Page 8 of The Vampire King's Gift

“Very pleasurable.”

“I don’t know if I want you to give anyone elsethatmuch pleasure,” Julian said dryly.

Daemon tipped his head back and laughed loudly. The couple’s eyes were drawn to them. He knew the man felt annoyed that they were being interrupted, but this was a public place, though he was right that it was a very large beach and they could go elsewhere. The woman thought that they were an adorable couple.

“They know we’re here. The guy is not pleased,” Julian said worriedly though he kept a smile on his face.

“Remember what I did to the people on the street before?”

Julian nodded.

“Let me show you a subtler way of doing it,” Daemon suggested.

Now he could have simply made the couple fall asleep and stay asleep while he fed. That would have been a workmanlike way to go about it. He explained as much to Julian.

“Let me guess? That’s not a challenge?” Julian let out a small chuckle.

“Correct. Stalking prey is part of the experience,” Daemon said with relish.

“I don’t know. Feeding is all about sex and closeness for me. I can’t imagine wanting to do that with anybody but you,” Julian admitted.

That got Julian a reward of another full-mouthed kiss. At the same time, Daemon sent a wave of interest towards the couple. The woman was sitting halfway up on her elbows, lips parted, pink tongue showing as she stared at them with lust in her hooded gaze. The man, who had never given a thought to other men being beautiful, felt his cock stir as the kiss went on and on.

“Ask them to join us,” the woman asked the man breathlessly.

“Ah, yeah, definitely. Hey!” the man called to them as the kiss ended. “Do you want to join us? We’d be happy for you to.”

They were an attractive couple. The woman had long blonde hair that went to the middle of her back in waves, green eyes in a rather fox-like face with a trim, athletic form. The man had dark brown hair streaked with gold from the sun and hazel eyes with a body that showed he lifted weights extensively. Daemon had no interest in them sexually. In the past, he might have drunk from them and fucked them both simply to increase the feeding. But now Daemon only wanted to be with Julian.

“Uhm, yeah we want to join you,” Julian said, surprising him, as he knew his fledgling was highly territorial about him.

But Julian was even more intent on getting him fed evidently and showing him he could be a “grown up” Vampire, which Daemon had a hard time not laughing out loud about. But it would hurt Julian’s feelings so he bit his inner cheek. Julian tugged Daemon after him towards the couple’s blanket. Daemon could hear the twin beats of their hearts. The woman scooted over so that there would be room for him and Julian to sit with them. The cold fall air had caused gooseflesh to rise on the humans’ arms as the sweat from their frantic coupling cooled.

“You’re so graceful!” the woman remarked with a startled laugh as he and Julian sank down onto the blanket in unconscious tandem.

We truly are as one.

“We were fated for one another,” Julian told her with a smile.

Daemon felt his fledgling’s mind reach for hers. It wasn’t a perfect Vampire Seduction by far. Her eyes went unfocused as he’d used too much. But for one of his relative inexperience it was nicely done. And it was not because he was Daemon’s fledgling–or notjustbecause of that–but because he was good at reading people. The young man frowned. He was feeling left out. Daemon touched his mind so that the young man turned to him.

“Don’t be jealous. We’re here for both of you,” Daemon assured him as his fangs came down.

He knew the moment that the young man saw them. His eyes widened. His lips opened to shout, but then with a wave of persuasion from Daemon’s mind had him relaxing, even as he stared at those sharp, white fangs.

“You’re… you’re…” the young man tried to speak.

“Vampires,” the woman breathed.

Julian’s fangs were out as well. Daemon put a hand on his arm. Being around aroused humans was a recipe for some young Vampires to lose control, but he needn’t have worried. Julian had no interest in feeding from her.

“Would you help us? My mate needs to eat. I feed from him. We won’t hurt you. You won’t even remember any of this in the morning,” Julian remembered.

But her eyes were bright with desire. “But Iwantto remember!”

Julian and Daemon’s gazes met.

I will mark her as a possible candidate to be an Acolyte for House Ravenscroft, Daemon said.

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