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

Chapter 487:

The earlier ease drained from him, as he growled. “I will not lose her too. I’d rather die than let that happen.”

Ottai hid his surprise well. “I never thought I’d hear you speak words like that… for her,” he said genuinely.

Daemonikai managed a faint, wry smile. “Neither did I, Ottai.” He settled on the bed beside her, his hand gently brushing through her hair.

“One never truly understands what they have until it’s almost lost, huh?” Ottai mumbled.

“No, that’s more fitting for Vladya and Aekeira.” Daemonikai’s gaze remained on Emeriel, his eyes filled with a depth of emotion Ottai hadn’t seen in years. “More like… one doesn’t accept what they have until they’ve freed themselves from the burden of guilt, confronting the pain of their loss rather than hiding from it. One must open their heart, no matter how empty it feels, to truly experience something again.”

His eyes met Ottai’s. “The truth is, there’s still a void in my heart,” he admitted, “yet I have never felt more alive. These past few years, I was simply going through the motions of life, methodically. But these recent days, I’ve felt more whole than I have in so long.”

Ottai was mesmerized. “Even without the bond?”

Daemonikai repeated with

does that tell you,

was deeply touched, his emotions stirred. “I never thought I’d see this day again. I’m… truly

to love again. If she’ll allow

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you told her that?”

His gaze fell to the wound, shadowed and swollen. “But I want to relearn everything. Start from the beginning, just for her. I need her to live,

king lowered his head, pressing his lips

spread across Daemonikai’s cheek. His face tightened with pain, the poison seeping into him. His hand

his face was pale, a sheen

“Now… now she only needs to heal from the wound itself.” As

to his side.