Captive Slave 97

Chapter 97

EMERIEL

Emeriel's body screamed with exhaustion.

Every rasping breath seared his lungs, every step sent tremors through his leaden limbs. Yet he ran, propelled by the blind instinct to survive.

"Damn, wish we had kept the arrow!" an assassin's voice grated behind him, followed by the ominous whisper of steel sliding

free.

Emeriel reacted without thought, a desperate lurch to the side, barely evading the unseen blade.

So close, almost there....

He never saw the hands that seized him. One moment he was running, the next a vise-like grip yanked him off his feet.

His scream choked off as he dangled, kicking uselessly against the tremendous strength. A chilling laugh echoed in his ear.

"Got you at last, pretty prince," his captor hissed, a venomous glee in the words.

"Let me go!" Emeriel shrieked, his voice cracking. The beast. hell tear you apart if you touch met Dont-

"Silenice, wretch! Do you really think you're special to our feral king?" the soldier barked into Emeriel's ear. "I will slit your throat and see how precious you are then!" The now-familiar urge returned.

A persistent rush just like that fateful day in court. This time, Emeriel did not fight it. He surrendered.

"My beloved, I need your help. My beloved, please help me," Emeriel's desperate cries echoed against the cold stone walls.

His voice trembled with fear and dread. What if the beast does not answer his plea?

"What the hell is he saying?" one of them cackled.

A roar filled the air. It tore through the silence like a guttural explosion that seemed to shake the very foundations of the fortress.

the name of all

"Gods above...

source of

fool, the one holding Emeriel barked. "Let us get this boy

off. An ear-splitting snarlipped through the air, followed by a blur of movement, too fast

preserve us, breathed another soldier, his

their boots slapping against the stone floor, But the

flesh and bone. Screams echoed, mixing with the sickening scent of

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numbing his senses. He'd

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Emeriel stumbled forward, throwing

out, burying his face in the creature's thick fur.

ebb away. A gentle nudge from his massive head, accompanied by a soft, rumbling

emotion. Tears welled up in his eyes. "They're going to kill you tomorrow, and I... I cannot bear it. I refuse

him to his feet but did

somewhere. I just don't know how to reach you, he murmured,

rumbled again, its gaze slowly moving to Emeriel's

held his breath, his heart pounding. Was that some

me something?" Helplessness mingled with desperate hope. "I

then, he felt something

blood surged through his veins, and a tingling warmth followed. Emeriel yearned, with a sudden,

curve of his neck. "Drink," he rasped, "Please, I want you to...

A rough tongue lashed across his neck, followed by the

beast had

GRAND LORD VLADYA

Lord Vladya stood frozen, hidden in the shadows. He watched, his hand gripping Yaz's

Unable to tear his gaze

with so many experiences bot wondrous and horrific,

of evil. Yet, even with a past scarred by darkness, he had never, in all his extensive life, envisioned a sight such as this. Daemonikai had broken free

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