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.

been dead these past few years. Or at

Urai, she had taken every atom

him feel empty before, it was nothing compared to the void her absence had

endure it.

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hadn't counted on the suffering. The constant, grueling in that came with

looking for

months, it felt as if his own hear had been ripped out and handed

the madness creeping in,

on missing her as much

on so many

wasn't the slave he had

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.

might be just another one of his numerous illusions and dreams. Those

Yes, this is real.

better than she had

throat, the sound rusty from disuse, "Do you wish to go further, to my

with unshed tears, searched his face. Vladya wondered

see a

up grand lord hiding

who

Probably all three.

"Okay," she whispered.

into the cave, to the heart of his self-imposed

outside world was distant, exactly as Vladya

a small cushion. "Do you

surprised as she scanned the room. "This is

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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 go scavenging sometimes. Something

go mad," she finished for him,

table and busied himself with brewing the tea. "Madness is not something to fear. It can be fought, the symptoms slowed down, but

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