His laughable possessiveness seemed as if it could only be restored through such roars and admonishments. This woman had never truly belonged to him from beginning to end!
He had been desperately trying to tame Ailinsnow, but Ailinsnow had never truly opened her heart to him, not even once!
Ailinsnow trembled all over with rage. She struggled with all her might to break free from Inan’s grip, her eyes bloodshot as she glared at him, “You lunatic! My heart will always belong to my husband! From start to finish, it was never your place, you demon, to defile it!”
These words made Inan furious. His face twisted in anger, and his eyes looked as if they would spit fire.
“Say that again!”
Inan wanted to say that abandoning her was just a means to deal with his enemies! But for some reason, a wave of fire surged within him…
It was as if he was prone to rage—something that shouldn’t have happened to him!
Ailinsnow was unafraid, her neck stiff, and she repeated, word by word, “I said, you are a demon. My heart will always belong to my husband. You will never have it!”
Inan, driven to madness, burst into a desperate, crazed laughter.
“Fine, very well! If I can’t have it, then no one will!”
With that, he ignored the chaos around them and seized her throat with both hands, talon-like and unyielding.
“Think of what I’ve done for you. Think of your daughter!” Inan was like a madman who had lost all reason. “Have I not treated you well!?”
He couldn’t accept that the woman who had always obeyed him physically still belonged to someone else in her heart!
“As long as you… as long as you admit you belong wholly to me…” Inan’s voice shook with rage, his grip on her neck not lessening in the slightest, “I’ll let you go… let your daughter go…”
Ailinsnow’s compliance dropped drastically, falling to 54%…
This was something Inan couldn’t accept—all because of her dead husband!
Ailinsnow felt her life slipping away under Inan’s tightening grasp, her vision filling with the faces of her husband and daughter…
They were her only warmth and hope in this dark world. Even with death approaching, the resolve in her eyes did not waver in the slightest!
The love between Ailinsnow and her husband was her unbreakable red line—no third party would ever be allowed to intrude! Not even if her husband was already dead!
That was a tenderness and love Inan could never provide!
“You…” Inan’s teeth gnashed, and his grip tightened even more, “Are you really this stubborn? For a dead man, you’d even throw away your daughter’s life?”
“I… Even if I die… I’ll never… belong to you…” Ailinsnow forced the words through her clenched teeth, her voice weak but filled with unwavering determination.
“Truly a heartless woman…” Inan sneered coldly, “Think of Aurora—yes, your daughter. She’s still in my castle. If you die… I won’t let her off easily!”
“Heh… You only know how to threaten me with her…” Ailinsnow gave a bitter laugh. “I believe she’ll forgive me, because her mother is true to love!”
“Is that so? I’ll show you how ridiculous your so-called love is!” Inan bit Ailinsnow’s lips until they bled…
After a long while, Ailinsnow slowly shook her head. Her breath was weak, but the resolve in her eyes remained as unshakable as an iceberg.
“You don’t understand… True love… is never betrayed, not by life or death… Someone blinded by desire like you will never comprehend…”
Inan slowly released her neck, finally understanding…
This woman was a diehard believer in pure love!
But where did she get such courage!?
This woman would abandon even her daughter for love!?
Or did she think she had him figured out!?
That he would never hurt her daughter?
Are people who believe in pure love really this resolute nowadays? Inan was a little surprised.
Ailinsnow gasped for air, her eyes showing relief at surviving the ordeal, but even more, a deep hatred for Inan.
“You think you can threaten me with my daughter? You’ll never understand—some things are more important than life.”
Inan’s gaze was full of contempt. “I’ve given you everything, yet you don’t know gratitude, and even dare to betray me!”
“Betrayal?” Ailinsnow let out a cold laugh. “We were mortal enemies to begin with. My obedience to you was only to wait for my chance at revenge.”
“Did you take the act too far?” Ailinsnow seemed to have no fear left. “Did you actually believe the farce between us was real?”
“Heh…” Inan sneered. “Yes, it was all an act. But in the end, who’s the one who made it real? I’ve seen enough of your filthy behavior…”
Hearing this, Ailinsnow turned her head away, unable to meet Inan’s gaze…
Ailinsnow possessed a reward that he had to dig out. Inan’s true goal had never been to win her love…
With that thought, the demon decided to test Ailinsnow with a threat, just to see if she would have a more intense reaction…
From a psychological perspective, this was called probing the bottom line!
Deliberately provoking her was to see where her limits and boundaries lay…
As the saying goes: A scoundrel fears power, not virtue!
So was Ailinsnow a scoundrel or not? Inan would have to find out step by step…
A sinister smile appeared on his face. “Since you miss your husband so much, I’ll send someone to the Snow Kingdom to dig up his remains…”
Ailinsnow’s face instantly turned deathly pale, a trace of fear flashing in her eyes, quickly replaced by fury.
“Don’t you dare! Inan, if you touch his remains, I’ll give my life to make sure you die a miserable death!”
Inan’s smile twisted even further. “Oh? Do you think you can still stop me? You’re nothing more than a plaything in my hands. As for your husband’s corpse, I’ll do whatever I please with it!”
Philip witnessed all this from the side, anger burning within him. “Inan, you despicable scoundrel! You’d even stoop to tormenting the dead!”
“Still dreaming of playing the hero? How laughable! Luoling, kill him for me!” At Inan’s command, Luoling, ignoring her own wounds, slowly advanced toward Philip.
Her gaze was icy cold, and the long sword in her hand dripped blood, glinting eerily in the moonlight.
“Luoling, don’t be blinded! This demon has committed countless evils—are you really going to help him continue his tyranny?” Philip shouted, watching Luoling warily.
“So what? My only value is to make my Lord happy!” Luoling declared without hesitation. “I’m willing to follow him into hell!”
At this moment, Inan finally understood: only absolute obedience could bring him peace of mind…
This little fox’s loyalty moved him and made him even more certain that his pursuit of power and control was the right path.