It was endearing to here him say that he would rather get hurt than her. There was a protectiveness there that she could sense. It made her feel even warmer toward the vampire. The fact he may have wanted to shield her from injury with his own body had definitely swayed her opinion of him more highly. She did suppose he could take it rather than she could. A fatality for her was but a scratch for him. Although he could take injuries better than humans, didn’t meant it did not warrant concern. She still cared if he were to even be grazed. Especially because of her. She blamed herself for his scars. “It still doesn’t stop me from caring that you get hurt, especially because of me.” She sighed as he removed his boots.

This relationship was now crossing the borders of being purely predator-prey. They now conversed as friends would do so. They talked on a deeper level. Yet there were things she could discuss with him that she couldn’t with any other human. Because he was special. She almost gasped when he removed his trousers. She didn’t know quite where to look but couldn’t stop glanced at him and his well-endowed features. As he informed her that they were now equal, a small mischievous grin formed on her lips and a light chuckle escaped her lips. “It appears so, Lord Griffiths.” She couldn’t believe how comfortable she was laying naked right in front of him. 

Lady Crest trembled in his mere presence as he joined her on the bed. Suddenly she felt nervous around him. This was the first time she had even seen a man naked for that matter. She knew he looked at her like a piece of meat sometimes, hungry for her blood but tonight it seemed different. He pulled her in close to him, shin on skin, it was quite the rush. She let out a long drawn out exhale of hot breath as her eyes gazed into his. His fingers caused her body to flinch, unused to being touched in such a sensual way. She even flexed the muscles that his finger trailed over. As he leaned over her, she felt herself drawn to him more as her arousal reached new heights, he’d be able to smell the bitter sweetness of her natural scent.

Then he did something that made her wonder if he was truly happy in this moment, with his soft sigh. Something he’d never done before in her presence. It gauged confidence within her to teach out with her arm and it gently rested on his waist before slowly trailing up the side of his torso. She, too, intended to make the most of this evening before having to go back The Order’s clutches. Who knows what they will subject her to next, if they ever caught her sneaking out tonight then it would spell the end of her being able to meet Vail ever again. Never to feel his tender caress or his gentle tongue against her skin. It seemed he was enjoying her a little more than he cared to maybe admit. If he were only here to feed on her, then he needn’t take the time to sweep his hands over her. She wondered which part of her body he would choose to bite on next. 

In her nervousness, she had a fully flushed face and blood had rushed to the more intimate areas of her body in her arousal of him. “Do you…like having this power over me?” She dared to poke at his inner thoughts again. She hadn’t even had a glass of wine to make her say something so bold. But she eagerly anticipated his next move. This man was intoxicating, even when he wasn’t physically around her, he filled her thoughts with racy images. It had to be more than just his vampiric pheromones that had captivated her but himself as a whole, his personality, his mind. She couldn’t help but wonder if she were falling for Vail Hygrace. She was sure vampires had their own rules against falling for a human. It was rarely heard of according to her father, she had asked all these questions before. If Vail were truly to overstep the mark, it would be because he wanted to and he would have already been warned off her by his family. She would find out if he was a rule breaker soon enough.