Captive Slave 178

Chapter 178

Chapter 178

"He should come out and face us first. We need to see his face jakal added coldly. "Tuman, leave our king's fack and gu stand at the center

Emeriel made a soft, helpless sound, but finally, relinquished her grip on Daemonikai and stepped into the open, her body quivering like a leaf in the wind. Daemonikai remained motionless, merely watching.

"Those truly are breasts," Zaiper said, awed and incredulous. "I should have seen this before... it was all right there. The missing piece of the puzzle"

Once that one piece falls into place, the other connections become glaringly obvious. Vladya saw Zaiper's mind turn, like the inner workings of a clock. Saw the exact moment the cogs clicked into place. Zaiper went pale. His jaw slackened, eyes as round as a full moon.

He knows Emeriel is Daemonikai's Soulbond.

"You... you..." Zaiper took a step back, his breath out of control, composure crumbled to dust.

"Is everything alright, your Majesty, Zaiper?" Concern was etched on Gaff's face.

"All is as you can see, Gaff. We have a female who dared to live amongst us here in Ravenshadow under the guise and deceit, for months and months on end," Zaiper rallied, trying to mask how shaken he was. How much he despised knowing Daemonikai's Soulbond stood within reach, yet he couldn't pick her up and snap her spine

in two.

But he had plenty of reasons to execute Emeriel, and the thought clearly excited him. He was trying hard to curb it, but Vladya could see through it all. That glint in his eyes was one of anticipation. The crime of identity deception is so severe even the grand king might not be able to save Émeriel, and Zaiper knew that.

face. In moments like these, he wished he could peer into Daemonikai's mind and know what was going on in there. Was he contemplating intervention, or would he simply

inflexibility of law enforcement. Daemonikai himself did not tolerate lawlessness. In a land where every male harbored a beast inside, one that could turn

among ravenous predators. He wished there was something he could do for her. The

about what the outcome of today might be, but that would be a lie.

survival. Vladya could relate to that. And she

trial for this case, for a judgment has been pas d. Zaper's voice rang out, silencing the crowd "By the power vested in me. I pronounce you guilty of Identity Deception, High Fraud, Monarchial Betrayal, and a

nonchalant about kingdom affairs, Zaiper's knowledge

be executed for your crimes," Zaiper continued, his tore merciless and final. "You will be locked up in the dungeons while the rulers deliberate on your method of execution.

execution method!" someone shouted from the crowd, others

the scum of the

now! Kill

the crowd. "Make no mistake, we shall punish

shoulders slumped in resignationas they marched forward, their

enough. He opened his mouth to

will do

and authoritative, cut through the

moved, stepping forward to stand in front of

out, all of you," he ordered the soldiers. They bowed and retreated without hesitation.

does it look like,

are attempting to interfere with the punishment of a criminal. Surely, that cannot be, can it, Your Grace?" Shock rippled through

crimes to begin with, Zaiper," Daemonikai said smoothly,

brows furrowed. "I do not

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