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.

slammed the doors

pleaded, her swollen eyes begging

his voice

is better than the silence." Misery rolled off her in waves. "Anything at all. Hit me, sh-shout at me, use the s-sp- spiked whip, lock me away in the Hole,

could. The last of his doubts,

believe it. A larger part of him already knew she was truly his Soulbond, yet there was a small part of him clinging to denial. It's not true. They must be joking It's unbelievable. 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 want to see. And she had been right. The signs had been there all along, but he

scent, how she soothed him with just her presence and the sound of her voice. His beast had called her mine more times than he could count. If that hadn't been

control, had barely managed to 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

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strong to his being. The need to tear apart anyone who dared harm her, who had hurt her before, or who might ever try

This human girl, standing before him with

in his throat, but Daemonikai

she said after a long pause. "I know it sounds lame, but I am tr-truly sorry. I tried to stay away. Lord Vladya 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

me in deceit was the

my maiden name, it's not a

you answer to, is it,

my predicament, and sought to protect me." Her eyes begged him to understand. "He thought after the pleasantries, we would not

had been magnetic, he had no idea it was the bond, and had given in to its demands,

but instead he blurted

her by surprise, like it

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.

side. "Please, Lord Herod never touched me that way. He doesn't see me that way. It's 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.

truth, and it spilled out in hurried, jagged breaths. The sincerity in those blue eyes pierced through