Semua Bab That Prince Is A Girl: The Vicious King's Captive Slave Mate: Bab 241 - Bab 250

The mix of scents made Daemonikai’s investigation a maddening task. Incompetent fools.If he’d known they’d only muddle the scene, he wouldn’t have sent them to investigate in the first place.Their footprints and scents cluttered every corner, making it harder than ever to sift out what truly mattered. But this wouldn’t deter him.Three hours later, he was still at the crime scene, having retraced every step Emeriel had taken.He combed through the garden, over and over, with a thoroughness that bordered on obsession.Yet, still, he found nothing.Irritation gnawed at him as he prepared to repeat the search yet again.This time, he shifted partially into his beast form to heighten his senses, focusing his nose to distinguish Emeriel’s scent from the web of others clinging to the air. But still… nothing.Very soon, dawn would break. It was time to return.His instincts had been on edge all night from being away from Emeriel. She was safe, he knew, protected under Vladya’s watch. But

PRINCESS EMERIELOpening her eyes, and for the first time in days, Emeriel felt… well. More than well, actually.The persistent headache was gone, the fever and chills vanished, and the swelling faded as if it had never been.“How do you feel?”Her eyes found Aekeira seated beside her, exhaustion mingled with relief in her eyes.“Aekeira…” Emeriel’s voice was a rasp.“You had everyone worried sick,” Aekeira said. “For a moment there, we were starting to fear the worst.”“For a moment there, I thought the worst.” Emeriel tried to push herself up with a grunt of effort A sharp pain shooting through her abdomen, and she winced.Aekeira quickly leaned forward, helping her into a more comfortable position, adjusting the pillows behind her back.“How long has it been?”“Five days.”Emeriel let out a slow breath. “Five days… That long, huh.”“I’m so relieved to see you alright.” Aekeira’s smile was strained. “You really scared me.”Emeriel noticed her sister’s hands twitching, knuckles flexi

THE PRESENTSeated on the bed, Emeriel shook uncontrollably in the stillness of the night. Her uneven loud breaths echoed in the silence of her chambers as she rocked herself back and forth, her arms wrapped tightly around her knees.None of the grand rulers had returned from the ancestral shrine.Why do you do this to yourself? Why revisit the most painful memory of your life?But she knew why this particular memory had broken free from its chains. The intimate conversation with King Daemonikai about children.“If you can give me a child, Riel, I will lay the entire world at your feet.”Her trembling worsened, teeth clattering. If only he knew… if only he knew how close they had come.We agreed to bury it, didn’t we? To leave it in the past and live as if it never happened?That’s how she had lived.Going through each day as if she were whole, as if she weren’t splintered inside. As if she hadn’t lost the most precious gift the gods could ever give her.Losing her child had forced he

That’s progress. Daemonikai should be happy. But seeing such despair on her face was agony.No one he cared for should ever hurt like this, and worst of all, he knew it was his fault.Closing the distance between them in a single stride, he wrapped his arms around her, pulling her close. His hold was firm, strong, ready to hold her even if she struggled to break free.But she didn’t.Instead, she trembled, her fragile body tense against his.“Your Grace…” she said, her voice was a broken whisper.“I would take all the pain away,” he brought his lips near her ear. “If I could, I would draw it out of you like poison and make it my own.”She shook her head faintly. “You already have so much pain. I couldn’t let you take mine, too—not if it meant you’d have to bear it within yourself.”Ukrae. His heart twisted painfully. This girl will be the death of me. She did not hug him back, but she didn’t push him away either. She stood pliant in his arms, letting him embrace her.That much was en

“Since the moment I woke up and saw you naked beside me, I’ve fantasized about a thousand ways to touch you.” He brushed his lips against the shell of her ear, his voice a dark, husky whisper. “The things I want to do to you, Beloved…” "Please don't call me that," she said shakily, squeezing her eyes shut.“Tomorrow, I will adhere to this request.” He flicked his tongue against her ear, earning a tremor through her body. “But not tonight.”Daemonikai walked her back, step by step, until her spine met the wall. Emeriel gasped at the contact.“Tonight, you are mine. Oh, my dearest…" Leaning in, his eyes burned into hers possessively. "You have held the reins for so long and I let you have them. But tonight, in this room, I will take them back. Just for the night, you are mine to command. Mine to own. Mine to wreck.”Lust flashed in her eyes, but there was also panic. Her gaze darted past him to the door, looking for an escape.“There’s none,” he informed her. “You walked in here on you