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 at least, he

she had taken every atom of life in

had made him feel empty before, it was

endure it. He had been

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he hadn't counted on the suffering. The constant, grueling in

looking for her in a room

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

madness creeping in, Vladya was so

missing her as much as he

hadn't counted on

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

she looked every bit the part. From her elegantly styled hair

gown.

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She was breathtakingly beautiful.

And, she was real.

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

Yes, this is real.

she had in any of his countless,

from disuse, "Do you

with unshed tears, searched his

she see a

washed up grand lord hiding away in a

the one who broke

Probably all three.

"Okay," she whispered.

the cave, to the heart

time had no meaning. The outside world was distant, exactly as

a

around the space, clearly surprised as she scanned the room. "This is

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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

mad," she finished for

brewing the tea. "Madness is not something to fear. It can be fought, the symptoms slowed down, but in the end, it cannot be

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