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

Chapter 246

Chapter 24.6

Ackeira pursed her lips.

"Don't think I didn't notice the pain you endured, how deeply he wounded you. I was the one who listened to you cry, night after night, because of him. When you thought everyone was asleep, you'd sob into your pillow until dawn."

Aekeira lowered her eyes. "It wasn't easy to let go," she admitted, her voice quiet. "But when faced with the choice between giving us a chance or living every day half-dead inside, I chose to take that chance."

"Even though he's half-mad and soulless?" Emeriel's voice held an edge.

Aekeira's lips lifted in a soft smile. "Even then." She looked up at Emeriel, her eyes bright. "And you know what, Em?"

Don't call me-Sigh. "What?"

"These past few weeks with him have been the happiest of my life." Aekeira's eyes sparkled, a dreamy look on her face. "I've never felt more alive. More fulfilled."

Utterly disgusting. Utterly adorable.

"Give the grand king a chance," Aekeira urged her. "Listen to him. Then decide what you want to do. Running away is not really the answer. The Emeriel I once knew understood that."

"I'm not sure I want to be that Emeriel anymore. That girl let her heart lead... and look at the bottomless pit she fell into. Now, I only follow my head."

Aekeira went silent.

Finally, she said, "And there's nothing wrong with that." Rising to her feet, she added, "I'll go fetch Madam Livia-she needs to know you're awake."

Emeriel nodded, watching as her sister walked toward the door.

But Aekeira paused, turning back, her hand resting on the doorknob.

the hell of sleeping with a beast. Faced the agony of heat and its recovery, of shouldering a crushing

She looked away, her sister's

entirely anymore, but you can still carry her with you. Because she balanced you out. It's alright to let your head lead... just give your heart a chance to

at her hands. They were

a small, sad smile. "I will always love you, no matter

into the quiet, "I

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after

to a splitting headache and an even sharper ache in her

window, assaulting her sensitive eyes, but she had neither the strength nor the will to rise and close the curtains. Instead, she threw a pillow over

hope for her Beloved's return, to pray

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the rest of her life. She would accept any crumb of affection he could give her, if only he

promise," she mumbled hoarsely, her eyes too dry, too exhausted to

to wish

her door, voices

our men hadn't found her when they did, she

boomed, laced with irritation. "Why on earth

to me!? What the hell is wrong with both of you? It's as if those beasts sent two strangers back to me! You're both either crying,

scream, but she was too tired to muster the strength

stomach... it was

she drifted back

pain ripped through her, jolting her awake.

over, a strangled cry tearing from her throat. Struggling to her feet, she clutched her belly as

she pulled down her drawers,