Chapter 315

Lady Merilyn had been on edge all day. The moment she heard both human princesses had gone into heat at the same time

while their males were in the mountains–she had prayed fervently for them.

Then came the news that the rulers had finally returned and the maximum relief that came with it.

But now, as she hurried through Ravenshadow’s courtyard, her heart raced with a new kind of fear. Why had the grand king summoned her?

Was everything not well? Was her master suffering a feral episode in the middle of rut? That fear unsettled her most of all.

A female in heat deserved a mate whose mind was intact, someone who could be fully present to meet their body’s demands. And this was Princess Aekeira’s first heat. The thought of her enduring it without proper care…

Merilyn quickened her steps.

By the time she reached the door, she was breathless, her nerves stretched thin. Lord Vladya’s chambers were fortified, so she could hear nothing from the outside.

She knocked, anxious. “Your Highness, it is I–Lady Merilyn. You requested my presence.”

The door swung open instantly.

A disheveled, sweaty, and utterly distressed King Daemonikai stood on the other side. His eyes wild, chest heaving, body vibrating with tension.

“Get in here.” His voice was deep, rough with rut and frustration.

Merilyn stepped in. The scent of heat and pheromones was so heavy, so potent in the air, her head spun. Desire rose, lust stirred. She fought to keep herself in check.

Her first glance landed on her master. Dressed in loose pants, his powerful frame relaxed but alert, standing by the mattress where Princess Aekeira lay asleep beneath the sheets.

Relief flooded Merilyn when she saw he was whole. Sated. In control. Aekeira was getting care. Good.

But when King Daemonikai led her into the adjoining bedchamber, all relief vanished. Princess Emeriel was a wreck.

She lay curled into herself, shaking violently, as if gripped by the coldest winter. Teeth chattering, twitching with spasms,

incoherent

into her own mind, completely

Merilyn’s stomach twisted.

animal. “I tried to mount her, and it would not…” He ran a restless hand through his damp hair. “And I could not… I hate seeing

His rage, frustration, and helplessness filled the room like

she not let me in?” His sounded

she examined her closely. “Where is… my Beloved?” Her voice was so weak with clear pain. “Make it

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beast whined in sympathy for the princess. She had a sense of what might be happening….and

bad,” Lady Merily told the princess’s distraught

King came to a halt. “What is the matter?

Merilyn looked down at the trembling princess.

whimper was the only response she

is suffering,” she looked at the grand king. “We must put her to sleep

a sleeping potion in the drawer,” Lord Vladya’s voice came from the doorway. He leaned against the frame,

and retrieving the small glass vial. Uncorking

she poured a small

the potion between the princess’s parted

murmured, watching for a reaction.

King Daemonikai resumed pacing, agitation rolling off him in waves. Merilyn had never

quickly. Within moments, Emeriel’s lashes fluttered, and her head lolled to the

echoed from the adjacent

snapping to attention before he disappeared through the doorway, leaving only Merilyn, the grand -king, and

Daemonikai halted. His gaze was fierce when it settled upon

you do not mind, I would ask that

for a second, Merilyn was certain he was about

mark. Running a hand over his face, he forced himself to steady his breathing, chest rising and falling in deep, open–mouthed

after a long moment, he lowered himself into the chair

there’s the heat suppressants,”

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