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.

sprang within her.

you will not do this to yourself again, Emeriel," 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

tears dried

inner self mourned. Give

into a fetal position. The

remains dormant, his soul is beginning to

she started preparing to return

Two days later.

Daemonikai for two days. It was a good thing, right? She craved solitude. To be

a smile touch her lips every

her

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and

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been busy, occupied with matters of state. Especially the long-awaited

city was in a festive uproar, alive with celebration. Laughter echoed the streets, chants and songs in the air. Urekai of all ages danced and

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

was sad. Almost

and kind, granting

the strongest species, they didn't wage wars to dominate others, seize lands, or conquer kingdoms.

was

and neutralizing

The Urekai focused

in all that is both gracious and evil, would their ancestor, King

that highly

Memphis had been a tyrant, but like King Orestus and every other ruler with a modicum of sense,

such a bold and devastating