Chapter 451:

Taking her hand, his touch both familiar and foreign, he pressed his lips against her knuckles.

“My elusive beloved,” he said, his voice a warm caress. “Please, will you walk with me?”

No.

It was right there, at the tip of Emeriel’s tongue. All she had to do was open her mouth and breathe the word out.

But her lips refused to move, the protest stuck somewhere between her heart and her throat.

Why was it so hard?

She did not want to walk with him. Every part of her that had toiled, survived, and endured screamed against it.

Yet, she took a step forward, not away from him, but towards him. The people erupted in a chorus of approval, some clapping their hands.

universe had she fallen into? The grand king calling her “Beloved,”

had no idea what was real

once again pressing

me that,” Emeriel

what could have been and the bitterness of what

in his eyes. It was

no vel s .

said smoothly.

She glared.

broad grin lit up

swallowed her tongue at the sight. Never

she had never seen him genuinely smile,

dumbfounded

Finally, she caught herself.

no extra horse,” she noted,

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