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

Chapter 445:

“Thank you for coming back,” the grand king said, huskily.

“Are you… are you not angry that I did?” Emeriel stared at their joined hands. “I know you sent me away because you didn’t want me here.” He was looking at her like that again. As if seeing her for the first time. The sparkle in his eyes grew brighter. Then, quietly, “I didn’t… at that time.”

Emeriel nodded. That much she knew. “Did you hear about the attempt on your life?” she asked, changing the subject.

“That too,” he released her hand, his face hardening. “Ottai has already begun the investigation.”

“Yes. If the assassin was indeed acting under orders, we all hope the culprit is found.” Emeriel tugged at her hand. “If you’ll excuse me, Your Highness.”

He took his time releasing her. But when he did, Emeriel made her escape.

“Emeriel?”

Those butterflies in the pit of her stomach fluttered again. She paused at the door but didn’t turn.

you for saving my

too, two years ago. It’s

later,” he said in a low plea.

have walked

GRAND KING DAEMONIKAI

did not return the rest of

Nor the day after.

Daemonikai’s body slowly mended itself, his strength gradually returned. As the days passed, he began to feel like his old self

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mercifully ceased. There was no sign of full recovery yet,

the confinement. Ottai and his people were adamant that he

of his herbs and potions had

day, his people sent him gifts—bunches of medicinal fragrance plants, cuts of rare meat. A famine ravaged the land, yet they still gave what little they had to

had stepped up as the ultimate