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?"

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. Is it true? Did the beast truly seek him Out?" Lord Vladya pondered for a moment,

Le has it

her eyes darkening. I have visited the beast for centuries, and never once shown

that even prior to going feral, Daemonikai had never fixated on her-he had barely tolerated her. However, it would be

often insufferable nature, as the bloodhost to the grand king, she was one of the most powerful

that entices the beast. A scent that makes him seek it out. Our primal instincts can be unpredictable

do. Of course, I do. But this? It is simply too strange. I do not like the sound of it. Not one

on the door 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, his beast has fixated. It could signify something positive. Perhaps his mind is not entirely lost? Or maybe his sanity is

no return, Once the mind is gone, it is lost forever, and in its stead remains a mere husk.

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

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

gracefully walked

asked gently, his eyes brimming with barely concealed

metal gates;

solace in this place on days when

was one of those

beast emerged from its favored spot, prowling closer to him. Vladya remained motionless as the beast circled him, growling and hissing. Suppressing his own beast, he bowed his head and tilted it to the

feral's growling ceased. It dug its claws into Vladya's

beast pressed its claws deeper, pain coursing through his

barricade. Only then did Vladya allow Iris

a magnificent beast. Nearly identical to the beast behind

before the barricade, it