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

Chapter 358

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Chapter 358

Aekeira gravely worried about the toil it was taking on him.

“Here.” She patted the space beside her. “Come lie with me. Please.”

“I still have work to finish in the study. You need your sleep.”

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“You can finish tomorrow.” Her other hand moved to rest lightly on her stomach, where their unborn child stirred. “Tonight, come lie with me. With us. Our little one is restless, and he needs his father.”

Vladya’s fierce protectiveness flared in his eyes. She saw his resistance crumble, and without another word, he stepped inside, closing the door behind him.

How attentive he was about their child did things to her, and while Aekeira felt guilt for using it to coax him into bed, her male needed rest.

Since Zaiper had taken her hostage to escape, Vladya had become downright suffocating. There were bodyguards at her side every moment of the day. He denied her leave of the fortress grounds outright. His beast was closer to the surface than ever before, always attuned to her, always scenting her.

The bed dipped under his weight as he climbed in and she shifted, giving him space, but he gathered her into his arms, tucking her against him.

A soft contented sigh slipped from her lips, her body easing into the warmth of his.

“What was your dream about?” Vladya’s voice was a low murmur against her ear.

Aekeira hesitated. She didn’t know how to explain it.

“I’m not sure,” she said quietly.

She could not understand–could not even begin to interpret–what she had seen. Yet it had felt too real. Like a distant memory that simply should not have existed.

Her grand lord’s hand rested protectively over the curve of her swollen belly. In the quiet, his fingers traced slow, soothing circles over the curve of her womb. The last of the tension holding his body rigid slowly melted away.

“Do you know why I call you a bird?” he asked softly.

slightly toward him. “But I’ve always wondered.”

into my life.” He nuzzled into the hollow of her neck. “You gave me wings. Because of you, this

she breathed, her heart aching with tenderness as she nestled back against

wings wide and let this staggering, ragged creature find refuge. In her shelter, he held on, grew new wings,

never realized how deep that endearment ran. And now, she longed

soft. “My special soaring dove, with the strong wings of an albatross.”

so large it felt too big for her body.

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his arms, to see his face, but his hand stilled her gently, holding her where she lay.

princess,” he

heart was bursting. It was the first time he had ever returned those

have always felt it. Right here, in the dead

smiled. “I love you too.”

distressed you,” he sounded

gave a choked laugh, shaking her head. “It’s a

tightening his

rhythm of his

you too, echoed in her

still smiling. “Please, do not

already slipped into dreaming when his voice came. “I’m not going anywhere, my little,

GRAND KING DAEMONIKAI

down the corridor as he loomed over the two trembling servants waiting for him outside the meeting hall. “What do you mean

“I… I truly do not understand, Your Majesty. I inquired after her myself, and her handmaidens said she left

to

bolted as though demons hunted their heels.

turned and stalked into the Grand High Court.

his mind elsewhere the entire time. Why would Sinai leave

when she’d be back and didn’t think to ask for his permission as his bloodhost to arrange alternatives until her return.

this doesn’t feel

emerged, evening shadows stretched long across the floors. Two females now stood waiting

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