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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?

for daring to invade his mind, he would feel a sense of calmness, but his mind was

was always beautiful, but tonight, the stars were few in the sky, and the moon was unusually barely a quarter, But whenever a quarter moon appeared more frequently, it could

hand had reached into his chest and squeezed to

out of time to make peace with it.

hitn. My lord, I have

spun around. "Who

it upon himself to feed the beast. However, yesterday, he

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never considered the boy. Perhaps a soldier or Urekai maid, but never the human prince who had every reason to

"Are you sure?"

Yes, your highness."

Was there some sort of connection between the beast and that

other reason for the boy to be so brave as to bring his hand close

night when the beast had singled the

his mind back to Princess Ackeira. Much to his

at the girl's

of person. Yes, he 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 forcefully mount a female. Ottai had not exaggerated, Urekai females fell over themselves to get

the problem, wasn't

anyone,

desired no one but her. Not

every ugly part of him that he had hidden came out, rearing their

a good thing he had satisfied his lust and rid himself of her Now, he was back in control, and

human was

a human than allow them to

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the middle of

clenched her belly. She cried out, gripping

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