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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?"

taken a keen interest in him. News of him has spread

Le has it

I have visited the beast for centuries,

going feral, Daemonikai had never fixated on her-he had barely tolerated her. However,

as the bloodhost to the grand king, she was one of the

on, Sinai, Perhaps it may be the boy's smell. Maybe he emits a scent that entices the beast. A scent that makes him seek it out.

too strange. I do not like the sound

handle and turned to face her, his brows knitted and nearly reaching his hairline. "You, above all others, should be clated if, by some miraculous occurrence,

it does not work that way. There is no return, Once the mind is gone, it is lost forever,

exhaled All the more reason for you to know 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. I have just returned from a long journey, and I am dire need

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was probably a one-off. Unrepeatable. The lines of anger faded from her face,

bowed, and gracefully walked away, her smile widening as her gown

gently, his eyes brimming with barely

Yaz nodded. He exited through the sturdy metal gates;

on days when exhaustion overwhelmed him. When he

one

beast circled

his willing submission, the feral's growling ceased. It dug its claws into Vladya's

remained still, even as the beast pressed

turned around, and retreated behind the floor-to-ceiling barricade. Only then did Vladya allow Iris own beast to rise to the surface, enveloping

tore apart, revealing a magnificent beast. Nearly

barricade, it settled down,

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