“There are so many, it may be easier if I just show you,” Vail replied coyly. Leaning into her on the bed, he deepened the kiss between them when he felt Victoria tangle her fingers in his hair. They had kissed plenty of times before, but this time, the feeling of her lips pressed against his stirred electricity inside of him as if it was the very first. After the talking they had done since she had woken up, it had really started to hit him that she was his—not just for the span of a mortal life, but for as long as they both lived. Relishing that knowledge, he wrapped an arm around her back to pull her into his chest, just as possessive of her as he had been when she was his prey.
When they broke the kiss, he let out his breath slowly, meeting her violet eyes in the lamplight. “It’s less so among our kind,” he whispered to her with a slight smile. There was still a bit of a stigma against intimacy outside of wedlock, even among vampires, but it was generally not frowned upon as much as it was by humans. His people were immortal, and not all of them chose to live a life of monogamy for centuries. The majority did, but they were slower to commit themselves on average and spent more time having casual encounters before they settled down with just one partner. Since the process wasn’t as rushed, only the most traditional clans reprimanded their members for sleeping together when they weren’t in a covenant union.
He studied the low light reflected in her eyes for just a second longer before she pulled him back in, and he closed his own eyes to focus on the other senses that lit up whenever they entangled themselves in bed. The events that followed were heated and heady. Counting the days before Victoria had been turned into a vampire fledgling, it had been a while since the last time they’d indulged in their sinful pleasures of the flesh, and he’d been pining for the sensation of her skin beneath his fingertips for far too long.
When the whirlwind had passed, Vail laid beside Victoria with the bedsheets drawn over their naked bodies, stroking her arm gently with one hand and holding her close with the other. The aftermath had left him tired, and he’d closed his eyes to rest while they laid together in post coital bliss. “I don’t usually sleep at night as of late, but I could doze off here for a bit,” he murmured, touching a tender kiss to her cheek. “It’s good to have you back, my love.”
When they broke the kiss, he let out his breath slowly, meeting her violet eyes in the lamplight. “It’s less so among our kind,” he whispered to her with a slight smile. There was still a bit of a stigma against intimacy outside of wedlock, even among vampires, but it was generally not frowned upon as much as it was by humans. His people were immortal, and not all of them chose to live a life of monogamy for centuries. The majority did, but they were slower to commit themselves on average and spent more time having casual encounters before they settled down with just one partner. Since the process wasn’t as rushed, only the most traditional clans reprimanded their members for sleeping together when they weren’t in a covenant union.
He studied the low light reflected in her eyes for just a second longer before she pulled him back in, and he closed his own eyes to focus on the other senses that lit up whenever they entangled themselves in bed. The events that followed were heated and heady. Counting the days before Victoria had been turned into a vampire fledgling, it had been a while since the last time they’d indulged in their sinful pleasures of the flesh, and he’d been pining for the sensation of her skin beneath his fingertips for far too long.
When the whirlwind had passed, Vail laid beside Victoria with the bedsheets drawn over their naked bodies, stroking her arm gently with one hand and holding her close with the other. The aftermath had left him tired, and he’d closed his eyes to rest while they laid together in post coital bliss. “I don’t usually sleep at night as of late, but I could doze off here for a bit,” he murmured, touching a tender kiss to her cheek. “It’s good to have you back, my love.”