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

Chapter 271

Chapter 271

Daemonikai reached out, taking her hand, bringing it to his lips. He placed a gentle kiss on it.

"How do you feel?" Emeriel asked quietly.

"Better. Exhausted, but better." His eyes flicked to hers. "How do you feel? All this must not have been easy for you. I cannot even imagine."

"That day in the woods, you told me it took losing the best part of you to crawl out of your grave. His eyes dropped to their joined hands. "I didn't realize this was what you meant. No wonder you couldn't forgive me. No wonder you couldn't find it within yourself to give us a second chance. If I had known the extent of what you went through." he shook his head. "I would never have pestered you so much. Never have tried to force it."

"Then I'm glad you did not know." Emeriel stated coolly. "The truth is, I never wanted you to find out. I knew what it would do to you, so it became a burden I was prepared to carry alone to my grave."

"That's too much for anyone to bear alone. I'm grateful I know now. Even though it breaks my heart, I wouldn't have it any other way. Now, I can share this burden with you."

Emeriel wouldn't say she was happy he knew-not entirely. But she couldn't deny the relief she felt. Sharing it with him was liberating.

A lot had happened tonight.

She'd finally faced the loss she had always run from. For so long, she believed speaking of it would reopen wounds too deep to heal, which was why she shoved it deep within herself, into darkness.

But she had been wrong. Talking about it had brought relief.

"Another will come." Emeriel wrapped her other hand around their already intertwined fingers, squeezing gently. "We will have a child in the future."

"If only it worked that way," he said wistfully, his voice a soft ache. "This one was a miracle."

Beloved." As she reassured him, she also reassured herself, clinging to hope.

your next

know,"

his tone,

"A healer once told me it

"Even so, you should have noticed some pattern

to their intertwined hands, and she didn't

there's something you are not telling

ask because I don't want you to suffer during your

have been

fireplace behind them suddenly sounded

"Emeriel..."

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regretted taking the suppressants. They terrified me, yes. Some days, the side effects made

bear it, not even outside of heat. When I tried to move on. I allowed suitors. They courted me, but even a kiss on the back of my hand took everything in

faint smile touched her lips. "You ruined

but there was nothing remotely

I don't

bubbled from Emeriel's chest. "I know. You don't look sorry at all. In fact, you look... almost

no 'almost about it." Daemonikai's lips curved into a possessive smile, his free hand sliding to her waist. "You are my woman, and I'm glad none of

sound like a caveman," she admonished, though her words lacked bite as a rush of love spread through

kind are cavepeople." He was proud.