That Prince Is A Girl The Vicious King's Captive Slave Mate by Kiss Leilani

Captive Slave 78

Chapter 78 AEKEIRA

"Grand Lord Vladya is going f-feral?" Aekeira was at a loss for words. Tears threatened to spill over. "Like...like Grand King Daemonikai?"

Merilyn nodded, the motion small and tight. "You've noticed...haven't you? Sometimes his behavior seems...off. Wicked. Crazy."

Instantly, Ackeira's mind flashed to the first time he'd mounted her. Those absurd accusations. His bloodhost eyes and the snarl on his lips. The twisted pleasure on his face as he inflicted gain upon her.

"So you see, Aekeira, that is the tale of Lord Vladya." Merilyn's voice was thick. "He lost everything on that horrible night. The only female who had ever connected with him as a bondmate, his soul. There will be no future bonding rituals for him He is disconnected from his beast, among other things. In his long, long life, he will be alone forever. That is the root of his hatred."

Aekeira wept soundlessly, tears winning the battle, spilling down her cheeks. Her heart was in so much pain. Aekeira could barely breathe. The sheer enormity of what he'd lost was crushing.

Now it made sense. A terrible, heartbreaking kind of sense. Of course, hatred would consume him, itself.

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She couldn't imagine enduring such devastation. She would have felt the same way he did. Hatred towards that species deeply rooted in her very being.

She never imagined someone as fierce, as mean as him, would have gone through something so heart-wrenching.

then, she wondered why it never occurred to her. Suffering and painful experiences were what hardened people, were they

He would sooner slit his own throat-or yours-than admit to anything he might feel towards you other than hatred." Merilyn warned, "Whether it's sexual attraction or any form of

you can."

stared down at her hands,

me, but your kind owes him, don't you think? Merilyn's voice grew more intense. "If there's even the slightest chance there's something for him here, no matter how little, I will tear down the heavens to make

finally whispered. "Why go to

stated passionately. "Why do you think I support his care for the grand king? King Daemonikai may be gone, but my dear Vlad still clings 19-his beast. And if taking care of the mindless creature gives him purpose... a reason to keep going

a deeply personal level She understood the fierce determination to protect and preserve. She, too, would go to any lengths to protect Emeriel, no matter the

you must be careful not to provoke or exacerbate him. That could lead him to kill you, Merilyn cautioned. "Given the depth of his hatred and his current state of mind, he would truly end your life if he set his mind to it. It may be for selfish reasons, but I wish for you to survive, Aekeira.

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for as long as she could remember, and she would continue fighting until there was no strength left within her. She gazed into the distance, her heart heavy with emotion. "So, you mean his...attraction for me works like an

on to

centuries. Yet for the first time in a long while, he wants something - even if he despises

it...will he go feral, like the

river, her back a wall Aekeira could not see past. "It's likely. All signs and symptoms point in that direction. And unlike our people who panic and resist when they sense feral tendencies, he doesn't fight the change. He welcomes it. Her voice broke slightly

always cruel and hurtful towards

his soul, but also