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“There are so many, it may be easier if I just show you,” Vail replied coyly. Leaning into her on the bed, he deepened the kiss between them when he felt Victoria tangle her fingers in his hair. They had kissed plenty of times before, but this time, the feeling of her lips pressed against his stirred electricity inside of him as if it was the very first. After the talking they had done since she had woken up, it had really started to hit him that she was his—not just for the span of a mortal life, but for as long as they both lived. Relishing that knowledge, he wrapped an arm around her back to pull her into his chest, just as possessive of her as he had been when she was his prey.

When they broke the kiss, he let out his breath slowly, meeting her violet eyes in the lamplight. “It’s less so among our kind,” he whispered to her with a slight smile. There was still a bit of a stigma against intimacy outside of wedlock, even among vampires, but it was generally not frowned upon as much as it was by humans. His people were immortal, and not all of them chose to live a life of monogamy for centuries. The majority did, but they were slower to commit themselves on average and spent more time having casual encounters before they settled down with just one partner. Since the process wasn’t as rushed, only the most traditional clans reprimanded their members for sleeping together when they weren’t in a covenant union.

He studied the low light reflected in her eyes for just a second longer before she pulled him back in, and he closed his own eyes to focus on the other senses that lit up whenever they entangled themselves in bed. The events that followed were heated and heady. Counting the days before Victoria had been turned into a vampire fledgling, it had been a while since the last time they’d indulged in their sinful pleasures of the flesh, and he’d been pining for the sensation of her skin beneath his fingertips for far too long.

When the whirlwind had passed, Vail laid beside Victoria with the bedsheets drawn over their naked bodies, stroking her arm gently with one hand and holding her close with the other. The aftermath had left him tired, and he’d closed his eyes to rest while they laid together in post coital bliss. “I don’t usually sleep at night as of late, but I could doze off here for a bit,” he murmured, touching a tender kiss to her cheek. “It’s good to have you back, my love.”

“I knew the answer to that when I started, but now I can’t tell anymore,” Caspian admitted with a soft laugh, picking up the flask on his nightstand and swirling the little that remained at the bottom. Between his nap and the effects of the liquor over the hours he’d been sipping at it, he couldn’t remember what quality of bourbon Jacob had given him. Although, it didn’t really matter. Cheap whiskey could get him drunk just as easily as an expensive brand. He might just have a slightly worse hangover in the morning if he had too much of the former.

When she commented that he would make a great ruler, he reddened slightly, both pleased and chagrined by the compliment. “Thanks. That means a lot,” he told her sincerely. In spite of his own self-doubts, he was glad to have Iris and even Jacob in his corner as he made the transition from prince to king. Their faith in him made him feel a little better about taking on a job that he was obligated by heritage to fill. Had it been up to him, he would have pawned his inheritance off to someone else a long time ago, but Atlas had made sure that it wasn’t possible for anyone but him to succeed the throne after his passing. Now that the time had come, he needed all the support he could get to take over the most demanding role in Aspiria.

He was also glad that Iris didn’t sound upset with him for ditching her at the Sunset Veil. “I miss you too,” he sighed into the receiver, setting the flask back down on his nightstand and rolling from his back to his side on his bed. It was especially difficult to be apart when he didn’t know when they would be able to be together again. there were so many things happening now that his father was gone that he didn’t have the faintest idea when he would be able to sneak away to see her at the resort. He also didn’t know what things were going to look like between them now that he was about to be king. He wondered if he could just get rid of the warrant for her arrest and come forward to say that they were dating, but there were always ripple effects when a member of royalty did anything. He’d have to talk to someone else about it before he made any final decisions about how to proceed.

The way Iris answered him made Cas roll his eyes. It was obvious that she was dodging the question because she hadn’t been taking care of herself since he’d left. He wished she would just be straightforward with him, so he wouldn’t have to worry about her hiding things on top of that. “Mhm,” he grunted when she told him about the TV shows she’d been watching. “You didn’t actually answer my question, Iris. I asked if you’d eaten today, not if you were fine. I know you skipped dinner, so I’m going to call an order up to your room, and you’d better finish the whole damn thing.”

Even as he spoke, he pulled the phone away from his ear to submit an online food request from the restaurant in the Sunset Veil’s lobby while the call continued on. He knew he couldn’t actually force her to eat, but he hoped that she would at least try to get something into her stomach if he sent it to her door. He didn’t want her to completely neglect her own needs while she was alone in the suite.

At her following inquiry though, his thumb hovered over the order screen. “I… don’t know,” he replied slowly, biting the tip of his tongue. “I want to see you again, babe. I really do. I just… have so much going on here that I can’t tell you when I’ll be able to come back.” With a heavy exhale, he ran a hand over his face. “I promise I’ll be there as soon as I can get away. I just need a little more time to let the dust settle here.”

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