Captive Slave 204

Chapter 204

Chapter 204

No suitor had dared before. Emeriel would have deflected with well-placed shove, a swift punch or a biting retort. But tonight, she felt raw, her defenses frayed. The kiss was agony.

It was like a thousand tiny needles pricking her skin from every angle, her stomach churning with nausea.

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Memories of another's lips, another's touch, flooded her. King Daemonikai's deep kisses, the feel of his tongue against hers. The recall assaulted Emeriel's whole being. Longing rose, clawing its way up from the pit of her stomach...

No, no, no.

She tore her lips from his, stumbling back so fast she lost her footing, and fell hard onto the ground.

"Are you alright?" Daviel reached for her, but she scrambled to her feet, moving backward to put as much distance between them as she could.

"I'm fine," she gasped, dusting off her garments with trembling hands, trying to keep the despair rising inside her at bay. "Let's call it a night, Prince Daviel." ""But, Emeriel-"

"Good night."

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She turned and walked away. With each step, the despair crawled closer until it caught up with her, and washed over her entirely.

MISTRESS SINAI

into her quarters, seething. A night spent in the dungeon, all because of that malnourished whore.

them stammered, barely able to

into the warm bath. But even the soothing

been placed in the same cell

only mistress of your master, yet unwanted by him. Two millennia together, and he never chose you. He was Queen Evielyn's from the start. Even after her death, he does not look at you. And now? Now, he belongs solely to Emeriel." Sinai clenched her fists. Stupid bitch, what did

Her Daemon wanted her

Sat, Jan

Chapter 204

Her Daemon was hers.

had admitted as much when she fled Urai, tail tucked between her legs, never

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PRINCESS AEKEIRA

the hinges

from the window. Emeriel

asleep?" Aekeira's voice was

"I know you are not, Em," she sat on the edge of the bed. "You

Still, no response.

of

Still, no response.

they're here, Em. I understand." Aekeira's gaze fixed on the wall ahead." But I also know you. And I know, deep down, you will regret this in the near future if they

a shift in

pleading edge. "But I know you, Emeriel. Beneath all this resolve created by pain, is an Em

A wistful smile touched Aekeira's lips. "It warms my heart, knowing he held on that long. Now,

not wish to hear it," Emeriel's voice

anyway. "He hasn't been to court in over a year. He spends

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