Page 14 of Prince with a Chance of Darkness

Ponytail Girl followed, staying pressed to him.

Let her lick us anywhere and everywhere she wants, said the demon.Give her the following suggestions…

“No!” roared Vlad.

Ponytail Girl’s gaze snapped up to meet his. She sniffed him and flashed her fangs at him. Her still black gaze fixed onto his exposed neck.

Vlad felt it then—the hunger. The call of blood. He’d been the subject of its temptation many times before. “You require sustenance,lumini?a mea.”

Volunteer us as tribute, suggested the demon.

Vlad ignored it.

Ponytail Girl’s breathing increased, her gaze never leaving his neck.

“There is bagged blood if you require it,” Vlad said, his voice barely above a whisper.

She moved fast, putting her face against the crook of his neck.

Need slammed through him and he stiffened, trying to gain control of himself before he did something stupid, like get fully naked with a woman who was far too young for him. “Lumini?a mea.”

Her tongue darted out and over his skin once more.

A shudder wracked him.

“Doamne, ai mila de mine, caci sunt pierdut.”

His demon didn’t mock his pleas for God to have mercy on him because he was lost. It knew better. Knew she provided a temptation that was too great. The young woman standing before them held power over him, and he wasn’t sure how he felt about that.

Vlad let out a shaky breath and moved back from her so fast and far that he bumped the tray of food and blood.

Ponytail Girl eyed the open cell door.

He assumed she’d try for freedom.

She took a step away from the wall and turned to black mist so fast even he had trouble seeing it occur. She was across the cell and reforming in less than a second, her pupils dilated.Turning into mist wasn’t something that newly turned vampires could do. And it sure in the hell was not something someone who was in-between—not a vampire, yet not fully human—should be able to do. Yet she had.

“Lumini?a mea?”

Raw need emanated from her. The way she watched him made him feel a lot like a slab of meat. He wasn’t sure if she wanted to sink her teeth into him or play with him.

His demon was fine with either.

“Water?” he asked again, hoping to head off whatever was happening between them.

She looked him up and down slowly and he was fairly sure she was undressing him with her eyes.

Remove the rest of our clothing, pushed his demon.Let her look her fill.Maybe she will lick us again.

Stop assisting.

It laughed.

Chapter Six

Vlad

Vlad bentslowly keeping his attention on Ponytail Girl while he reached down and retrieved the bag of human blood. He rose, holding it out to her, hoping she’d drink it.

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