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

Le has it

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

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

Sinai's often insufferable nature, as the bloodhost to the grand king, she was one of the most powerful and respected females in

the boy's smell. Maybe he emits a scent that entices the beast. A scent that makes him seek it out. Our

too strange. I do

his grip 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 resurfacing. He might

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 who

Lord Vladya 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

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right, you 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 to

bowed, and gracefully walked

gently, his eyes brimming with

certain." Lord Vladya replied, and Yaz nodded. He exited through the sturdy metal gates; securing the

solace in this place on days when exhaustion

was one of those

beast circled him, growling and hissing. Suppressing

dug its claws into Vladya's side, drawing

pressed its claws deeper, pain coursing through

the floor-to-ceiling barricade. Only then did Vladya allow Iris own beast to rise to

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

position before the barricade, it settled down, mirroring