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

had taken every atom of life in

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

had thought he could endure it. He had been so

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the suffering. The constant, grueling in that came with glancing argund

the endless searching. Always looking for her in a room she no longer

months, it felt as if his own hear

creeping in, Vladya was so

not counted on missing her as much

on

gaze continued to rake over her. This wasn't the slave he had known.

her elegantly styled hair and simple yet exquisite jewelry, to

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

Yes, this is real.

than she had in any of

his throat, the sound rusty from

with unshed tears, searched his face. Vladya wondered

she see

up grand lord hiding away in a

one who broke her

Probably all three.

"Okay," she whispered.

into the cave, to the heart of his

world was

a small cushion.

looked around the space, clearly surprised as she scanned

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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. I go scavenging

mad," she finished for

turned towards the rickety table and busied himself with 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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