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.

Aekeira left Urai, she had taken

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

had thought he could endure it. He

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The constant, grueling in that

searching. Always looking for her in a

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

the madness creeping in, Vladya was

had not counted on missing her as much

counted on so

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

bit the part. From her elegantly styled hair and

gown.

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She was breathtakingly beautiful.

And, she was real.

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

Yes, this is real.

better than she had in

the sound rusty from disuse, "Do

with unshed tears, searched his face. Vladya wondered

see a half-mad

grand lord hiding away in

the one who broke her

Probably all three.

"Okay," she whispered.

cave, to the heart of his self-imposed

The outside world was distant, exactly as Vladya

here," he gestured to a small cushion. "Do you want

as she scanned the

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his victims, not this warm, cozy, home. "As one waits for the inevitable, let's just say,

mad," she finished for

"Madness is not something to fear. It can be fought, the symptoms

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