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

Chapter 428:

“Yes, I know. To drink blood and to have sex,” Aekeira supplied.

Lord Vladya nodded. “Correct. We call them Bloodlust and Sexlust. We must indulge occasionally to keep the mind clear and the beast satisfied. Bloodlust never goes dormant, but Sexlust can. Do you know when our Sexlust instincts go dormant, Aekeira?” She shook her head.

“When two bonded mates are separated by distance, they don’t feel Sexlust until they are reunited,” Lord Vladya told her, his eyes never leaving hers. “Yes, they still get aroused, they still feel lust, but not in its overpowering state—the kind that drives our beasts restless and insane when one abstains for weeks.”

“That’s how bondmates who go to war for months, even years, survive without their significant other,” he continued. “Their souls recognize the absence of their mate and put the instinct to sleep until they are together again.”

“Okay, I understand now. But what does that have to do with you?”

“My instincts are asleep now,” he reiterated. “I have no idea how that happened, but I think being with those females made it clear to my very core that you, Aekeira, were truly unavailable. That’s when my sexlust went dormant.”

eyes widened, as round as the full moon. “You’re saying it

of you,”

beat faster. “But,

part I can’t explain, the

if I were to lay you down

until you’re screaming my name so loud the birds take flight, and the woods listen in to the music you make—just the way I so desperately want—then that driving urge, in all

Her cheeks flushed beet red,

and pulled back. “But I won’t do that. That instinct was the hardest to control, to the extent I killed for it. I don’t miss it.” Then,

one female we truly wanted was far away, and

Aekeira shuddered, her mind reeling. His instinct went

and drag you back here,” he said. “Ukrae, I was ready to cross into Navia and haul you back, even if it meant taking you against your will while you kicked and screamed. I wanted it that badly. But I couldn’t. I wasn’t fit to travel

still, my heart.