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

Chapter 548:

Aekeira held her tighter, as though her arms could shield her from the pain.

“This is why I never talk about it,” Emeriel sobbed, her voice breaking. “After all these years… it shouldn’t hurt this much. But it does. I feel like I’m tearing apart inside.”

“It was not your fault, do you hear me?” Aekeira whispered sternly, her voice full of conviction. “Stop blaming yourself! Stop—”

Her words froze mid-sentence. She pulled back, her tear-streaked face suddenly tense.

“What is it?” Emeriel asked, her voice shaky and weak.

Aekeira wiped at her cheeks, her gaze fixed sharply on something behind Emeriel.

Dread coiled in Emeriel’s stomach as she slowly turned around.

There, standing in the doorway, pale as death itself, was Grand King Daemonikai.

Oh heavens… no.

PRINCESS EMERIEL

sight of Grand King Daemonikai, her pain dulled. It receded

shield him from

him, her head shaking slightly.

he asked, his voice hoarse and trembling. “Did we lose a child two years ago and…?” His

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dread on his

begging her to say no. To tell him it wasn’t

was a lie, a cruel jest.

all in his gaze—the raw fear, the refusal to

considered lying to him. Telling him exactly what he wanted to hear. Anything to spare him the weight of this unbearable

would not save them.

she admitted, her voice breaking.