“It is on my Tinder profile,” he joked in return, gazing down at where she was nestled snugly under his arm. He liked the way she fit there next to him. Almost as if she belonged there. Made for him. He looked away, befuddled by such a strange thought. She was closer now, and the smell of her was stronger. Not just her perfume, but something else beneath that fresh and floral scent. It wasn’t blood, his senses weren’t that strong. There was just something else about her that made her smell...delicious. Her nudge against his ribs brought his focus back to her, and he eased away from her, putting her at arm’s length.
Which worked out for him, as the conversation switched to his...predicament as it were. He was suddenly uncomfortable with the idea of having had her so close when she knew about it condition. Honestly, everyone knew about his condition. It wasn’t everyday a sitting monarch’s son was assaulted and turned into a vampire against his will.
The resulting scandal had been a nightmare. Keiavan frowned as he recalled some of the details. “Long talks... “ he repeated her words and looked down at his shoes as he shoved his hands into his pockets. He had a feeling he knew what those longs talks had been about. Him. What to do with him, what to do about him. Making unsure promises that he wasn’t dangerous. That they shouldn’t worry. “Scared for me?” he asked, looking up, and for a brief moment there was something angry behind his blue eyes. “Or scared of me?”
His expression smoothed as he realized that Rose wasn’t the one he was angry at. He didn’t know if he was angry at all, just defensive. She was smiling at him, she was sassing him. She was the same as he remembered. Save for the...obvious differences. Her height being one of them. Yes. Her height. Strictly that. “You think I’m a genius do you?” He probed her for more compliments, his father’s smug and signature smirk making a an appearance at the corner of his mouth. The gesture revealed the white tip of a fang. He laughed, scratching the back of his neck, as if embarrassed when she mentioned the merry-go-round. “Of course, I’ll tutor you.” Kei smiled and reached out as if he would ruffle her hair, but somewhere in the middle of the gesture he remembered she wasn’t seven anymore, so the trajectory of his hand changed and he ended up tucking a lock of hair behind her ear. “You’ll be passing French in no time,” he guaranteed as his hand returned to his pocket. “Just don’t tell on me.”
Which worked out for him, as the conversation switched to his...predicament as it were. He was suddenly uncomfortable with the idea of having had her so close when she knew about it condition. Honestly, everyone knew about his condition. It wasn’t everyday a sitting monarch’s son was assaulted and turned into a vampire against his will.
The resulting scandal had been a nightmare. Keiavan frowned as he recalled some of the details. “Long talks... “ he repeated her words and looked down at his shoes as he shoved his hands into his pockets. He had a feeling he knew what those longs talks had been about. Him. What to do with him, what to do about him. Making unsure promises that he wasn’t dangerous. That they shouldn’t worry. “Scared for me?” he asked, looking up, and for a brief moment there was something angry behind his blue eyes. “Or scared of me?”
His expression smoothed as he realized that Rose wasn’t the one he was angry at. He didn’t know if he was angry at all, just defensive. She was smiling at him, she was sassing him. She was the same as he remembered. Save for the...obvious differences. Her height being one of them. Yes. Her height. Strictly that. “You think I’m a genius do you?” He probed her for more compliments, his father’s smug and signature smirk making a an appearance at the corner of his mouth. The gesture revealed the white tip of a fang. He laughed, scratching the back of his neck, as if embarrassed when she mentioned the merry-go-round. “Of course, I’ll tutor you.” Kei smiled and reached out as if he would ruffle her hair, but somewhere in the middle of the gesture he remembered she wasn’t seven anymore, so the trajectory of his hand changed and he ended up tucking a lock of hair behind her ear. “You’ll be passing French in no time,” he guaranteed as his hand returned to his pocket. “Just don’t tell on me.”
I fear no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) I want no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true) and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you.
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