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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?

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

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

reached into his chest

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

I have gathered information about the

spun around. "Who is

assigned to clean the floors, but he took it upon himself to feed the beast. However, yesterday, he was

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

"Are you sure?"

Yes, your highness."

Vladya dismissed him. Aloge once again, his thoughts whirled. Was there some sort of

reason for the boy to be so brave as to bring his hand close to a feral beast's mouth. And

beast had singled the boy out to

brought his mind back to Princess Ackeira. Much to his

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

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

the problem,

anyone, but in

one but

her, and every ugly part of him that he had

satisfied his lust and rid himself of her

a human

sooner kill a human than allow them to

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of the night, feeling

clenched

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