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

Chapter 416:

As usual, Vladya’s eyes followed her every move. He couldn’t tear his gaze away.

It was as though the years had never passed. She looked the same as she had the day she left.

He clenched his hands together, fighting the urge to reach for her. The desire to touch her, to feel her skin against his, was almost unbearable.

“How have you been, Aekeira?”

Both of her hands wrapped around the warm cup. “I’ve been… fine.” He noticed the slight tremble in her hands as she took another sip.

Her eyes lifted to meet his. “How are you so… aware?”

Vladya shrugged. “I have my good days and bad days,” he settled into the seat opposite her. “Good days are like this. When I’m aware of the world and all it entails. But the bad days… all that is left is destruction.”

“That’s why you left the fortress,” she set the cup on the nearby table. “I became a real danger to them. I had to leave.”

Aekeira’s eyes darted anywhere but at him. Her fingers fidgeted with the edge of her sleeve.

was avoiding him, putting

front of him, yet

his voice

“Mmm?”

“Look at me.”

breath escaped

terrible liar, my

for more

“Don’t call me that.” Tears brimmed in her eyes once more. But unlike before, when they had

from her seat. “I c-can’t do this.

PRINCESS AEKEIRA

Everything hurt.

again was like tearing

they shared, and the pain that came with

was still going to lose him again soon, that she would have to endure that same pain all over again… it was

already losing him,

to imagine where the shift ended