Chapter 43. Marked by Lust

At the Jade Heart Palace, Reed Jace and Leo Grant were extremely worried as their master had gone with Valerius Evander since the evening and had not returned until now. Seeing his silhouette at the door, they both rushed out in relief.

“Your Highness, you’ve returned!”

Ethan Caelan stepped inside, looking as if his soul had left him. It seemed as if all his strength had been drained; he collapsed on the threshold. Reed Jace and Leo Grant hurriedly rushed to support him.

“Your Highness, what has happened to you?”

Ethan Caelan barely opened his phoenix eyes, looking at his two guards and whispered, “I want to bathe.”

The two guards helped him into the bath, immediately preparing warm water mixed with lotus essence, filling the room with a refreshing and pure fragrance.

Ethan Caelan stepped into the bath, letting the water cascade over his body, scrubbing himself continuously. But the filthy, disgusting feeling wouldn't go away. The slimy, foul substance still lingered inside him, seep