Maybe it's different curses? The one that had Theodore was from the shaman, while the one that the duke has is from Martina
I could be wrong tho
im not sure bc the witch cursed the bloodline into a creature which matches with the current duke’s family since his ancestors was the princess. Also i thought martina didnt have powers so she curse
When they had physical and intimate contact.. OG Theodore wasnt sick. His curse started acting up when Tina went back to her estate for six months.. remember that part where they only had to exchange letters and it was not until OG Theo stopped sending her letters that Tina decided to go back to the palace? Their distance triggered it. When Tina came back, physical and intimate contact still couldnt be done because it was logical to think that u aint supposed to bother a sick person.. it became even worse when Tina travelled around places to look for a way to break the curse.. they might have zero to no intimacy at this point as OG Theo has become more sick.. this led to them never finding out the real cure. The problem now is.. Tina is confused if she really loves present Theo because she sees OG Theo in him and thinks her attraction to him is only because they look alike.. i strongly believe that the moment Tina accepts she loves present Theo as a whole and stops doubting herself, the curse would be lifted. That simple.. but its quite difficult for her right now.
if the condition for the curse was that a daughter of leta had to love the person to break it, why didnt martina’s love break theodore’s curse? He didnt turn into a wolf but did lose his mind does that mean it was semi broken? im confused