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

Chapter 338

PRINCESS AEKEIRA

Aekeira sat by the window, stitching as she hummed an old lullaby. Sunlight spilled pale and thin through the lattice, allowing her to enjoy the quiet and peace.

Until Emeriel entered.

She moved like a sleepwalker. Eyes swollen and red, face pale with exhaustion. There were dark circles under her eyes, and her lips trembled even as she tried to hold herself together.

“Em!” Aekeira dropped her sewing at once, rising quickly to her feet. “Are you alright? Why do you look like-?”

Her sister crossed the room, collapsed into her arms, and started bawling. The kind where the sobs are harsh and violent as if dragged from the soul.

“Speak to me, what’s going on!?” Aekeira was panicking more with every sob. “You’re frightening me! You know you shouldn’t be crying like this; you’re pregnant for light’s sake!” Now she was crying too, unable to hold back. “Em, please!”

Still, Emeriel only wept.

She cried as though there was no end to her pain. Sobbed as if no hope remained in the world.

Aekeira gave up, and only held her. She sank back onto the bed, drawing her sister down with her, rocking her and crying with her, as though they were children again.

She had no sense of how much time passed. At last, the sobbing eased. Subsided into torn breaths and hiccups.

“I’m broken, Keira…” Emeriel said in a whisper of defeat.

“How can you say that about yourself?”

“Because it’s true,” she looked at Aekeira with swollen eyes. “I am broken… and I don’t know if I’ll ever heal.”

Tell

haltingly, Emeriel did. She reminded Aekeira about that night months ago, and how

try to stay in the present, the moment he is inside me, it’s like a switch has flipped, and I’m back in your former chamber, begging the beast for mercy.” She sobbed. “Heaven knows I would do anything to avoid thinking of that night. I don’t even want to, yet I can’t seem to escape it. I long to feel my male again, but I can’t because all I see are the moments I was completely at his mercy, unable to escape, pleading for just a moment’s reprieve as I bled everywhere, yet couldn’t get

was weeping now after that full, rushed

She drew her sister closer. “When I looked at you that next morning, I k something that terrible would not pass without leaving a scar, and I hate that I

something has to be done.

sister in the eyes. “What

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I must make a decision to keep him sane, in order to protect him, myself, and our unborn

GRAND KING DAEMONIKAI

crossed through the fortress gates as dusk surrendered to night, Ottai trailing

not have taken so long, but the young hawk refused to be contained, fighting the falconer’s every effort.

low at the archway before heading toward Mabblewood. Daemonikai ascended the corridors alone and entered his bedchamber, already feeling the beginnings of an ache behind

lay on his bed, her back turned toward the

setting aside his belt and mantle, then stripped down to his nightclothes. When he climbed into the bed beside her, she stirred and turned to face

was waiting for you,” she said

you feeling? Did you eat better

I did. Madam Livia gave me some

her eyes bothered him, and she looked

head healer came today. He delivered

“What things?”

hesitated. “Please, don’t punish him, it’s who asked him questions about

don’t mind.

we both know what happens when they’re not… sated.” She averted her eyes. “I’ve been thinking about everything and… the truth is, we can’t bear for things to get