Annnd thus the thing stopped being good and started to be yet another stockholm syndrome story.
I was hoping for him to suffer and for her to induce the pain, but, alas, author was unable to resist the temptation of shipping the ML and FL - even though they should never be shipped and the story should have been dark AF.
This chapter already shows, that we've switched from dark drama to cutesy romance without any regard to the abuse, gaslighting, enslavement and torment that happened beforehand. Am I supposed to cheer for them being happy together? REALLY? Is THIS what women want from their "fated partner"?