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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?

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

But whenever a quarter moon appeared more frequently, it could only mean one thing-the Eclipse Moon

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

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

I have gathered information about the unknown person who has been feeding the grand

around. "Who is

upon himself to feed the beast. However,

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the boy. Perhaps a soldier or Urekai 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."

some sort of

to bring his hand close to a feral beast's mouth.

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

of mounting brought his mind back to Princess Ackeira. Much

at the girl's unconscious form,

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

was the problem, wasn't

have anyone, but in

had desired no one but her. Not his beast.

of him

he had satisfied his lust and rid himself of her Now, he was back in

a human

would sooner kill a human than allow them to have that

EMERIEL

the middle of the night, feeling feverish

quivered with tremors, and painful cramps clenched her belly. She

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