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hapter 27

GRAND LORD VLADYA

After two full days on the road, Grand Lord Vladya desired nothing more than to recline upon his comfortable bed and. doze for the remainder of the day.

It was precisely why he detested venturing to the outskirts of Ural. But the Elder had summoned him, giving him no choice

but to answer.

Weary to his very core, he trudged along the path leading to his quarters. The sight of Sinal standing by his door caused him

to halt.

By Ukrac, how had she known he was back?

Mistress Sinai greeted him with a smile. "You have returned?

"How did you come to know of my imminent arrival?" he asked cautiously.

"I encountered your butler downstairs, my Lord," she replied, walking toward him. "How was your journey?"

He took a deep breath. "Exhausting. I need to rest."

"I have heard about the boy. Emerald, is that his name?"

Emeriel," he corrected curtly. "Not that his name holds any significance to me. What is this about?"

her otherwise lovely face as she approached him, stopping directly in front of him. "I have heard rumors that Daemon's beast had taken a keen interest in him. News of him has spread throughout the fortress.

Le has it

her eyes darkening. I have visited the beast for centuries, and never once shown any signs of recognition, let

Daemonikai had never fixated on her-he

nature, as the bloodhost to the grand king, she was one of the most powerful and respected females

a scent that entices the beast. A scent that makes him seek it out. Our

do. Of course, I do. But this? It is simply too strange. I do

be clated if, by some miraculous occurrence, his beast has fixated. It could signify something

mouth opened, closed, then opened again. "You, of all people, know it does not work that way. There is no return, Once the mind is gone, it is lost forever, and in its stead remains a mere husk. A shell. A ghost of

that it is implausible for the beast to desire the boy as an individual. It was likely a one time incident." He massaged his throbbing temples. "Leave me be, Sinai.

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anger faded from her face, and

his cheek, bowed, and gracefully walked away, her smile widening as her gown elegantly swept

Vaz asked gently, his eyes brimming with barely

through the sturdy metal gates; securing the locks behind him, leaving Lord Vladya alone in the forbidden chambers

sought solace in this place on days when exhaustion overwhelmed him. When he felt far

one of those

him. Vladya remained motionless as the beast circled him, growling and hissing. Suppressing his own beast,

ceased. It dug its claws into Vladya's side, drawing blood and

still, even as the beast pressed its claws deeper, pain coursing

around, and retreated behind the floor-to-ceiling barricade. Only then did Vladya allow Iris

apart, revealing a magnificent beast. Nearly identical to the beast behind the

the barricade, it settled

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