Imperial court was trying to erase Severus’s existence. And today seemed to be the perfect opportunity to fulfill their wishes. There was no battlefield to begin with; it appeared they had planned everything solely to bring him to death’s door.
This meant the Imperial Princess was someone who knew how things would unfold from the beginning. Severus must have known this too.
He smiled faintly at her words and gripped my hand tightly.
“I was worried someone else might take her, so it happened that way. More importantly, wouldn’t it be troublesome if His Majesty the Emperor learned of Your Highness’s presence here?”
Severus spoke to the Imperial Princess in an indifferent tone. He didn’t seem particularly pleased with her help either. The Imperial Princess paid no attention to his attitude. However, her eyes were fixed precisely on Severus’s hand holding mine.
“This is troublesome, the Duke looks more intact than I expected. Actually, this wasn’t the scene I had in mind. I wanted to be the one to save you when you were dying… hmm.”
The Imperial Princess frowned, tapping her chin with her fan. I deliberately squeezed Severus’s hand tighter.
“Did you know this would happen?”
“Did you think I wouldn’t know? Why else would I have come here specifically?”
Severus’s brow furrowed. I clung tightly to his arm, pressing myself against him. It was amusing to watch the Imperial Princess’s expression change moment by moment.
‘She seems to have feelings for Severus.’
It appeared not everyone in the Imperial family shared the same desires. Unlike the Emperor and Crown Prince, the Imperial Princess didn’t seem to want Severus dead. However that didn’t necessarily mean she was on my side…
Still, I was grateful to her for preventing his death.
“To kiss your wife while dying, you two must be quite close. Or is there perhaps another reason?”
Her blue eyes quickly scanned my body. Those beautiful eyes were filled with hostility. I didn’t avoid her gaze.
‘You can’t have Severus. He’s mine.’
My behavior caused cracks to appear in her expression. When she bit her lip hard, a flush rose to her pale skin. Her face reddened with apparent anger, and she spread her fan wide to cool herself.
“Duke, it’s not too late even now. You don’t want to die, do you?”
“I don’t understand what you’re saying.”
“Really, you don’t know? Come to me, abandon this woman of unclear status by your side.”
At the Imperial Princess’s direct words, Severus’s eyes grew sharp. Seeming concerned about me, he turned his head to look at me and gently caressed my cheek.
“Irene, don’t worry about it.”
I nodded. Our interaction seemed to anger her more, as she strode forward with a frozen expression and stood before us.
“I need to see your face.”
The Imperial Princess tried to lift my cloak with her fan. Worried about revealing my red hair, I held it tightly with both hands.
“Your Highness. I apologize, but my wife is unwell, so it would be difficult to properly greet you here. Moreover, this place seems about to collapse soon – do you intend to linger?”
Severus asked while suddenly lifting me in his arms. I wrapped my arms around his neck while looking at the Imperial Princess. She maintained a deliberately calm face and nodded.
“It would be strange if we left together, wouldn’t it? It would be troublesome if Father found out. Consider that the Duke owes me one favor now – I’ll be satisfied with that for today.”
Severus and I gave a slight bow to the Imperial Princess before leaving through the gate.
After passing through the gate, I loosened my grip on his neck.
“Severus.”
“Yes, Irene.”
“Put me down.”
I could feel it without him saying anything. He was barely holding on right now. Though he had acted fine in front of the Imperial Princess, I had felt his hands trembling. Even with her help, he must have been in terrible condition after enduring alone for so long.
We needed to treat him properly right away.
“I’m fine.”
“No, you’re not. I don’t want to watch you die right in front of me. So put me down right now.”
At my firm words, he reluctantly set me down. I looked around and then grabbed his hand, quickly heading somewhere.
“Irene?”
“Shh, be quiet and follow me. It would be troublesome if the Imperial Princess followed us.”
“What exactly would be troublesome…?”
After confirming no one was around, I grabbed his shirt. Then I kissed him deeply while embracing his body.
I focused on slowly infusing power, letting it spread gradually throughout his body. With each hot breath exchanged, his broad chest rose greatly.
‘Just a little more, more.’
It would take time to heal him enough to endure, but we could be interrupted at any moment. Finally, I ripped his shirt off completely.
“Irene!”
Though he grabbed my arms in surprise and pulled them away, his sculpture-like body was already revealed through the torn shirt. I opened my mouth and licked his neck, focusing on healing. His large hands gripped my shoulders tightly, but I paid no attention.
“I’ll make you heal quickly. Everyone is waiting.”
“Haa.”
He took a deep breath. As I ran my hands over his firm chest, I lightly brushed his side and reached for his belt buckle. I unfastened it quickly before he could back away, then pushed him down.
Straddling him as he lay on the ground, I pulled down his undergarments with my hand. Just from caressing him, I had become wet, with fluid stretching like a thread.
“Don’t look at me like that. This just happens naturally.”
I blushed as I grasped his manhood. Then I slowly rubbed it against my wet entrance. I was wet enough that I could take him in right away. The head slid from my entrance to my opening. Just pushing it slightly at the entrance made my waist go rigid.
“Hnng!”
The traces of our lovemaking from the other day were still present everywhere. It was natural to be swollen after having him inside all night long. The stinging pain brought a momentary fear, but I carefully lowered my hips.
“Ah, ahhh…”
“What are you trying to do, struggling even as you put it in yourself?”
But I still wasn’t used to his size. Even though I was sufficiently wet, taking in his large head was overwhelming. My waist stiffened as the flesh slowly pushed through my inner walls.
“Se-Severus.”
I called his name urgently and grabbed his chest, not knowing what to do. However, there was no way to properly grip his firm muscles. I fumbled around, feeling like I needed to hold onto something.
“You can hold onto this.”
With a light touch, he brushed my n*pple with his hand, making my waist twist. I wanted him to touch me more, but he just gently stroked my lower back.
“More, touch me more, hnng.”
“Try it yourself. You’re moving your hips quite well.”
As if hypnotized by his words, I touched my br*asts. The sensation felt strange every time I squeezed them with my hands.
“Irene, you can’t be satisfied with just that, can you?”
“Huh?”
I looked down at him with a moan. His hand, which had been stroking my lower back, suddenly gripped my br*ast tightly.
The sharp pain made me jump, but only briefly, as he pinched and twisted my hardened n*pple between his thumb and forefinger.
“Ahh! Ah, it hurts!”
“Does it only hurt?”
“Ahhh…”
“For someone who claims it hurts, you’re taking it in so well, swallowing eagerly. Does it really only hurt?”
He pinched my n*pple hard again. When he moved his fingers, my whole body felt like it would melt from the heat. When I touched myself, it never felt like this – was there something different about his hands?
Fluid gushed from our connection point. Looking down, I could see transparent liquid flowing down his dark red sh*ft between my spread lips. Though I’d only taken in the tip at first, somehow half of it was inside now. As I slowly lowered my hips, my body heated up as he reached my deepest parts.
“Haah! Yes! Ah, it feels good.”
