The Predator’s Contract Partner
chapter-247

Regardless, Elisha had no intention of sharing the poison with the patriarch. She just wanted to make Carola a convict.

‘But the rose toxin really tastes terrible.’

In her previous life, Elisha was nothing more than an insignificant and ugly creature to Carola. Simply that. So, whatever she did, she did it without hesitation in front of her. It was natural that Elisha knew all about her evil deeds.

Carola always wore the same ring. In it was the key to the secret safe in her room. There were numerous items hidden inside. One of them was ‘Rose Poison.’

There was a reason why it had that name. It was a venom with a strong rose scent. It was usually not a good drug to poison someone. The mouth of a corpse eradicated by rose poison gave off a terrible odor similar to the scent of roses. It was blatantly apparent that they were poisoned.

So, it was usually mixed into strong-flavored teas or very sweet desserts. When Carola gave sweet desserts and tea to Jacob’s concubines or collateral, it was to feed them rose poison.

So when Elisha received rose tea, Mimosa looked contemplative. She must have thought she was lucky that she survived that day.

‘But rose poison is not that deadly. Although it’s a good poison to feed to someone you hate.’

If one drank enough rose poison, red pus would form on the skin, and they would die after suffering for several days due to the poison. Before death, the face would become disfigured and very ugly.

‘Freckles was poisoned by this.’

There was a girl with the nickname Freckles. In her previous life, she was Jacob’s mistress. Carola considered Freckles an eyesore, so she used rose poison to torment her.

If that wasn’t enough, in the end she was fed to wild dogs. At that time, Carola was terror itself to Elisha.

‘Just a little sip won’t be a big deal. The side effects are a stomachache or severe headache. It’s a drug that will detoxify immediately if you lie down for a few days.’

So Elisha took a sip of her tea without hesitation. But the effect was stronger than expected. She didn’t expect she would vomit blood.

‘Plus, I feel sicker than I thought.’

Elisha thought with a clouded mind.

‘But it was worth it.’

There was no way Pansy was thorough. As a result of the investigation, the person responsible for the trick will soon be revealed. Then, Carola would never have the chance to be free.

Elisha concluded in a trance-like dream.

She felt like she saw Lucerne when she lost consciousness earlier.

‘Was it an illusion?’

She remembered a dream within a dream, a faint fantasy in the middle.

*

A warm, small mansion. What a beautiful home set up there. A pretty day when Lucerne comes there.

‘Someday, if that man really treats me with even the slightest sincerity.’

Elisha recalled him coming up to her, holding her hand, and saying kind words. It was a scenery that was completely out of place, but she could imagine it.

But in order for her to do that, she had to become his equal.

‘Carola and Jacob won’t be able to harass me. I need to be free.’

In Elisha’s world, there had never been a time when someone protected her. So, her own safety was something she had to safeguard. In this case, her well-being coincided with the deaths of Jacob and Carola.

So, only the completion of revenge would ensure her survival.

It would make her relationship with Lucerne better, she thought. Elisha smiled softly, even in her dreams.

***

“Elisha?”

Lucerne approached her.

He vividly recalled the sight he saw as a child in Elisha’s collapsed form. It was his dying mother.

Coincidentally, she was the only woman he loved. That scene really provoked his trauma.

Something he barely preserved when it came to Elisha—

finally the last thread of reason was severed.

***

The employees surrounded the fallen Elisha.

“Don’t touch her.”

“… … .”

“Don’t let anyone touch her.”

Lucerne approached her with long strides. Ian came rushing over.

“What happened?”

Sophie hurriedly came running. In her hand was a broken silver bracelet. Lucerne looked at her bracelet. He understood the situation right away.

“Get the doctor right now—hurry!”

Lucerne growled. The attending doctor rushed over. Elisha was moved to the living room.

“Her life is not in danger. If she takes her medicine, she will be fine,”

said the doctor who examined her as she lay helplessly on the carpet in the living room. It was not long before, Ian and Sophie whispered something to Lucerne.

“Let’s move my wife into her room first.”

Lucerne said, his face dripping with ice.

“From now on,”

Lucerne order.

“No one can approach this woman without my permission. Ian, take my wife and you stay.”

“Yes, sir.”

It didn’t take long for the full story of the incident to be revealed. Carola’s maid, Pansy, poisoned the rose leaves delivered to Elisha.

“Lucerne, I will solve this problem…”… .”

Lucerne did not listen to Gaju. The Head realized that Lucerne’s eyes had completely lost focus. He went to see Carola first.

“Lucerne! You came to visit Carola. Lucerne—Carola has been wronged. “Arghh!”

Carola, imprisoned in an abandoned chapel, approached looking like a beggar. Without hesitation, he cut down her with a sword.

A fountain of blood gushed out.

Lucerne lightly cracked his neck.

“Close the door.”