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?"

see Aekeira standing by the door. Emeriel had

open.

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

her own tears. Silently, she

sprang up and ran into those waiting arms.

as I heard, but the crowd and soldiers wouldn't

c-come to pass, yet... you are still here with us. Safe. The worst did not happen."

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

"Oh, Em...

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shaking her mall body. Emeriel's chest hurt

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

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

being so terrified and told him sooner, so he wou-wouldn't have found out this way. The

"Cave? What cave?"

sobs and broken sentences, Emeriel recounted what happened in the

saved you. I shudder to

"Yes, but-

still gotten away with

wiped a tear-stained cheek. "You're

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

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