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

Chapter 495:

“It’s not something that will happen for me… for us anytime soon,” he said hoarsely, his eyes finally breaking away from hers. “Not for centuries to come.”

She ran a soothing hand over his chest, grounding herself in the steady rise and fall of his breathing, trying to keep her drug-addled mind focused.

“My late bondmate and I were together for four millennia and only two sons to show for it. Our youngest was born eight hundred years ago… we tried for a third for centuries.” His voice faltered, and he drew a shaky breath. “I would give anything to have another child…”

Oh, my beloved. Emeriel’s heart ached for him.

An old pain surfaced; she had no idea where it came from, but it was right there in her chest.

“Do you know what it means to try for a child for three hundred years, young one?” His deep voice rumbled through his chest.

Closing her eyes, she soaked in the soothing vibrations.

Every heat cycle that passes without conception is agony for both

“I’m sorry,” she whispered.

His hand stroked her arm. “It’s a beautiful dream. I would give

grew heavier, his sweet embrace lulling her into that drifting

edge of her consciousness. Something painful yet precious, but she

dream,” she conceded. “Stay with me, my Beloved. Just a little while

right here.” He held her possessively, but with a gentle protectiveness in his touch

that. She liked it

more than before,” she told him with one final effort. “But I

a child.” She was nearly lost to sleep when she heard his

male in the universe,” he murmured, his tone soft yet filled with hunger. “If you can, Riel,

PRINCESS EMERIEL

her eyes, Emeriel felt… well, for the first

chills had vanished, and the swelling