Page 173 of The Soulbond and Her Beloved

“That’s it, princess.” His hips snapped forward again. “You take me so well. Remember this. Every time you come here, every time you reach for a book—remember how I bent you over this shelf and railed your hungry little body.”

A full-body shiver. “O-oh gods—”

“Not the gods, Aekeira,” Vladya groaned, pulling out just enough to make her whine before slamming back in, hitting that spot inside her that made her go crazy. “It’s not Ukrae fucking you through the shelves, causing all these books to scatter and fall. It’s me. Say—” stroke “My—” A deep, dragging thrust. “Name.”

She came screaming it. A loud, high-pitched cry she couldn’t hold back. Hands shaking, legs giving way, sobbing as the sensations ripped through her. But Vladya held her up—an arm crossed over her chest.

He slowly lowered them to the floor, never pulling out, turning her onto her side so he could own her deeper from behind, plunging into her blissed-out, pregnant body. He made sure tolay her beside the slick mess she made, so those crossed eyes would thoroughly see the puddle she created as he fucked her through the long-standing orgasm.

Butdamn, the way she was milking him. It was getting harder and harder to hold back.

“Fuck…” he groaned, her body finally tipping him over the edge. Holding her still as he spilled deep inside her, pumping her full, as she convulsed with another climax.

She made hitching, breathy sounds ofplease, please, please, her hand reaching back to grasp his hip, begging him to still.

He slowed. Let the moment breathe. Let their bodies speak without words.

Eventually, he stopped moving, their breathing syncing in the silence.

His instincts had finally calmed.

His beast was quiet now, purring just underneath, basking in the afterglow, content and sated.

Impaled on his cock, trembling and spent, she wasfine.

She wassafe.

***

This century will be remembered as one that witnessed her greatest fury.Could any day go by without her seething in rage?

Mistress Sinai marched closer to the manor’s crumbling corridor, where Zaiper’s voice boomed like a roaring fire.

They were hiding—again—in one of the many abandoned manors scattered across the outer territories. And today, he was boiling.

“Fifty soldiers!” Zaiper roared. Glass shattered against the wall. “Fifty trained and capable soldiers!”

Sinai halted just outside the door, pressing herself flat to the wall, listening.

“I’ve invested centuries of gold, sweat, and planning into building you and your men, preparing you for war while the rest of the realm slept.” Another crash, another shattered object. “I trained you all in silence while the world turned a blind eye. My soldiers. My effort. And what did that leave me with?A heap of corpses!All for one mission—onemission—to kill a human female!”

The fury in his voice climbed higher. Another explosion of sound followed… something heavier this time, splintering wood perhaps.

“HOW DOES THIS MAKE SENSE!?”

Sinai pressed her lips together tightly. He was unraveling.Completely unhinged.

“We nearly succeeded in capturing the girl,” Kady, the soldier who seemed to be replacing Razarr, said. “But the Grand King arrived. And not just him—the third ruler as well. I saw it happen from a distance. Our men never stood a chance.”

“Fifty trained warriors,” Zaiper spat. “Armed with lethal vials capable of downing our kind. And not one of them could take out two males?” His voice dipped into a quiet, menacing snarl. “And what about you, Kady? Hiding on a hill, watching your comrades die, then scuttling back here with nothing but your useless life. No corpse. No capture. No intelligence. Nothing.”

“But my lord—"

A loud slap and the sound of a body hitting the floor.

Sinai flinched. He’s really lost it.What in all the hells was I thinking, coming to him for protection? This male is deranged!

“I have no army!” Zaiper paced hard across the creaking floorboards. “A king without a throne! Without soldiers!Useless!”He exhaled harshly. “At the very least, tell me shewas damaged. That something happened to the abomination growing inside her.”

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