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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?

One would think that after making her pay for daring to invade his mind, he would

in the sky, and the moon was unusually barely a quarter, But whenever a quarter moon

chest tightened, as if a hand had reached into his chest and

running out of

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

around. "Who

Emeriel. He was assigned to clean the floors, but he took it upon himself to feed the beast. However, yesterday, he was not assigned there,

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maid, but never the human prince who had every reason to run away from

"Are you sure?"

Yes, your highness."

once again, his thoughts whirled. Was there some sort

brave as to bring his hand close to

there that night when the beast had singled the boy out to mount-Emeriel's fears had

mounting brought his mind back

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

with them when it came to work or punishments for poor performance, or disobedience. But he was not the kind to forcefully mount

that was the problem,

have anyone, but

weeks, he had desired no one but

her, and every ugly part of him that he had hidden came out,

of her Now,

a human was

allow them to have that sort of influence over

EMERIEL

the middle of the night, feeling feverish

clenched her belly. She

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