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

Captive Slave 196

Chapter 196 Chapter 196

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Aekeira swallowed the lump in her throat. It was a double-edged sword really, because forgetting helped her move on...but at the same time, she yearned to reminisce.

It was the only way she could feel alive again. To remember what it had once felt like to truly live.

For Emeriel, it was easier to block it all out.

In the beginning, Aekeira had almost lost her. The Soulbond had been so terrifying, that she had watched helplessly as it tore Emeriel apart. The pain of being separated from her beloved had pushed Emeriel to the brink of madness. She didn't eat for days, barely slept, and spent most of her time in tears.

When she wasn't crying, she would fall into a hollow, distant state, staring into nothing for hours-sometimes days-on end, barely leaving her bed.

Those were dark times. Dark, dark times.

Aekeira shuddered at the memory of the worst of it. The time Emeriel disappeared.

King Orestus had turned the entire kingdom upside down looking for her. They found her two days later at the Great Mountains, the natural border that separated their lands from the Urekai territories.

That place had almost swallowed her whole. By the time they reached her, she was dehydrated, unconscious, and almost dead.

That had been two years ago. Since then, Emeriel had gone... numb.

As time passed, she stopped crying over him, stopped asking for him, stopped letting the memories claw at her. The more she ate and ventured outside, the more she buried the grand king and everything Urekai.. Now, Emeriel was a ball of icy anger. A force no one could break through.

And, she had become reckless. Throwing herself into dangerous pursuits without a second thought. Hunting games, fight arenas, anything that could provide a thrill or a challenge.

Emeriel had always been someone who felt everything too much, but to survive now, she had learned to feel almost nothing at all. She was stronger. Harder.

survive. It was that or

missed her sister. The one who used to laugh.

didn't shield herself behind a wall of ice

like to be called

her sister now, standing cold and distant in the moonlit garden. It wasn't the same woman she had grown up with, and Aekeira wondered if she would ever

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them. Two soldiers appeared. "Your Highnesses," one intoned, "forgive my intrusion,

followed them. Aekeira pushed her saddening thoughts away, and trailed

Orestus sat alone in his study, reading glasses perched at the bridge of his nose. His desk was cluttered with scrolls, while he scribbled on a parchment. At their arrival, he raised his head, his gaze settling on Emeriel first. "You're here," he

bowed stiffly.

me that you were trying

spaces were filled.

until she tasted the metallic tang of blood. She remembered the last tournament. Emeriel had taken second place but had returned with countless bruises and a fever so severe it took days to break. At its peak, Emeriel had cried out for the grand king, her delirious sobs echoing through the halls.

King Orestus addressed Aekeira. "Is your noon free? If it's not, I can

Emeriel's voice cut through, asking the very question that had plagued

"Which way, dear?"

gestured between them. "Like we are actual humans instead of some toys to be passed

king's eyes went

times you whipped me for interrupting court proceedings growing up," Emeriel stated, calmly. "Or forced Aekeira to teach the scholars, even

will be worth more

"Snakes like you do not