That Prince Is A Girl The Vicious King's Captive Slave Mate by Kiss Leilani

CHAPTER 2

PRINCE EMERIEL

Stepping outside the next morning, two warriors stopped before Emeriel. "The king summons you, my prince," One of them said. "Your presence is needed in the courtroom." Shit. That foolish minister wasted no time ratting on him.

Emeriel let the way to court. It's just whipping, he will be fine.

But, as he walked down the hall towards the door, it was eerily quiet.

Something was wrong.

The court was always noisy from the outside. Mutterings, murmurs, arguments were always expected.

His worry deepened when the door opened, and all eyes didn't turn to gaze at him condescendingly. Instead, everyone's eyes were fixed at the center of the king's court. Emeriel's eyes followed theirs.

Two men dressed in all-white apparel robes, with long, straight, waist-length black hair stood, appearing harmless.

But a longer glance had Emeriel noticing muscles barely concealed under their robes, their slightly tipped ears, and their incredibly unnaturally handsome faces that were completely unreadable. He froze.

Urekai.

These ones looked expensive and aristocratic.

Emeriel's throat went dry. No one prays to meet a Urekai face-to-face.

"What do you say, King Orestus?" the Urekai with the long scar running from his cheek spoke. He looked the most intimidating.

"No, this cannot happen," King Orestus protested, looking terrified, and doing a poor job of hiding it.

The frown on Scarred Urekai's face deepened. Clearly, this was a being that did not take no for an answer.

"You are mistaken if you think we are giving you a choice, human king," he said, taking a threatening step forward.

the court gasped,

Vladya," the other Urekai spoke, his voice gentler. Imploring rather

king a hard look that would make any man tremble. "It is the least you can do, human king. Give us the princess,

receded. The king's ears perked up with interest.

money, there are gold coins too," The non-scarred Urekai

Gold coins

do is hand the princess over, and this

Wait...

Princess?

They couldn't possibly mean...

opened again as two guards

no, no, not my

He bit his lip hard, trying not to draw attention to

Urekai were here to buy his

guards leading Aekeira to the center of the court, stopped a few feet from the

Aekeira's face

let me get this straight," King Orestus began, "All I need to do is sell her to you, and all this money is mine? There are no other conditions? Nothing else?" "Yes," the non-scarred

the distance between

to the side to get a better look.

picked up his gavel and struck it hard on his desk. "Sold! From this moment on, Princess Aekeira belongs to the

Emeriel's lips before he could stop

fell to his knees. "Please don't sell my

king gave him a bored look. "It's out

It's out of his...

believe what he was hearing. "You can't let this happen. She's your niece too! How could you do

he practically screamed. But he didn't care. "You know a fate worse than death awaits her beyond the great mountain! How could you agree to sell her to them?" "As if he has a

blanketing his features. But as he stared into those intimidating gray

of the books that an Urekai had the power to take a life without physical contact. It might just be a rumor, but with his sister's life on the

go too. Where Aekeira goes, I go," Emeriel said, lifting his chin

toward Emeriel, her eyes widened in terror.