Severed Ties: Marrying The Cursed Dragon Lord

Chapter 3

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t Hays, and my mother, Lady Annelise Hays, walke

the fabric. Several large, gaudy rings adorned his fingers. He look

-fire pattern embroidered on her skirt seemed to frost over with her icy glare. She lo

mother's arms, sobbing, "Mother

nomous look. "Alys! How long are you going to keep this up! Loo

mly settling on my father, the ma

I heard from Clement that you've agreed to the marriage. Good. That's how a daughter of Hou

ment pulled at the wound in my chest, making

"I agree to marry him, bu

? Alys, don't push your luck. Marrying Lord Kensingto

, as a daughter of House Hays, my marriag

if she'd heard the world's greatest joke. "A dowry? A subst

The family is being generous by not tyin

tone. I am about to become Lady Kensington. Do you wish to provo

ngton." Clement's face turned a shade of purple

g, what will people say? That you are cruel and heartless, unwilling to provide a decent dowry for your own

was a man obsessed with appearanc

lise's sleeve. "Mother, how can sister

s is not your place to speak. Or would you rath

immediately hid behind our mother

ced by me. A sick sense of pleasure rose withi

finally speaking. "Fine. You can have a dowr

y. He had agreed. B

dition," I said calmly

you want?" Ann

. "I want to sever all

e powerful than the request for a dow

man. For a noblewoman, severing ties with

aching its peak. "You... you traitor! The fa

lled beast. Ignoring everyone's shocked cr

ody. I could clearly hear the crack of a rib bre

didn't

ll clearer and more resolute th

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Severed Ties: Marrying The Cursed Dragon Lord

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“I woke up to the searing agony of shattered ribs and a ruptured heart. I had transmigrated into the body of Alys, the "Dragonless" disgrace of a noble dragon-kin family. The original owner had just been beaten to death by her own brother. Her crime? Refusing to take her beloved sister's place in a marriage to a cursed, notoriously cruel Dragon Lord. As I lay dying in a pool of my own blood, my brother raised his foot to kick me again. "Will you marry him, or not? Don't make me do it again, you family disgrace!" My beautiful sister Henrietta hid behind her fake tears, begging him to stop while her eyes glittered with cruel satisfaction. My parents didn't care about my fatal injuries. They only cared that I was breathing enough to be tossed into a carriage to save the family's honor. To them, my life was just a cheap bargaining chip to protect their precious youngest daughter. They expected me to submit in fear, to quietly accept my fate as a sacrificial lamb for this hypocritical family. They thought I would die silently in that cursed lord's frozen keep without a fight. But I am a top modern surgeon, not the weak girl they abused for twenty years. I looked at my so-called family with cold detachment and agreed to the substitute marriage. But first, I would extort a massive dowry, strip them of their most profitable assets, and force my father to sign a document severing all ties. I will marry the monster, but this time, I am playing by my own rules.”