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?"

interest in him. News of him has spread throughout

Le has it

the beast for centuries, and never

reminding her that even prior to going feral, Daemonikai had never fixated on her-he had barely tolerated her.

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

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. Our primal instincts can be unpredictable at

course, I do. But this? It is simply too strange. I do

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

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

'miraculously, did I not?" Grand 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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was probably a one-off. Unrepeatable. The lines of anger faded

upon his cheek, bowed, and gracefully walked away, her

gently, his

gates; securing the locks behind him, leaving Lord

place on days when exhaustion overwhelmed

was one of those

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

growling ceased. It dug its claws into

Vladya remained still, even as the beast pressed its claws deeper, pain coursing through his

withdrew, turned around, and retreated behind the floor-to-ceiling barricade. Only then did Vladya allow Iris

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

barricade, it settled down, mirroring the feral's