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?

stone pressing on her chest refused to lift... until her grand king pulled her into his arms. And, just like

eased, and her troubled inner self stilled. His arms were truly the most secure place

for me.

pricked at her eyes. How could she

well again, Riel," he said in a tender

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said her name. Soft and intimate,

live without all this? her

it before. I

have been through a great ordeal. I'll allow you to

watched him leave,

enemy. Her restless mind

one man.

was back again, the silence of the night

will leave this place forever. The thought

feel his touch, to taste

convulsed, and she dragged in uneven breaths,

strong arms around you. Never to touch him again. Never

unbearable. Rising, Emeriel picked up her cloak, leaving her

the royal residence who bowed and stepped aside without

are you doing? her rational mind demanded. If you allow yourself

how will you ever survive

on the doorknob. Her breaths came quick and shallow as her

rational mind scolded. Not

Just one last night. I need to

know the risks. If you do this, there's a chance your heat will come

she whispered aloud in a quiet plea. "Just this one night with him is all I ask for, is that too much

pause followed in

the inner

tighter, and with a soft click, it swung open. Stepping inside, she closed the door behind

GRAND KING DAEMONIKAI

the presence of an intruder. But a familiar