Page 34 of House of Mages and Raven

He nodded.

“I need you to write this into a contract,” I said. “Last time, you said you’d give me a big promotion with health coverage, a dental plan included, as your squire, but I never got any of those benefits.”

He frowned at me. “But didn’t you collect the gold coins from me afterward?”

Which reminded me that I needed to fetch my shoebox full of treasure from the House of Chaos.

“Men are fickle, but diamonds are forever,” I told him.

“Aren’t you a delight, Barbie?” the vamp prince said with a chuckle. I still amused him, even though I was no longer his squire. “I’ll have the contract drafted and the gift delivered to you. Now, should we set the date?”

Now I had what I wanted, I smiled at him from the bottom of my heart, my golden curls bouncing, and the vamp prince appeared stunned. I’d never smiled at him so brightly before. I mostly smirked at everyone, friends and foes alike.

“You’re lovely, Barbie,” he whispered.

I could feel the chaos prince’s furious glare from the balcony without glancing at him. The heirs’ table here offered him a generous view of the vampire prince and me.

A fun, vengeful idea hit me.

Tits for tits.

It’s tit for tat,Sy corrected me.

“Well, High Prince Louis, to seal our deal, I’m going to give you a sample taste today,” I said.

“Are you serious?” His eyes lit up. “You know you don’t have to do that, right? I trust you. Did you say a sampletoday, Barbie?”

“How about right now?” I offered.

“Yes, let’s seize the moment,” he said, his arm lashing out, and the next moment, I found myself parked on his lap, my butt sitting on his unholy hard-on.

Oof!I huffed. I wasn’t made for public displays, but the fury I felt from the chaos prince made the decision for me. I wrapped an arm around Louis’s neck, and I could feel the pulse of hunger in him. No monster could resist my blood, especially when I offered it willingly.

“I’ll let you have a bite,” I said. “But you’ll do it gently.”

“I’m always gentle when it comes to you,” he said.

He was lying through his fangs, but I wasn’t petty enough to point it out when I was on a mission.

“And then I’ll bite you back and drink from you as well, since that’s only fair,” I said.

He grinned. “I expect no less.”

Last time I’d drunk from him, he’d been so high.

“You still get the better end of the deal,” I reminded him. “My blood is sweeter, spicier, and richer than yours, though yours is good as well, since I tried it last time. I didn’t get enough, though.” Killian had stopped me from taking more sips from Louis, not wanting me to turn into a vamp, backed up by the other heirs. “Let’s say your blood is like 14k gold, and mine is 24k pure gold and more.”

“I think mine is at least 19k,” he growled. “I’m a vampire prince. Blood is my territory.”

I could feel the storm starting to form from the balcony, where the chaos prince was eating and drinking with his women.

Let the storm come, then, motherfucker. Let it rain for all I care.

For all we care!Sy echoed aggressively.Let him taste his own medicine, motherfucker.

In the corner of my eye, I caught the chaos prince rising from his seat, his fists clenching.

The chaos princeling still gives a fuck,Sy offered giddily.

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