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

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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?"

heard rumors that Daemon's beast had taken a keen interest in him. News of him has spread throughout the

Le has it

darkening. I have visited the beast for centuries,

had never fixated

the bloodhost to the grand king, she was one of the most powerful and respected females in Ural. In

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. Our primal instincts can be unpredictable at

But this? It is simply too strange. I do not like

brows knitted and nearly reaching his hairline. "You, above all others, should be clated if, by some miraculous occurrence, his beast has fixated. It could signify something positive. Perhaps his mind is not entirely lost? Or maybe

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

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

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are right it was probably a one-off. Unrepeatable. The lines of anger faded from her face, and the formed a slippery smile. I shall leave you

cheek, bowed, and gracefully walked

asked gently, his eyes brimming with

Yaz nodded. He exited through the sturdy metal gates;

when exhaustion overwhelmed him. When he felt far

one of those

remained motionless as the beast circled him, growling and hissing. Suppressing his own beast, he bowed his head

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

remained still, even as the beast pressed its claws deeper,

and retreated behind the floor-to-ceiling barricade. Only then did Vladya allow Iris own beast to rise to the surface, enveloping him like a second

of an eye, his clothes tore apart, revealing a magnificent beast. Nearly identical to the

position before the barricade, it settled down, mirroring the feral's