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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?

after making her pay for daring

unusually barely a quarter, But whenever a quarter moon appeared more

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

preparing to let go for ages now, Vladya. You're running out of time to make peace with it. It's time

behind and halted near hitn. My lord, I have gathered information about the unknown person who has

Vladya spun around. "Who is

floors, but he took it upon himself to feed the beast. However, yesterday, he was not assigned there, and yet, he went over and fed the beast."

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maid, but never the human prince who had every reason to run away from the beast.. And, he had done it twice now.

"Are you sure?"

Yes, your highness."

thoughts whirled. Was there some sort of connection between the beast

to be so brave as to bring his

had singled the boy out to

his mind back to Princess Ackeira. Much

light of day, he had stared at the girl's unconscious

abhorred humans, 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

the

could have anyone,

had desired no one but her. Not his beast.

of him that he had

himself of her Now, he was

human was

would sooner kill a human than allow them to

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the middle of the night, feeling feverish

tremors, and painful cramps clenched her belly.

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