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

Chapter 249

That's progress. Darmonikai should be happy. But seeing such despair on her face was agony.

No one he cared for should ever hurt like this, and worst of all, he knew it was his fault.

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Closing the distance between them in a single stride, he wrapped his arms around her, pulling her close. His hold was firm. strong, ready to hold her even if the struggled to break free.

But she didn't

Instead, she trembled, her fragile body tense against his.

"Your Grace.." she said, her voice was a broken whisper.

"I would take all the pain away," he brought his lips near her ear. "If I could, I would draw it out of you like poison and make it my own."

She shook her head faintly. "You already have so much pain. I couldn't let you take mine, too-not if it meant you'd have to bear it within yourself."

Ukrae. His heart twisted painfully. This girl will be the death of me.

She did not hug him back, but she didn't push him away either. She stood pliant in his arms, letting him embrace her.

That much was enough for him.

PRINCESS EMERIEL

She was tired. Bone-deep, soul-crushingly tired.

Leaving Urai was supposed to lighten her heart. To lift the burden pressing down on her chest, after all,

she was going back to her world. There she planned to find a small cabin near the river to settle down and live a quiet, undisturbed life.

The first thing she would do was face the problem of her heat. No more suppressants, no more running from it. If it consumed her, so be it.

Even if it meant arranging five men to help her through the fevered, miserable nights, she would be ready. Anything to make her next heat bearable.

If she survived that, she would live out a small, quiet life, fading into obscurity until the end of her days. See? I'm making plans. That's living, right?

grand king pulled her into his arms.

eased, and her troubled inner self stilled. His arms

for me.

at her eyes. How

to see you well again, Riel," he said

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Chapter 249

things to her... the way he said her name. Soft and intimate, like

you live without

did it before. I can do

have been through a great ordeal. I'll allow you to rest." He finally pulled away, kissing

leave, holding

enemy. Her restless mind

one man.

heart was back again, the silence of the night too

Dawn you will leave this place forever. The thought struck

to feel his touch, to

dragged in uneven breaths, fighting the

around you. Never to touch him again. Never to feel him inside

Rising, Emeriel picked

halls, past guards stationed at the royal residence who bowed and stepped aside without question,

demanded. If you allow yourself to have a taste

ever survive without it? This

Her breaths came quick and shallow as her internal war

her rational mind scolded.

whispered back. Just one last night. I need to feel

chance your heat will come early. You are NOT ready for

is all I ask for, is

pause followed in her

thing, the inner voice sighed,

tighter, and with a soft click, it swung open. Stepping

GRAND KING DAEMONIKAI

registering the presence of an intruder. But a