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

Chapter 323

Chapter 323

Chapter 323

HIGH LORD HERODIS

He had spent the entire day catching up with his dear friend.

He told Emeriel about his agricultural ventures, the farmlands he managed across the kingdom, and the quiet life he had built for himself in the years since she left.

In turn, Emeriel confided in him-about everything that had happened both in the human world and since her return.

But what floored him most? Hearing her confirm the rumors about the Grand King's mind failing again, were true.

The pain in her voice when she spoke of it touched him deeply. And the fact that she trusted him enough to speak so openly about it? That humbled him more than anything.

Now, they walked through the courtyard, heading toward the gardens. The afternoon sun was slipping away, making way for the soft hues of evening dusk.

Herod had been pondering her words all day, and no matter how he turned them over in his mind, something did not make

sense.

"May I ask you something?"

Emeriel glanced at him, then nodded. "Of course. Go ahead."

"What does the Oracle say about his feral tendencies?"

Emeriel's gaze drifted over the landscape, the setting sun casting soft shadows across her face. "She remains silent.

still he did not

see that side of things... or she does not

something seems strange. Feral sickness is the most deadly affliction of our kind, but it does not appear without reason." Herod mused. "Our grand

going through every book I could find, yet none answers my questions

sorry you are going

face softened into a smile. “It is alright. We will get through

studied her carefully.

the same-still radiantly beautiful, poised, elegant as ever. But the Emeriel standing before him now was not the same young woman who had once doubted everything. There was a confidence in her now, a conviction

her bond with the grand king.

what they had, speaking with certainty. Stronger, yet softer. Braver, yet more

indeed. Herod

looking at me like that?"

shaking

"My workers are intrigued. They find it difficult to believe the Galilea they once

the way they look at me. And then there is your son." She looked over her shoulder. "He seems determined to follow

knowing what he would see, breathed deeply before

casually against a tree, arms folded as he nudged a small stone with the toe of his boot. When their gazes met, his

bridge of his nose.

looks out for you. He is a good male." Then, teasingly, she added, "How do I convince him harm will come to his

with his ruler's female?"

was born when the grand king was still feral, so he grew up on stories and legends. Tales

mind right now." They stepped into the garden, the scent

roses and vines woven into

from one flower bed to another. Grazing the petals, caressing them with reverence, whispering quiet words to them he could

me, my lord," the words suddenly, her tone light as she spared him

Herod arched a brow.

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