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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?"

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 has spread throughout the fortress. Is it true? Did the beast truly seek him Out?" Lord Vladya pondered for

Le has it

the beast for centuries, and never once shown any signs of

prior to going feral, Daemonikai had never fixated on

Sinai's often insufferable nature, as the bloodhost to the grand king, she was one of the most powerful and respected females in Ural. In this case, her

be the boy's smell. Maybe he emits a scent that entices the beast. A scent that makes him

this? It is simply too strange.

Vladya relinquished 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 become the

Once the mind is

desire the boy as an individual. It was

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probably a one-off. Unrepeatable. The lines of anger faded from her face, and the formed a slippery

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

gently, his eyes brimming with barely

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

in this place on days when

one of

beast circled him, growling and hissing. Suppressing his own beast, he bowed his head and tilted

dug its

pressed its claws deeper, pain coursing

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

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

it settled

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