That Prince Is A Girl The Vicious King's Captive Slave Mate by Kiss Leilani

Chapter 231

PRINCESS EMERIEL

That night, she slipped under the covers, a soft, unguarded smile still on her face. She hadn't felt this happy in ages.

Both the male and beast occupied her thoughts even long after their parting.

While the male stirred up emotions she wasn't ready to face, the beast was different. Easier. Safer. She could manage the beast's affection without risking the walls she had carefully built around her heart.

Lord Herod had said Urekai males were basically linked to their beasts, two halves of the same whole.

But Emeriel didn't allow herself to dwell on that, casting reason aside, and embracing the simplicity of her beast's company.

That day in the woods had been agonizing.

Leaving him there had been one of the hardest decisions she'd ever made, but she'd had to do it.

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It was either that or succumb to the all-powerful urge to collapse into his arms. Beg him to take back. To see beyond pity and offer her even a fraction of his love.

her

She had left with the last shred of her dignity intact, determined to avoid him.

But her beloved had been persistent. And today, she had genuinely enjoyed her beast's company. You know who "No. I do not "ou truly wish to spend your day with is his male form, her inner self argued.

Émeriel muttered

She imagined her own mind laughing at her. You long to see him laugh, to see that rare, carefree smile. You crave to be cherished by him, to hear him call you 'beloved' once more. You wish for his arms around you, for his embrace and his kisses.

You may deceive everyone else, but here, in the deepest recesses of your mind, you cannot lie to yourself. You You are starving for him, for the man you've tried so hard to forget. You want to cast aside the past and fall back into his arms.

her. So intense that tears stung her eyes yet

she chided herself aloud. "You must not let your guard down. If you do, just like two years ago, you will be defenseless against the pain. You cannot fall i t

dried without

self mourned. Give yourself a

side, curling into a fetal position. The grand king is recovering

bond remains dormant, his

time she started preparing

Two days later.

a good thing,

a smile touch her lips every time she recalled

glancing over her

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did a

pathetic, and

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of state. Especially the long-awaited

the streets, chants and songs in the

was almost surreal. Since her return and their king's recovery, she had seen a new side of the Urekai. In the past, there had only been hatred and anger. But today, there was warmth, playfulness, even kindness. Is this how they were before that disastrous loved ones and plunged them into years of ght? Before the massacre that had swept away their

thought was sad. Almost painful to

had always kept to themselves. Peaceful and kind, granting passage

strongest species, they didn't wage wars to dominate

was

own and

vampires. The Urekai

would their ancestor, King Memphis, think it was a good idea to betray and attack the

found that

other ruler

orchestrated such a bold and devastating attack on a species that even