Page 87 of Sold to the Dark Vampire Prince

When Dani emerged a bit later, hair freshly combed and damp from the shower and dressed in one of his robes that hung a bit too long on her, Alex could tell his blood was already having a positive impact. Her cheeks were picking up color. She padded barefoot across the room to the small table he’d arranged close to the fireplace, no longer so unsteady on her feet.

When he removed the silver cloche to reveal a stack of crisp French toast triangles sprinkled with powdered sugar, her eyes lit up. He served her first, making sure she got a full plate of toast with syrup, plus savory breakfast sausage, buttery scrambled eggs, and fresh fruit juice, then filled a plate for himself.

“Oh, everything is so good.” She cut a large bite of French toast and swirled it through her syrup. “With what you said before, about leaving… where would we go?”

“We would need time to work out the logistics. Maybe to the fae.”

She set her fork down. “I know that if I ask Evan to leave, she’ll refuse. She won’t want to give up the fight to save the sector. Neither do I, but I have to think of Ava and her safety.”

“I’m not proposing we abandon the sector.” Alex reached for her hand. “I fully intend to find a way to bring peace and prosperity to everyone in this kingdom, but the oligarchs have amassed too much power and they control the economy. They’ll be difficult to remove. I need to know that as we work towards reform, our families aren’t being used as pawns.”

“I was so proud of you today, Alex,” she said quietly. “You didn’t hesitate when people needed you. That took courage. That was the act of a prince, of a future king.”

“I’ve never been the prince they wanted.” He looked down. “My father has ensured that the face I present to the public keeps me isolated. That way, I am not a threat to his rule.”

“Perceptions can be changed,” she said firmly, coming around the table to stand at his side. The tie of her robe fell open, exposing the pert curve of one breast and the pale creamy skin of her hip. “You have always been enough, Zander.”

As his hand slid to her hip, drawing her to stand between his legs, Dani inhaled shakily, placing both hands on his shoulders. “I’ve wanted this for so long. Wanted you.”

She ran her fingers through his hair, and he bent to kiss the mating mark at her wrist.

“You’re my mate, Daniela. I will burn this kingdom to the ground if that is what it takes to rebuild a world where you and I can love each other, and you can be my queen.”

She traced his cheekbones. The wet strands of her hair fell over her shoulders in a curtain. “I need you to touch me, Alex. Ever since you fed me from your wrist, it feels like I’m going to come out of my own skin if you don’t put your hands on me.” She let his robe fall from her shoulders to puddle at her feet.

“So gorgeous,” Alex murmured, fingers slowly mapping the creases of her hips as her breathing grew ragged. He bent to take one dusky pink nipple into his mouth.

Daniela whimpered when he began to suck, head falling back as his tongue slowly toyed with the sensitive bud. “You have no idea what you’re doing to me right now, Your Highness. What I want you to do to me.”

Her fingers dragged roughly through his hair, every scrape of her nails going straight to his cock. When gooseflesh began to form on her skin, he rose from the chair and lifted her into his arms, carrying her over to the plush rug before the fireplace.

“I want to devour you one kiss, one decadent suck, one dark bite at a time,” he whispered, as he lay her down and moved over her, pressing a kiss to the underside of her throat. “Until you’re so wet you’re clawing those nails down my chest, begging for my cock inside you.”

“I can feel your blood inside me.” Dani dragged his shirt up and over his head. The heat of the flames warmed his bare skin as the logs crackled and popped in the grate. She gazed up at him, eyes dark with want, nails scraping down his chest. “I need you, Alex. Need your fangs in my throat and your cock buried in my sex in a way that feels almost unbearable.”

Her legs began to tremble, and gently, he ran his hands along the length of her thighs, circling his thumbs at her hipbones. “Tell me.”

“Is this what it feels like to you, when you feed from me, this insatiable need?” Her voice was ragged, almost desperate.

Alex slowly kissed his way down her body, sucking greedily at each nipple while she arched beneath him. “I gave you too much blood. It’s not going to make a difference in the end. I’m going to fuck you and ease the ache. And then I’m going to formally seal our mated bond. But it’s why you’re feeling overwhelmed right now.” She shuddered as he parted her thighs, stroking a single finger lightly through her slick folds. “Like you need to be thoroughly fucked, sucked and bitten until the dark desires you can’t stop picturing are fulfilled.”

“Yes,” she breathed, writhing beneath him. “Alex, please.”

He slowly pressed a finger inside her, mouth a breath from hers. “And from how soaked your pussy is, you’ve been thinking about this since the last time we were together, when I made you come on the counter in your kitchen.”

Dani whimpered, biting his bottom lip. He growled, pushing a second finger into her and circling her clit.

“Did you touch yourself, last night after we hung up?” He knew the answer the second she hesitated, and felt his cock grow thick and heavy where it was trapped in the confines of his pants. When she still didn’t answer, he bent to suck at the soft curve of her throat, marking her neck with rough kisses that earned a soft gasp.

“Ah, so you did,” he murmured, fangs so elongated with need that the words came out in a rasp. Her clit was swollen hard as a pebble under his thumb as she squirmed beneath him, her walls clenching around his fingers. She was so close. “Were you even able to get any sleep that night, or did you have no choice but to find relief any way you could all the way until dawn, pretending your fingers were my cock while you stifled your cries in your pillow?”

“Bite me, Alex,” she whimpered. “Please.”

Her walls began to flutter violently around his fingers.

With a growl, Alex sank his fangs into her throat, fingers pumping roughly into her sex as he took from her in deep pulls. Dani shuddered, digging her fingernails into his shoulders. Every vampiric instinct in him purred from the deeply satisfying feeling of having his fangs buried in her vein while she came and he penetrated her sex. Only when her orgasm finally began to wane did he withdraw his fangs from her throat, sealing the puncture marks.

Dani stared up at him, damp hair tousled, stormy gray eyes dark in the firelight. He sucked his fingers clean, then pushed his pants down his hips so his cock sprang free. Dani pushed up on one hand to meet him, taking his shaft in hand and stroking him slowly from root to tip while their lips met in a desperate kiss.