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

Captive Slave 98

Chapter 98

"Ukrac," Yaz's voice broke the silence once more, filled with astonishment. "Your Highness, if the grand king continues, he will drain the boy."

It was true. Finally, Vladya managed to overcome his shock, forcing his stiff limbs to move. Yet his steps faltered after a single stride.

He watched, transfixed, as Daemonikai's beast withdrew its fang from the boy's neck, all on its own, sealing the wound with gentle swipe of its tongue, "They will kill you, the boy's voice was a fragile whisper against the beast's fur, barely audible even to Vladya's heightened senses. "I don't want you to die. But Vladya had heard it. Every word, every tremor of despair.

He had heard Emeriel's plea for help, the beast's answering roar, the raw exchange of trust and need, and now, this.

"I wish for you to get better, Emeriel's words were starting to slu: now, "Oh... I feel drowsy.

The boy was high as the heavens. Blood-drunk, just like his sister

The lingering scent of Aekeira still clung to him, intertwined with the warmth of her moisture on his inner robe.

Vladya needed to leave before the beast sensed his presence and considered him a threat. He retreated, his steps quick and silent. Yaz following behind him

His head spun with a whirlwind of thoughts, his mind racing to make sense

se of it all.

There were missing pieces, gaps that needed to be filled.

Vladya needed time to think and connect the dots. He was overlooking something. That tiny, elusive detail that would finally make everything come together and make sense What in the world just happened back there? What had he just witnessed?

He would find out.

AEKIERA

That night, Arkiera sat beside Emeriel's bed. Her fingers gently combing through her sleeping sister's jet-black hair, her gaze fixed on the rhythmic rise and fall of her chest. "My brave, brave little sister," she whispered

To think she'd been blissfully unaware while Em had fought for her life today, not once, but twice, filled her with a shame she couldn't shake

Guilt gnawed at her. Ackeira should protect her little sister, not the other way around. She was the elder, after all.

Aekeira was the weak one, always hiding behind Em's courage. En was the one who worked extra hard, not only to keep up with the boys but to shield her sister in the process. Their lives had always been harsh, yet they had found happiness in each other. Even amidst sorrow, they had shared smiles

"Once we lose our smiles, we have nothing else. Em used to say

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unflappable, her poor sister had become withdrawn and easily frightened. Em had lost her smile, now she cried almost every day.

beast's death on the morrow, she had cried herself

stirred, her voice groggy, eyes pully.

strand of hair back. "Go back to sleep,

steadied again, her

Em. If they kill the beast tomorrow, I will be here for you. We will get through the pain together. You have been strong for so long. From now on, I will be strong for both of us." Mekeira

grief twisted in Emeriel's gut as he gazed down upon the crowd of Urekai, from his

each Urekai illuminated the aving no

if it were daylight. They assembled at the tournament arena, filling eve Some were even standing. Soldiers and Urekai maids were granted permission to and, while humans were

be burned alive," Lord Zaiper had stated, earlier that

but because he simply could not bear to remain within the suffocating walls of his chamber. He had tried to stay put, he truly

thing, gnawing at him from within. His

kill him

against the image, swallowing a sob. The

a soft, gentle

his face as he met Aekeira's gaze. A

do this to yourself," Aekeira whispered, her

exhausted, she had been frantic with worry

never had before. He had floated a kind of soothing euphoria he'd never known, all because his Beloved had

had woken afterward, in the forbidden chamber, the beast's arm draped protectively

now, they

Aekeira pleaded, but it

echoed his internal torment. Tears streamed down his face,

relentless

pulling him into a tight

he gasped, his body shaking as he clung to Aekeira, his voice

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Fam bere for you, Ackeira soothed, her own voice trembling as she fought back her own

stood silhouetted against the torchlight, her expression stern. "What are you two doing

sprang apart, staring at

yet a hit of concern softened her words. "Aekeira, why are you encouraging her to cry and attract the soldiers? You two should not be here." "Madam Livia..." Emeriel cried hoarsely, but she cut him

to your rooms,

shook his