Beast King'S Crippled Mate novel Chapter 73

73 Chapter 73: Healing from the Goddess (I) 

Swan couldn’t sleep ever since she heard that Aria would return to Holy Achate by 

dawn. 

She was worried because that burn scar would not fade anytime soon, and knowing Aria, Swan guessed that she would use the burn scar as ‘proof‘ that Gale was a savage with no redeeming quality. 

She didn’t care if everyone insulted her. She didn’t even care if everyone thought she was nothing but a whore’s daughter. 

But she refused to let anyone insult Gale, especially when he hadn’t done anything wrong to grant an insult. 

She buried her face in Gale’s chest, listening to his calm heartbeat as he was in a deep sleep. 

Gale often told her he didn’t need sleep, and the other servants said the same. She even heard from one guard that the Beast King would never sleep at war, and he would not rest until the enemy was defeated or surrendered. 

According to Gale, sleep was a luxury for him, as it was a sign that the pain inside his body was easing. 

‘I don’t know if it’s because of me. If it is, I hope it’s exclusive only for me…‘ Swan thought before she quickly dispelled that idea. ‘I shouldn’t be too greedy. It’d be good if he could be at peace with another woman as well. I don’t know how long I will live anyway. I don’t want him to fall into endless torture. 

Swan closed her eyes as she kissed his chest. She prayed deeply in her heart. 

‘Goddess, let me protect my man from the evil in this world. Let me make sure that half–sister cannot use that scar to create a bad rumor about my husband.‘ 

Swan fell asleep soon after as she felt the warmth from Gale’s body. 

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Aria could not sleep for the entire night. 

She was in so much pain because of the burn. She had slathered more of the cream on her injury, but it didn’t help. 

Thus, the only way to keep her at peace was the hours she counted until dawn. 

‘Only one more hour before dawn then I can return to Holy Achate with this hurn scar 

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I will tell everyone that the Beast King has become a mindless beast after being controlled by that whore’s daughter,’ Aria reminded herself. ‘Gale will eventually realize there is no point in keeping that cripple around, and kick her out.‘ 

Whenever she was reminded of her upcoming victory, Aria would have a big smile on her face. She didn’t mind enduring the pain as long as she could be the winner in the end. 

She turned her head towards the window and saw the sun rising. A big, ear–to–ear smile appeared on her face. 

‘I win, Swan.‘ 

She turned her head to stare at the ceiling again when her eyes were suddenly blinded by a bright light, which forced her to close her eyes immediately. 

The moment she opened her eyes again, she was stunned by the sight of Swan floating above her. 

Swan had her eyes closed tightly as her hair and entire body were glowing in a gentle light. She smiled at Aria and said in a voice that echoed inside the room. 

It took a while for Aria to react, and the first thing she wanted to do was to scream at the top of her lungs, so everyone–including the Beast King–would know that he wasn’t hallucinating about Swan being a witch! 

“HE–urp!” Aria’s eyes widened when she suddenly lost her voice. 

Swan smiled at her before saying, “I cannot allow you to alert everyone, Aria. Especially my husband. He cannot know about this.” 

Aria looked at Swan in horror. Swan looked angelic, but there was nothing but fear creeping inside Aria’s heart right now. 

She had lost her voice, so she tried to get up and seek help. 

“And you need to stay still,” Swan commanded, and Aria quickly lost control over her body entirely. She was forced to look at Swan as she wasn’t even allowed to blink right 

now. 

Swan placed her palm on Aria’s chest and uttered, “I know what you want to do, Aria. You will use this burn scar to tell others that my husband is a cruel man, and I will never allow you to do that.” 

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Aria didn’t know what Swan wanted to do next. She didn’t expect Swan to be such a powerful witch, so her next guess was that she would stop her heart entirely and kill 

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Now that she could not move her body at all, she finally felt a true despair. All she could do was gaze at Swan pleadingly, hoping that she would spare her. 

What happened next was out of her expectation, because Swan actually healed Aria’s burn scar until her skin was smooth, as if the burn scar was never there in the first place. 

However, the itch coming from the burn scar was still lingering under Aria’s skin, and Swan smiled because she knew what she was doing. 

“I’m only making sure that nobody will be able to see the burn scars, but you will still feel the itch until next month. I’m not here to heal you, Aria. I’m here to protect my husband,” Swan stated. “You will not be able to speak until you arrive at the Holy Achate Palace.”