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And to think that the boy felt so safe he fell into slumber.

"What is it about him, Daemon?" Vladya whispered, observing them. "Is it his blood? Or is he simply your new fascination? Is he a new plaything?" The beast didn't answer, nor did Vladya expect him to.

"Could this boy have the power to bring you back from insanity? Is that even possible?" But he was watching an impossibility happening before him, right now. He was missing something here. Something important. But what could it be?

On his way back, his mind was preoccupied. But as he passed through the second floor of the southern wings, he heard Aekeira's soft cries in her chamber, far away.

By the sound of it, she must be lying on her bed, muffling her sobs with her pillow. Yet he was so attuned to her that his hearing picked up on it

Don't you dare, Vladya. Don't you dare.

He glared at the pathway that led to her chamber. He cared not about the she wept and tormented herself throughout the night.

So why were his legs taking him toward her?

Because your body craves that girl. You can't get enough of her.

I's state of mind, and he certainly did not care if

By Ukrae, he needed to put a stop to this. This was not him. He did not force himself on slaves or take unwilling servants to his bed.

He did not fixate on humans-or any beings, for that matter. He was stronger than that. So why was he walking toward the/ girl's door right now? And worse, despite all his internal pep talks, why could he not stop himself?

GREYROCK DOMAIN, THE NORTHERN WINGS

GRAND LORD ZAIPER

Grand Lord Zaiper stood beside the narrow, arched window in the vast underground, peering out into the shadowy expanse of the courtyard.

of the courtyard swayed gently in the right breeze, casting dancing shadows on the ground. The occasional hoot of an owl or the

whip. The agonizing seams of the slave were

the scum of the earth, and Zaiper would be happy none of

his beast run free. To simply shift into his beast form

in the woods

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and the news had spread throughout the land.

reasons.

Why now? Why tonight?

agreement. If there had been another

But then...

That damned human

that boy's

Zaiper wasn't vastly knowledgeable of the species around them, he would believe the boy to be a wizard, capable of weaving spells. For there was simply

another lash struck his back.

throat, and sworn he witnessed a glimmer of

just the vacant gaze of a feral.

in the depths of hell was going

locked onto

the scent of the boy's blood? But Zaiper had gotten close to that boy, and while he did smell enticing, it was no different from the scent of all the other humans he found attractive over the

was so special that

Madah, whose whip

motion of his hand, Zaiper signaled Madah to

down his face, and his attractive biceps

that comes close to explaining why a feral would fixate on anyone. Or does he see the boy as his new plaything? We do know how to

understand, my lord," the male

sighed and shook his head. "That is why you bumans are dumb. So why would

that made

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