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hapter 27

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?"

she approached him, stopping directly in front of him. "I have heard rumors that Daemon's beast had taken a keen interest in him. News of him

Le has it

beast for centuries,

going feral, Daemonikai had never fixated

king, she was one of the most powerful and respected females in

have no idea what is going 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

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

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

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

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,

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are 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

she planted a kiss upon his cheek, bowed, and gracefully walked away, her smile widening as her

asked gently, his eyes brimming with barely

exited through the sturdy metal gates; securing the locks behind him, leaving

when exhaustion overwhelmed

was one of

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

the feral's growling ceased. It dug its claws into Vladya's side, drawing blood and

pressed its claws deeper, pain coursing

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

tore apart, revealing a magnificent beast.

the barricade, it

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