Captive Slave 296

Chapter 296

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The thought of him losing himself that way again was completely terrifying. For one tiny moment, a small, uncertain voice

the voice of the girl whose body was put through the unimaginable-

whispered... Run.

Take his offer, and run far away.

I see the fear in your eyes, his agonized voice was rough. "Oh, Emeriel... where do we go from here, when I've put you right back

in a place where you have to fear me again?"

Her throat worked tightly. Do not waver. Do not falter.

"We will get through

this" she said firmly. Spoken as much for herself as for him. "I am not running like a coward.

"Kunning does not make you a coward. It makes you a survivor" With self-

loath, he added, "Run, Emeriel. Run

far away, beyond where these cursed hands can ever touch you again. If

I have to resort to binding myself in chains laced with dragonblood and scented leaves from the Forest of Abadin, then you'll know things have truly spiraled beyond my control."

Emeriel took his hands in hers, bringing them to her lips, pressing a kiss to every finger. "Why would you use chains laced with the deadliest toxins to restrain yourself?"

"You're missing the point," he looked, exasperated. "I may truly be going feral again—

or perhaps I never fully healed from it in the first place. There will be episodes of mindlessness in my future. Times when I won't be aware of what I'm doing. Driven only to satisfy the base instincts of my kind, even if it means hurting the ones dearest to me. Not recognizing friend

from foe,"

"You said you started to feel strange?" Emeriel's mind was working. "That means you can recognize the signs. That's good. It means it won't always be like last time."

"Emeriel-"

next time you feel it coming on, you tell me. Or

Vladya, Ottai, Wegai-

you. We'll find a way

Beloved was clearly frustrated. "Do you not

my king," she

"I simply choose not to listen to

you from me?" he turned away, squaring his shoulder. "Take the carriage and leave. I beg of you." The look on King Daemonikai's face as

the great raw

truly

back, and I'm not letting

"Listen to me-"

if you

moved to his front, letting her misery show. Her voice small.

as though he were mentally

Emeriel sounded needy even to her own ears, but she

all she wanted was to feel

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with one arm around her knees and the other on her

from her as she melted into him. Yes,

cradled in

for you to come, but you didn't." Emeriel's voice

"How could I, after

I did to you?" He groaned. "I wanted

the light again. I have so

heart beat unsteadily

strike long ago Daemonikai continued, his voice cracking, "If I had fed from my Bloodhost... I wouldn't have almost drained you." She pulled back slightly to look up at him. "Don't

"If you

I will always protect you as long as I

You will have the freedom to live your life as you choose, without the feat

and disbelief swirling in his green

his smooth cheek. "I am exactly where

be in this hell, with this

bored into his. "Hell may be

strong body shuddered, as his

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