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

Chapter 684:

The comfort did not last.

As he left the dwelling, restlessness crept back in, seeping into his bones, wrapping around his ribs like unseen chains. Why does it feel like doom is coming?

Even something as simple as breathing sounded thunderous in the silence.

Vladya stared at Daemonikai as if he had lost his mind. Aekeira mirrored the exact same expression, while Emeriel inhaled sharply.

Saying it aloud had made it real—even to Daemonikai.

“I cannot believe this,” Daemonikai shook his head in wonder, looking directly at Vladya. He repeated, “You are going to have a child.” His friend was as stiff as a board.

“If this is some kind of jest, it’s not a particularly amusing one, Your Grace,” Vladya’s voice was tight with anger as he glared.

“I know you have been struggling, Daemon. I have seen it, and I do not fault you for it. But not every dark thought that enters your mind should be spoken aloud.”

Daemonikai rolled his eyes.

“Are you finished?”

Vladya’s jaw clenched tighter.

are done here.

furious. In a flash, he seized Vladya by the collar and shoved him back, making him stagger

and slamming him against the nearest wall. He pressed into Vladya’s space

the

of madness and the voices banging around in my skull, making my

burned hotter.

fight than

wait…” Emeriel’s voice came

your control, tell your fucking beast to stand down,” Daemonikai snarled,

your rage, think—and tell me, do you truly believe me so heartless that I would lie about this? Your woman is pregnant. There is the faintest scent of osmanthus and lily on her. You will smell

him in a shudder. His anger remained—flaring, crackling in the storm-gray and yellow of his

Daemonikai saw hope.

Painful, desperate hope.

had one full heat,”

one conceives without a mating bond. And certainly no one conceives after only one heat.” A stark pain, which his friend now allowed him to see,

say something

“I was…”