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.

lose her completely, Em. Because that girl survived hell. She endured slavery, the hell of sleeping with a beast. Faced the agony of heat and its recovery, of shouldering a crushing secret, and still lived through being severed from her soulmate. She went through all of that, and she...

hard. She looked away, her sister's

added. "She was the strongest part. The bravest. She's everything that made you, you. Maybe you don't have to be her 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

please. Emeriel stared down at her hands.

you, Em." Her sister opened the door, offering a small, sad smile. "I will

she left, Emeriel whispered into the quiet,

TWO YEARS AGO

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Chapter 246

months after returning

splitting headache and an even

strength nor the will to rise and close the curtains. Instead, she threw a pillow over her face, shutting out the world.

her Beloved's return, to pray he

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rest of her life. She would accept any

I promise," she mumbled hoarsely, her

day to wish

door, voices

hadn't found her when they did,

Aekeira?" King Orestus's voice boomed, laced with irritation. "Why on earth would your sister even attempt to journey back to that savage kingdom that enslaved her?"

if those beasts sent two strangers back to me! You're both either crying, locked away in your rooms, moping, not

Just leave me alone! She wanted to scream, but she was too tired to muster the strength

stomach... it was

she drifted

sudden, piercing pain ripped through her, jolting her

Struggling to her feet,

when she pulled down her drawers, there was... blood.