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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?"

in front of him. "I have heard rumors that Daemon's beast had taken a keen interest in him. News of him has

Le has it

have visited the beast for centuries, and never once shown any

her that even prior to going feral, Daemonikai had never fixated

grand king, she was one of the most

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

simply too strange. I do not

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 his sanity is resurfacing. He might become the first Urekai to emerge

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

for you to know that it is implausible for the beast to desire the boy as an individual. It was likely

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lines of anger faded from her face, and the formed a slippery smile. I shall leave

a kiss upon his cheek, bowed, and gracefully

certain Vaz asked gently, his eyes brimming with

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

sought solace in this place on days when exhaustion overwhelmed

was one of

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

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

as the beast pressed its

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

revealing a magnificent beast. Nearly identical to the beast behind the barricade, it stood tall,

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

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