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Chapter 48

GRAND LORD VLADYA

Grand Lord Vladya gazed out into the night, his arms crossed as he stood at the center of the tower of Blackwood. His mind wandered far from his present location.

His mood remained as dark as ever, though he refused to analyze the reasons behind it.

Frankly, his moods had rarely been sunshine in the past few hundred years, so he believed there was no specific cause.

It absolutely had nothing to do with what transpired two nights ago.

He had lost control of himself. When he recalled half of the things he had said, it made him grimace.

Vladya refused to believe that the person who had raged because the human princess undressed for Zaiper was him.

So what if the girl was attracted to the second ruler? It should mean nothing to him. He didn't even like the girl, so what the hell was that?

The fact that she had captured the attention of every male in court, their eyes greedily taking in her naked form, shouldn't have upset him so much.

As he battled the need not to unleash on her, he had almost succumbed to a beastflare.

He snorted at that thought. Accidental shifting was for young Urekai coming of age, not for an ancient like him. He was three thousand eight hundred years old, for Ukrac's sake.

So why in the fires of hell did it almost happen? He had fought against the shift...and had nearly lost. Anger flared

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inside him. Ackeira. It was all because of her.

What was it about the little human that made him lose control?

the anger. One would think that after making her pay for daring to invade his mind, he would feel a sense of calmness, but his mind was

in the sky, and the moon was unusually barely a quarter, But whenever a quarter moon appeared more frequently, it could only

if a hand had reached into his chest and squeezed

go for ages now, Vladya. You're running out of time to make peace

halted near hitn. My lord, I have gathered information about the

around. "Who

it upon himself to feed the

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boy. Perhaps a soldier or Urekai maid, but never the human prince who had every reason to run away from the beast.. And,

"Are you sure?"

Yes, your highness."

thoughts whirled. Was there some sort of connection between the beast and that boy, that he was

reason for the boy to be so brave as to

had singled the boy out to mount-Emeriel's fears had

back to Princess Ackeira. Much to

stared at the girl's unconscious form, as prickle of conscience had stirred within

and he was never lenient with them when it came to work or punishments for poor performance, or disobedience. But he was not the kind to forcefully mount a female. Ottai had not exaggerated, Urekai females fell

that was the

could have anyone, but

weeks, he had desired no one but her. Not

had lost control with her, and every ugly part of him that he had

a good thing he had satisfied his lust and rid himself of her

a human was simply

them

EMERIEL

in the middle of

and painful cramps clenched her belly. She cried out,

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