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.

known sprang within her. So intense that tears stung her

she chided herself aloud. "You must not let your guard down. If you do, just like two years ago,

dried

her inner self mourned. Give

curling into a fetal position. The grand king

remains dormant, his

it was time she started preparing to return

Two days later.

Daemonikai for two days. It was a good thing,

smile touch her lips every

keep glancing over her shoulder,

Why

did a

pathetic, and I

I it.

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 played,

at them. The sight 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

sad. Almost

Peaceful and kind, granting passage to trav travelers and aiding any species that didn't make

wage wars to dominate others, seize lands, or conquer kingdoms.

was

own and neutralizing

the vampires. The

why, in all that is both gracious and evil, would their ancestor, King Memphis, think it was a good idea to betray and

that

King Orestus and every other

orchestrated such a bold and devastating attack on a species