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

Chapter 247

THE PRESENT

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Seated on the bed, Emeriel shook uncontrollably in the stillness of the night. Her uneven loud breaths echoed in the silence

of her chambers as she rocked herself back and forth, her arms wrapped tightly around her knees.

None of the grand rulers had returned from the ancestral shrine.

Why do you do this to yourself? Why revisit the most painful memory of your life?

But she knew why this particular memory had broken free from its chains. The intimate conversation with King Daemonikai about children.

"If you can give me a child, Riel, I will lay the entire world at your feet."

Her trembling worsened, teeth clattering. If only he knew... if only he knew how close they had come.

We agreed to bury it, didn't we? To leave it in the past and live as if it never happened?

That's how she had lived.

Going through each day as if she were whole, as if she weren't splintered inside. As if she hadn't lost the most precious gift the gods could ever give her. Losing her child had forced her to grow past the pain of their severed bond, beyond the heartbreak that had nearly destroyed her.

It had forced her to become stronger, to bury the old Em, the one who had known innocence and hope.

After all, If I hadn't been so weak, I wouldn't have lost my child.

Who would have imagined it, that she'd conceive from her first full heat? And who would have thought she would lose it the way she did?

"You're alright. You're alright," she whispered, rocking herself. If only the movement would stoke some warmth in her soul.

But no one knew. Not even Aekeira.

was a secret Emeriel would

who had suffered the loss of his

never forgive himself... just as she

bear, even if

one knew the extent of her pain. No

the loss of her

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worked so hard to build was crumbling around her. The armor she'd

feelings she had buried were clawing their way back

five long days, he had borne the pain of venom inside him while it destroyed his organs, all in an effort to save her life. Just the thought of it made her

active, yet she was falling for him

you ever truly fall out of love

Emeriel was... terrified.

was easy to preach, easy to say, "Give

hadn't stood in that cold lavatory, helplessly watching

hadn't spent these last two lonely years, torn apart by the memories of a life that never had the

who had to live with the misery, the gaping wound that

stayed up countless nights wondering what her child might have looked like, how they might have grown. Who they would have

a strong, handsome boy or a beautiful, radiant

like their father's, or

blankly, quake after quake,

GRAND LORD OTTAI

wanted was

if it yielded results, as it had the last time, then it was worth

He turned-

Ottai cursed, jumping in surprise. "Emeriel, is that you? You startled

princess stood leaning against the wall, shrouded

so fatigued that his usually sharp senses had dulled. "How did you

said I could wait here

well?" When she didn't answer, he sighed. "What do you need, then? If you're looking for the grand king, he returned with me. He should be in Frostfall now-" "You gave me your word." Her voice was quiet. "You said, 'Whether you could help

Urekai never forgets a promise," he stated