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

Chapter 423:

Admitting it aloud for the first time was like shedding twelve heavy cloaks Daemonikai hadn’t known he was wearing.

“Oh…dearest, I know.” Evie gave a kind, watery smile. Taking his hand, they walked along the shore, the waves lapping gently at their feet. “I know you better than you know yourself, Daemon.”

He breathed deeply, the air suddenly feeling lighter, fresher. He could finally say it without drowning in sorrow, without the rain of guilt.

It was exhilarating.

“I don’t know what I ever did to deserve a woman like you, Evie,” Daemonikai said sincerely.

“I was the lucky one,” she exhaled a slow breath. “Always have been.”

“Galilea made me feel strange things. But I was okay with it, for it distracted me from my misery. That was, until I found out why she made me feel that way.” He stared out at the ocean. “I felt so angry, deceived. Guilty. I thought sending her away was the best thing to do.”

it wasn’t, was

he felt nothing but emptiness. Then his nightmares came more frequently, followed by dreams of her in his arms,

once the center of his universe. On the other side, he saw the soulbond he had lost—a female whose body he craved, whose scent he was addicted

drifted into a new version

“The ones you recovered from your feral time… they didn’t make things easier,

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night they flooded

Emeriel patiently hand-feeding him.

beast mounting her

he’d felt as he tore

answered, driven by a need to protect her, a need to possess, and a need to keep her safe

strange contentment in her presence, Emeriel had been his beacon