Captive Slave 212

Chapter 212

Chapter 212

Daemonikai's heart clenched. He shoved down the feelings stirring inside him.

The emotions he thought he had buried long ago.

"I don't like it. Reality has no place here." he said. "I want to stay here with you."

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"No, you don't." Evie stopped walking, turning to face him fully again. "Guilt is a cruel companion, it tarnishes even the most beautiful things."

"This is the second time you are saying that," Daemonikai noted, a frown creasing his brow.

"Guilt drives you, dearest. Not because of our deaths, but because you care for her." Evie raised a hand when he opened his mouth to protest. "Let me finish, please. You believe you dishonor me by acknowledging these feelings. You would rather remain here, not because you truly want to be here, but because reality is more tempting. You're not sure how much longer you can fight what you feel. And fight you think you should... because if you don't, you feel guilty for replacing us. Replacing me."

That was as preposterous as it was untrue. Daemonikai opened his mouth to voice the protest lodged in his throat...

But nothing came out.

His mouth opened and closed, yet no sound followed, because a horse was suddenly trampling

on his chest.

She is wrong.

But is she?

horses were stampeding over his

took his precious time. You wouldn't even go into rit when I went into heat." Her eyes glimmered with

things like that,"

you, knowing your true mate wouldn't come into existence for another five thousand years. She's your special person. I was just meant to fill the space. You replaced her with me, not the other way around. You dishonor her by denying your

Let the guilt go. Stop running from what you feel. Stop letting the bitterness and

his eyes dry. "You shouldn't be so perceptive, he grumbled.

Evi laughed. "You wish.

laugh that used to stir him up inside. Now,

first time, he admitted the truth The real thing he tell the female he had spent the last four millennia

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longer love, it

should know, he had been running from it for a

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filled with melancholic tenderness. "Why dwell in the past when the present holds such promise, a

easy." He

know." Her voice grew stronger. "But, the Daemonikai I know is so strong, he's unbeatable. How can we rest peacefully, knowing our deaths pushed you this

closer, placing her other hand on his cheek. "I only speculate, but if their feelings are anything like mine, then

our kind, it's a heavy load

his eyes, his chest

a dying soul because of them. How do you

from

collecting them her fingertips. "You want to alleviate their guilt? Then perhaps you

to absolve themselves of blame when you cannot do the same? Our intelligent sons will see through your bullshit. Before you tell them, show them." Evie stated firmly. "Show them you have moved on, that you are

wipe you with cold water, I hope you

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