Captive Slave 209

Chapter 209

PRINCESS AEKEIRA

He recognized me.

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Relief crashed into Aekeira. Tears burned her eyes. "Who e-else would it be?" she choked out.

She felt the brush of his nose against her neck, and tilted her head to the side, giving him better access.

A long, slow inhale.

"This feels like a dream," he growled.

"It's not. I'm here, in Urai." Unable to hold back any longer, she spun around, and threw her arms around his neck, pulling him close. "I'm here."

He stilled.

Then, he was hugging her back. His arms encircling her waist, crushing her to him. One was a hand, the other a large, furred paw with sharp, elongated claws.

Aekeira didn't flinch. She didn't care. All that mattered was that he was here...and he remembered her.

"Aekeira..." He breathed.

She had never heard so many emotions wrapped into a single word.

"My Aekeira."

That sob tore from her throat.

She clung to him tighter, burying her face in his neck. His scent, clean and familiar, filled her senses.

And for the first time in years, she felt relaxed. Grounded.

Finally, after what felt like eternity, she pulled back, sniffling. "How did you recognize me?"

Grand Lord Vladya gently wiped the tears from Aekeira's face with his good hand, drinking her in. Greedily devouring the sight of her.

Every emotion, both familiar, long-buried, and unfamiliar, swamped him.

these past few years.

taken every

made him feel empty before, it was

thought he could endure

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The constant, grueling in that came with glancing

hadn't expected the endless searching. Always looking for

bled into weeks and months, it felt as if his own hear had been ripped out and handed back

madness creeping in,

missing her

hadn't counted on so

This wasn't the slave he had known. This was the

she looked every bit the part. From her elegantly styled hair and simple yet exquisite

gown.

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She was breathtakingly beautiful.

And, she was real.

whispering that this might be just another one of his numerous illusions and dreams. Those torturous ones he'd had wishing

Yes, this is real.

than she had

the sound rusty from disuse, "Do you wish

searched his face.

see

up grand lord hiding

one who broke her

Probably all three.

"Okay," she whispered.

the cave, to the heart

meaning. The outside world was distant, exactly as Vladya had

to a

the space, clearly surprised as she scanned the

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blood of his victims, not this warm, cozy, home. "As one waits for the inevitable, let's just say, one has a lot of time on their hands. I

mad," she finished for

"Madness is not something to fear.

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