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.

her eyes. “I realized I had placed my life on hold, waiting for this, when I should be living

and Aekeira

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

beat. Was he aware of how words like these,

to go back to my world. I miss my people.” His tone remained as monotone as ever, but his eyes grew thoughtful.

“And?”

the longest time, he didn’t answer. Those sharp, storm-gray eyes watched her in silence, as if he were searching

your imagination soar

I want to bring you into my world, Aekeira,” he said at last. “To show it to you,

of a soulless male right now. And yet, somehow, the detached delivery

at her lips as she stared at him in wonder. Who is this person before

entirely new. In these past few weeks, he had revealed so many sides of himself she hadn’t known existed. Layers she had never imagined were there. And as much as

this version of him—the