Captive Slave 102

Chapter 102

GRAND LORD VLADYA

"This has never happened before in our history. This... coming back from a feral state. How did I return?" Daemonikai pulled back, his gaze sharpened, filled with seriousness.

Vladya was beginning to suspect he might have an inkling as to why. But he still needed confirmation. "I'm not entirely certain myself. How much do you remember?"

"Very little. The grand king pressed a hand to his forehead, a frown creasing his brow. "It's all... hazy. Like an empty space in my mind, filled with a dense fog. All 1 was aware of was the passage of time." "Nothing else?" Vladya pressed, his lips thinning. "You have no memory of my visits? Not even a flicker of recognition?"

"Nothing." Daemon admitted, "Perhaps it will all return with time I still can't fathom it... to think five hundred years have passed since... His voice trailed off, the pain of his loss evident in his eyes. A tense silence stretched between them.

"What was it like? Being feral?" Vladya asked.

Daemonikai pondered the question. "Numb." He paused, as if searching for the right words. "Blank. It's difficult to describe."

Considering that Vladya was headed down that path, perhaps numbness wouldn't be such a terrible fate. If they let him live long enough to experience it, that is.

Ferals were killed on sight; they are simply too dangerous. The grand king was an anomaly, no one was ready to let go.

"It's late," Vladya announced, breaking the silence. "You need restto recover. I'll take my leave

His friend gave a nod, a weary acceptance in his eyes. "Very well will see you at sunrise,"

Vladya reached the door, then paused, turning back. "Daemon?

He looked up.

"I am sorry about your family. I know it would not ease your pain, but..." He trailed off, shaking his head.

Daemonikai swallowed tightly. "I am sorry about Tiara, too."

nodded, his throat clogged again. "Thank you for not dying on me." With

surfaced with agonizing clarity, their faces etched in

begin to let go of their other half? How does one arn to live without the one who has

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Chapter 102

upon him, suffocating him with its unbearable heaviness, Stop thinking. Shut it

had not been

something, a fragment of memory that lingere. A scent. An intoxicating, alluring

He knew he would not recognize it if he smelled it again, but the memory of its uniqueness remained. It was not Vidya's scent

he turned away from the window, footsteps soft as he made his

come.

in a restless

remain awake than have

For their

GRAND LORD ZAIPER

remained trapped in a

if some invisible puppeteer pulled his strings, leaving him to stumble

had risen. He hoped his smile had appeared genuine, that it looked convincing.

his trembling knees and bloodshot eyes had/ gone unnoticed. He could not recall the

dead. The finale of months of meticulous plotting. That was

had he escaped the clutches of feral

Lord," a hesitant

his torment.

growled, his head still

door opened and closed with a soft click,

sense anymore. Absolutely nothing. He should have struck sooner. Should have

had been for

in his eyes, hot and

sob escaped his throat, the sound echoing in the empty chamber as he

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