Chapter 280

Chapter 280

“Wait” Emeriel’s eyes reached her hairline. “Coffin bed?

“There’s so much you do not know about my kind. Emeriel. Our knowledge is vast and deep, as long as our age, as old as time itself.”

“But I thought only vampires used coffins,” she said, embarrassed.

Daemonikai’s smile widened. “You may not have noticed, Riel, but we also drink blood.”

“Oh.. I almost forgot that for a minute,” she admitted sheepishly.

“Vampires are disgusting. Their coffins are literal, while ours are beds designed to resemble coffins.”

“Ah.” Emeriel nodded, understanding dawning on her. “So, how long has the Oracle been asleep?”

“Seven hundred. She sleeps longer than most.” A shadow of sadness crossed his face. “If she were awake, the eclipse moon night may not have ended the way it did. The Oracle doesn’t interfere. but she sees all. The past, present, and future… she may have given hints.”

“But deep sleep is vital for the old,” he continued with a sigh. “It keeps them sane, relaxed… whole. The only thing one can control is when they enter the slumber. How long they remain there is beyond their will.”

“I understand.” And she did.

“I miss her, you know,” Daemonikai confessed, his gaze drifting towards the embers in the hearth. “She’s like a mother figure to me… to many of us. We are all her children.”

Emeriel was captivated. “I hope one day I get to meet her. She sounds like a force to be reckoned with.”

“She is,” Daemonikai agreed. “The only force the entire Urai respects more than the grand throne.”

A thought crossed Emeriel’s mind. “Have you ever considered deep sleep?”

Daemonikai shook his head. “I’ve never had a reason to. I had a fulfilling life before that dreadful night. Afterward, I lost myself and only just my sanity.”

He paused, thinking about it. “I suppose if you weren’t here, if I didn’t have this… now would be the time I might have started considering it.”

whispered, reaching out to

of worry on his forehead easing. “Me too, Emeriel.”

LOST TO TIME AND

GRAND LORD ZAIPER

rest of their kind, but they were not. That was the thing about dark mages–their

your request, ruler,” the dark mage rasped,

someone’s mind,” Zaiper stated, leaning casually against

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Chapter 280

“Completely

the folds of his black cloak. “Who is

“Daemonikaj Vipertheriov Naelzharoth”

And your name?”

“Zaiper Thoryk Dragaxlov.

a dangerous, forbidden magic,

scoffed. “I would not seek out a dark

in the

had never seen his face. The

the consequences. A life must be given in exchange… one you hold

“Razarr, bring the girl.”

They dragged a young woman between them, a sack roughly thrown over her

the center of the cave, positioning her

life,” Zaiper

she to

of my best whores,” Zaiper sucked teeth. “I will have you know I enjoy this girl very much. You are taking something of value,

hidden within his cloak. He extended a hand, a black mirror materializing

the girl’s face, its surface sparkling before turning

it, tucking into

of which you hold dear,”

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