Victoria looked up slowly when Vail countered her comment on marriage. He thought they could get married, but she knew that their wedding would never be permitted by his father at any point. And the Order would not permit a human to marry a vampire. Who would even officiate the ceremony? And where would they hold the ceremony? It couldn’t be a public affair for risk of letting out Vail’s vampiric secret. And not many guests could be invited, only those closest and those closest to Vail would never attend. It wouldn’t be a joyous day to celebrate their love and union. It wouldn’t be like a normal wedding day. 

And then there was that painful reminder it would only be for as long as she lived, that Vail would be his. It would be selfish to expect him not to find another after she was gone. But he would be hers until hear death. “Vail…” She exhaled as soon as his hands touched her knee. He still had the ability to make her shudder at the slightest touch, even when she upset or mad at him. As his fingers trailed up her legs, she trembled with excitement, not fear. He would feel how her heart raced. His compliments slowly batted her insecure thoughts away one by one. The way he looked into her eyes as he declared why exactly she intoxicated him. She smirked slightly. “Apart from my blood…” She reminded him of the first reason he became intoxicated with her. She blushed when he said she was a gem he wasn’t going to risk losing. 

She looked down at his hand briefly and saw it was burnt. She had an idea how to heal it. But it meant giving up more of her blood. He explained why he had kissed the Lady Macey and she supposed if they were sibling like after knowing each other for two hundred years, she could believe it and forgive it. Vail only touched Victoria in a way that a lover did. As he did now. Her eyes flicked down to his trailing fingers on her legs and then looked back up at him. She tilted her head slightly. “You promise?” She had to get confirmation one more time. She wanted to trust him. Once she had his promise, she sighed and shook her head, then suddenly threw her arms around his neck to pull him into a tight embrace. “I-…I’m sorry, Vail. I had Gerald in my ear about how vampires are not trustworthy. And with everything going on, I’ve not been thinking straight.” She rubbed her eyes from tiredness. She felt so silly for doubting his feelings for her. Maybe she just had to hear it again to remind her. 

She slowly let go of him. “Then why are you here? Did you get my letter?” She asked as she took his unharmed hand in hers. She took his injured hand gently and frowned. “You need to heal that quickly, my love…” She pulled down her collar and exposed her swan like neck to him. “Enough of my blood should help you heal right away.” Though he would have to take more than just a drop or two.