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

Captive Slave 144

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Chapter 144

Then, there was Evie's persuasive insistence.

"A female's first heat is a delicate situation," she would remind him. "Scared, panicked, the girl is unsure of what to expect. They need to be with someone they not only trust but feel safe with. That young one chose you, my dearest. Trying to find them a compatible male is not only needless but futile and time wasting. Every moment you are not there, that girl is not only terrified, but in severe pain."

His bondmate had been right, of course. And so, Dacmonikai had always been there to help.

He made sure not to take their heats for granted, treating them with respect, making their first heat a memorable one. He had seen many first heats in his long life, he couldn't put a face to most of them anymore. But this one was different. This one felt different.

Daemonikai reached out, unable to resist the urge to touch. Genly, he combed his fingers through her silken hair. Cool and fine as moon-spun silk, they slid through his fingers like water.

Galilea was his first Syren. And, more importantly, the first female to trigger his rut before he'd even touched her.

Usually, Daemonikai needed to mount them before his primal instincts kicked in as if to assess, 'Do we care about her? Alright then.' But this...this had never happened before, not even with Evie.

"Oh, you are so defective, my dear mate," Evie used to tease him early in their bonding. He could still remember her soft laughter as she shook her head, patting his cheek. "Do not worry! I love you like that."

It used to bother him that his rut didn't trigger for his own bondmate unless he mounted her first, but thankfully, that changed two millennia later. Yet, this young Syren...

Daemonikai's eyes traced the delicate lines of her face, the long lashes resting on flushed cheeks, the bow-shaped lips slightly parted in sleep. She was so young, a mere fledgling compared to his ancient self. He felt a pang of guilt for having touched her at all.

An Urekai youngling would have been fifty to eighty years old before experiencing their first heat, remaining a youngling until at least two hundred..But Galilea...the girl didn't look to be a day over nineteen.

What the hell was Mother Nature doing to burden such a young creature with the tumultuous changes of Syrenhood and then thrust her into the fiery furnace of a full heat?

liked Galilea, probably more than he

her. Each day, the shadows in his heart grew

to? What would happen when he could

he still needed to track

Daemonikai rose from his seat and dressed

AEKERIA

fraught with worry.

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was supposed to have returned yesterday, but

absence, but with each passing hour, Ackeira's restlessness

if it her full heat? What if she's scared? What if she needs me? "You needn't worry so much," Amie said.

of fear for Ackcira for so long, though she tried to hide it. To be strong for Ern. "She's going to be so scared, I need

plan to do that? You cannot sneak out of

on a mountain of chores for her. Leaving the fortress would undoubtedly invite his wrath. "And, you can't go to Lord Vladya," Amie added. "Word is, he's not yet back

think of him these past few days. But, deep down, she worried. Was he in the woods again? Was it voluntary, or was it the feral madness? With a heavy sigh, Aekeira forced herself to sit on her

Is Lord Vladya safe?

GRAND LORD VLADYA

stirred, disoriented. The air hung heavy with the damp scent of moss and earth. The rhythmic drip... drip... drip... of water off the cavern walls. He blinked, his eyes adjusting to the dim light filtering through a crack in the rock

cave, but one on the outskirts of Urai. Vladya had no memory of how he ended up here, miles from the border. His last recollection was sparring with

if he had run through every forest in the kingdom before finding refuge in this cavern." Outside, the sky was ablaze with the golden hues

onto a moss-covered boulder, clutching his

his throat

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