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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?

her pay for daring to invade his mind,

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 only mean one thing-the Eclipse Moon night was near. And, on that night, Daemonikai's

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

ages now, Vladya. You're running out of time to make peace with it. It's time you make up your

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

Vladya spun around. "Who

clean the floors, but he took it upon himself to feed the beast.

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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

"Are you sure?"

Yes, your highness."

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

boy to be so brave as to bring his hand close to

beast had singled

his mind back to Princess Ackeira. Much to his

the girl's unconscious

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.

was the problem,

could have anyone, but in the

had desired no one but her. Not his beast.

part of him that he had hidden

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

a human was simply

than allow them to have that sort of influence over

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of the night, feeling

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

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