Shattered Innocence: Transmigrated Into a Novel as an Extra

Chapter 509: What is that 'promise' ?

Chapter 509: What is that 'promise' ?

Aeliana returned to her chambers, her mind weighed down by the conversation she'd just had with her father. The moment the door closed behind her, she exhaled sharply, as if expelling the sheer magnitude of everything she had just learned.

Then—without hesitation—she threw herself onto her massive bed, the silken covers billowing slightly under her weight.

Staring at the ornate canopy above, she let out a quiet groan, pressing the heels of her palms against her eyes.

'What the hell am I supposed to do with all of this?'

Her mother. The engagement. Lucavion.

Everything she had thought to be fixed, to be set in stone, had suddenly been upended with a few carefully spoken words.

Her father had been willing to break the engagement—just like that.

For years, she had assumed that the decision was unshakable, that she had no say in the matter. That her life had already been carved out for her, dictated by duty and necessity.

And yet, with a simple sentence, it had all been called into question.

'You may be wondering why I told you that story.'

Aeliana sucked in a slow breath, trying to steady herself, but her heart was still pounding from the weight of his words.

'You are free to do whatever you want with him.'

She clenched her jaw, her hands curling into fists against the soft sheets.

Free.

That was not a word she was used to.

And then there was Lucavion.

Her fingers twitched slightly at the thought of him—the reckless, infuriating bastard who had stormed into her life with no regard for propriety, who had treated her with a maddening blend of amusement and sincerity.

She had insisted that she didn't want him.

But when her father had spoken of ensuring Lucavion never troubled her again—