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

Captive Slave 184

Chapter 184

Chapter 184

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Daemonikai's eyes snapped up, locking onto hers. Eyes that had been asleep mere seconds ago were now blearily open. She rubbed them to shake off the remnants of sleep.

He had to leave before the pull of this bond dragged him into a storm he was not ready to face.

"Go back to sleep." Daemonikai said crisply, turning toward the door.

"Wait, please."

He heard a shuffle and his jaw locked tight. He couldn't do this. Not now. Not like this.

"Stay over there," Daemonikai snapped. "Do not come close to me."

A sharp intake of breath came behind him, and though he did not want to-gods, he did NOT want to-Daemonikai turned to look at her.

Hurt flashed in her eyes, before she quickly masked it, swallowing tightly.

"As you wish, I would not..." her voice wavered, her hands fluttered helplessly before falling to her sides again. "I will not come closer. But please, do not leave." "Why?"

"Just...." She looked so small, even smaller than he remembered. So fragile, lost, and achingly vulnerable that every instinct within him screamed, protect.

the

please-please say something," she pleaded, her swollen eyes begging

repeated, his voice sharper,

her in waves. "Anything at all. Hit me, sh-shout at me, use the s-sp- spiked whip, lock me away

sank into him, cutting deeper than any royal dagger could. The last of his doubts, the denials he clung to, crumbled like the walls of

There's no way Ukrae and the fates would do this to me. Evie had always told him he was good at ignoring things he didn't

just her presence and the sound of her voice. His beast had called her mine more times than he could

keep himself from losing it with her. He, who did not go into rut for anyone before sex, not even his own bondmate, had taken one whiff of her scent in heat and was immediately hit with the father of all

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Daemonkai had chosen not to analyze it. Some things, after all, were better left

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a fury so strong to his being. The need to tear apart anyone who dared

human girl,

in his throat, but Daemonikai

made me swear I would, and I did try with everything in me. But when you stepped into Lord-Herod's home that morning, stopping right in front of me, I knew I was in trouble." Emeriel's shoulders slumped, eyes dropping to the floor. "This... this thing is way bigger than me. I tried so

me, coming to me in deceit was the

my maiden name, it's

name you answer to, is

eyes begged him to understand. "He thought after the pleasantries, we would not have any other exchanges." Daemonikai thought of that day. He had asked her to walk with him, and she had shown

to its demands, scenting her like a caveman. The beginning of countless other encounters where that bond

so many questions he could ask, but instead he blurted out. "Did you

surprise, like it did him.

chest loosened. Just slightly. "But he would have taken your heat." Daemonikai's voice was low, strained. "If the bond had not drawn me to you that night, you would have given your heat to him. The whole time, I was ridden with guilt-guilt that I was stealing my high lord's woman simply because I could, abusing my power and strength. And all this time, Herodis was the one stealing what belongs to

true I begged him to-to take my heat, but only because I did not want to bear the pain. Those waves of agony. I knew I could not have you. I begged, and he declined. He didn't do it, not even when he saw me writhing, suffering. He went into a rut,

the truth, and it spilled out in hurried, jagged breaths. The sincerity in those blue eyes pierced through the fog of Daemonikai's anger. His beast, attuned to even