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.

years. Or

Aekeira left Urai, she had taken every atom

before, it was nothing compared to the void her

he could endure it.

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suffering. The constant, grueling in that came with glancing argund and never seeing

for her in a room she

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

with the madness creeping in, Vladya was

missing her as much as

counted on so

rake over her. This wasn't the slave he had known. This was the princess

looked every bit the part. From her elegantly styled hair and simple yet exquisite jewelry, to

gown.

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She was breathtakingly beautiful.

And, she was real.

be just another one of his numerous illusions and dreams. Those torturous ones he'd had

Yes, this is real.

she had

from disuse, "Do you wish to go further,

searched his face. Vladya

see

lord hiding away in a

one who

Probably all three.

"Okay," she whispered.

cave, to the heart of

outside world was distant,

a small

space, clearly surprised as she scanned the room. "This is not what

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expected to see an empty place, perhaps littered with skulls and dried 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.

mad," she finished for

something to fear. It can be fought, the symptoms slowed

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