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

Chapter 473:

Surveying her neat nails, her smile grew wide. “Calm yourself, Lord Zaiper. Vladya is gone, and he’s not coming back.”

PRINCESS AEKEIRA

“Let’s go back to the fortress,” Lord Vladya announced suddenly, his voice breaking the silence between them.

Aekeira turned to face him, her brows furrowing in surprise as she took in the serious set of his features. They were lying side by side, his face as composed as ever, yet the weight of his words hung in the air. “Are you sure?”

He nodded once. “Yes.”

The simple word left her momentarily stunned. She had spent so long trying to convince him to return, to go back to the fortress and face what he’d been avoiding. He had always been so stubborn, so adamant in his refusal. And now, just like that, he was ready?

“What made you change your mind?” she asked curiously.

said, staring into her eyes. “I realized I had placed my life on hold, waiting for this, when

and Aekeira kept silent, waiting

voice dropping slightly, “and suddenly, I don’t want to

of how words like these, from him,

to my world. I miss my people.” His tone remained as

“And?”

Those sharp, storm-gray eyes watched her in silence, as

your imagination

world, Aekeira,” he said at last. “To show it to you, properly this time.”

that blank stare, speaking in the flat, dead tone of a soulless male right now. And yet, somehow, the detached delivery made his words feel even more

at him

was still Lord Vladya, yet he seemed like someone entirely new. In these past few weeks, he had revealed so many sides of himself she hadn’t known existed.

back, this version of him—the male