Kiss Leilani:That Prince is a Girl: The VIcious King's Captive Mate
Summary
In a world where girls are rare and sold like property, Emeriel is raised as a “prince” to hide her true sex, while her older sister Aekeira suffers under a tyrant king. When Urekai lords arrive and buy Aekeira, Emeriel refuses to be left behind and offers herself too. Taken to the Ravenshadow Citadel, they learn Aekeira is meant to serve the feral Urekai king’s beast. Emeriel must survive captivity, protect her sister, and face the bond pulling her toward the very monsters she fears.
Author Introduction
Kiss Leilani is a web-serial romance and dark fantasy author known for high-stakes captivity plots, intense emotional inner monologues, and a fast, cliffhanger-driven chapter style. In That Prince is a Girl: The Vicious King’s Captive Mate, Leilani blends royal intrigue, monster-mate mythology, and survival drama in a blunt, highly readable voice that keeps scenes moving and tension constant. Readers often praise her for addictive pacing, bold premises, and the way she writes vulnerable leads who still fight back. Many fans describe her stories as “impossible to put down,” because every chapter ends with a sharper danger or a bigger secret.
Book Strengths
This book’s biggest strength is its premise: a “pretty prince” is actually a hidden girl, and that secret collides with a brutal world where females are currency. The tone is dark, urgent, and very plot-forward, with strong dread around slavery, power imbalance, and monster politics. It also delivers a clear hook early (the Urekai purchase) and escalates quickly to a sealed fortress setting with near-zero escape options. The novel is long-form and bingeable at 391 chapters and about 445,105 words, giving room for slow-burn bonding, court power games, and repeated survival trials.
That Prince is a Girl: The VIcious King's Captive Mate
MainCharacters
Female Lead (Emeriel Galilea Evenstone): Emeriel is a secret female raised publicly as Prince Emeriel to survive in a society that preys on girls. She is anxious but stubborn, protective, and driven by guilt because her sister suffers for shielding her. Emeriel is observant, easily frightened by Urekai myths, yet she keeps choosing the harder option when it means staying with Aekeira. She interacts most with Aekeira, King Orestus’s court, and the Urekai lords who bring her to Ravenshadow.
Male Lead (Grand King Daemonikai / the King’s Beast): Daemonikai is the legendary first Urekai ruler, now feral after the Eclipse Moon betrayal centuries ago. He is feared as nearly unkillable, periodically breaking loose into violent sprees, and is kept confined in Ravenshadow. His presence is more like a looming force at first—an apex predator the plot revolves around—yet he is also positioned as a mate figure tied to instinct, blood, and sex.
Relationship Development: Emeriel begins as terrified of the Urekai, then is forced into proximity with their power structure and the beast’s needs. The core arc is survival turning into unwanted fascination, then into a dangerous bond, while Emeriel’s priority remains protecting Aekeira even when it risks becoming the next offering.
Main Themes
The story explores survival under systems that treat bodies as property, and what it costs to protect someone you love when you have almost no power. It also focuses on identity—Emeriel living as “a prince” while being a girl—and how secrecy, shame, and desire collide in a violent world. On the Urekai side, it frames the consequences of betrayal and collective trauma: a once-peaceful race becomes monstrous, and their king becomes a prisoner's beast. Across both sides, the novel questions whether a “monster” is born or made, and whether intimacy can exist without freedom.
Hot Chapters
Chapter 1 — Twenty-one Years Later
“He’s so pretty,” a voice murmured. “It’s the feminine prince,” another one said… Emeriel’s long, silken black hair fell over his shoulders… With his hair down like this, he looked like what he truly was. A girl.
Chapter 2 — Urekai
“Give us the princess, and we will leave quietly.” … King Orestus struck the gavel. “Sold! From this moment on, Princess Aekeira belongs to the Urekais.” … “Where my sister goes, I go,” Emeriel said, lifting his chin defiantly.
Chapter 3 — Sold To The Urekai
Emeriel woke to the bumping ride of the carriage… They are in Urekai land… There were plenty of humans in sight. Many females… And they were all slaves… “Time is running short; she must be in the forbidden chambers tonight.”
Chapter 4 — Your Purpose Here
“You are in Ravenshadow… There is no escape from Ravenshadow.” … “Our inner beasts require two basic substance to survive: blood and sex… And that is where your sister comes in.” … “As for you… both of you belong to the beast.”
Prologue — UREKAI / HUMAN LAND
“It’s a g-girl, your highness,” … “I’ll raise her like a boy,” Pandora declared… “As far as we are concerned, the child I bore today was a male. His name is Emeriel.”
Conclusion
If you like dark fantasy romance with high danger, forced proximity, and a heroine hiding a lethal secret, this story delivers fast escalation and a locked-in fortress setting. Emeriel’s choice to follow her sister into Urekai captivity turns into a fight against monsters, politics, and her own growing bond to the most feared ruler alive.
FAQs
Q：Is this novel suitable for young readers？
A：Not really. The story includes slavery, sexual coercion themes, assault references, and heavy violence-related threats, which are more appropriate for mature readers.
Q：Does this novel have explicit sex scenes?
A：Based on the provided chapters, it contains explicit sexual language and strong sexual threats, plus a graphic sexual nightmare. Expect adult content.
Q：Does this novel have a happy ending?
A：Unknown from the provided excerpt alone. The setup is dark and survival-focused early on, so the ending outcome can’t be confirmed without later chapters.
