Captive Slave 180

Chapter 180

Chapter 180

EMERIEL

Emeriel walked in a daze, her legs heavy and her mind numb. The grand king led her through the corridors, stopping before a door in the southern wing. "Stay here." He turned to leave.

"Your Grace..." Emeriel reached out for him, fingers hovered in the air, trembling.

King Daemonikai glanced at her outstretched hand as if it were a venomous serpent. Without a word, he walked out, the heavy door closing behind him.

Emeriel stumbled towards the bed, collapsing onto the cold mattress. Exhaling a shaky breath, she stared ahead blankly.

He had saved her. Her secret was out. Everyone knew.

It still felt... surreal. Like a nightmare she couldn't wake from.

He hates me now.

But he had protected her. She had almost died. Lord Zaiper had been so eager to see her dead. If not for... if not for the other grand rulers, she would be in a cold, hard cell. Or lying lifeless in the courtyard. Looking at her unsteady hands, her eyes grew wet again. This was not how she had envisioned her return.

He hates me now.

"Em?"

She sat up to see Aekeira standing by the door. Emeriel had been so lost in her despair, she

open.

she had fought so hard to hold

with her own tears. Silently, she opened her

up and ran into those waiting

the crowd and soldiers wouldn't let me through. I heard everything, Em." Aekeira's breath hitched. "They sa-saved you, all of them." "I know," Emeriel cried into Aekeira's shoulder. "It

afraid of has c-come to pass, yet... you are still here with us. Safe. The worst did not happen." Aekeira shook her head, crying.

will let it go just like that." She sniffled. "They know I'm his Soulbond. I saw their disgust, their rejection. They won't let this go." "Hey, look at me, Em. Look at me." Aekeira cupped her face, and Emeriel met her sister's eyes, finding a surprising strength in their depths. "We always knew this would happen. Always. Don't cry about it. There's so much to cry about, but not this. "True, but..." Emeriel looked at Aekeira with

"Oh, Em...

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tears flowing freely, her sobs shaking her mall body. Emeriel's chest hurt too much. Too much. "He

hugged her tighter, and Emeriel clung to her, Kiera's aris around her were the only thing keeping her from drowning. So, Emeriel held on and bawled

to the bed, sitting down and cradling Emerie's head against her

him sooner,

"Cave? What cave?"

sobs and broken sentences, Emeriel recounted

staining Emeriel's cheek. "I'm so glad he saved you.

"Yes, but-

have told him sooner and still gotten away with it. In the worst-case scenario, you would be dead. In the best case, he would have rejected and avoided

a tear-stained cheek. "You're

just wish you would stop hurting, Em." Aekeira gently wiped away another tear. "I'm so worried right now, thinking

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