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?"

sat up to see Aekeira standing by the door. Emeriel had been so lost in her despair, she hadn't

open.

wobbled, and the tears she had fought so hard to hold back surged forward,

with her own tears. Silently,

sprang up and ran into

you. I went to the gathering as soon as I heard, but 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.

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

go." "Hey, look at me, Em. Look at me." Aekeira cupped her face, and Emeriel met her sister's eyes, finding a

"Oh, Em...

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mall body. Emeriel's chest

around her were the only thing keeping her from drowning. So, Emeriel held on and

down and cradling Emerie's head

st-stopped being so terrified and told him sooner, so he wou-wouldn't have found out this way. The look heg-gave me in

"Cave? What cave?"

and broken sentences, Emeriel recounted what happened in

arms shook, tears falling, staining Emeriel's cheek. "I'm so glad he saved you. I shudder to

"Yes, but-

no way you could 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

a tear-stained cheek.

wish you would stop hurting, Em." Aekeira gently wiped away another

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