“By my word, my solemn vow, I pledge my body, heart, soul, and every drop of my life-giving blood as yours, My Princess, to do with as you need, as your needs are always first. I humbly beg that you find me worthy to be called yours, Princess.”
I rubbed my hand over my chest, his words hitting me hard as he said them with so much emotion. I moved the dress aside and knelt too.
“I, Inez, of house Garner, give all of myself to you,” I whispered as I moved my bleeding hand to his chest. “I pledge to be your princess and loyal to you as you would be to me. I am yours, now and forever, as even death will not part us. I promise to be your wife, friend, mate, and partner.
“I will give this oath to none you do not approve of, as I could never betray my vow to be partners with you. Before Aether and all other gods, I swear to cherish you and never, not ever, take you, nor the gift of your oath, for granted, as I love you with all of me and wish to be yours forever.”
He kissed me like he would die if he didn’t, and I kissed him back because I needed him just as badly. My fangs came out as he ran his hands over my naked back. He had me out of the dress before I could blink and tossed it to Cerdic to hold. He laid me on the cushions and pinned my wrists above my head so my cut hand touched the ground.
“I have dreamt of this moment since first touching you, even if I couldn’t admit it to myself. Stay like this and let me have what I’ve dreamt of?”
I nodded, willing to give him just about anything after hearing he’d been dreaming about it for so many months.
He spread my legs wide and feasted on me, bringing me again and again with his fingers, tongue, lips, teeth, and all of him. When he couldn’t hold out anymore, he moved over me and thrust in me deeply, his fangs coming out as I moaned in pleasure. It wasn’t just that I was ready too, but that weird thing happened again where they could take away my cramps… With their dicks?
So weird.
He pinned my wrists down again as he moved his hips. I knew what he wanted and offered him my throat, shivering at the snarl that came from him. He accepted, taking only a small drink, but the feeling of his fangs in me as he made love to me was enough to set me off again.
But he wasn’t remotely done with me. I gasped when I felt his blood dripping all over my body, looking down to see he’d sliced himself from throat to lower stomach. Not enough to really hurt himself, or like organs to come out, but enough that I was covered in his blood.
“All of me is yours,” he explained. “If you thirst, I would gladly die to give you what you need and—”
“Don’t say that,” I choked out, pulling at my wrists. “Don’t say that ever again! I want you alive. I would die if you do. Don’t say you’ll die to give me blood or any of that. You’re just as important as I am. I could never hurt any of you. I don’t want that.”
“I’m sorry,” he whispered against my lips. “I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have said something so thoughtless when you’re so pure. It’s what nobles used to say when consummating their oaths. It’s a normal pledge.”
“It’s stupid,” I moaned as he moved faster. “Pledge you won’t ever let me get that thirsty where you have to die to feed me. That’s being a better husband. Promise to protect me if you want, but promise to also snuggle with me in bed. I want your love, Kristof, not power over your death.”
He didn’t have anything to say to that, moving faster until I came with a scream, my body on fire again from his blood. I begged him for more, and next he had me flipped over so I was lying on my stomach. He moved above me, growling when I pushed up my ass for more. He stopped holding back then, taking me hard and hitting everything in me that felt fantastic.
When he finished inside of me, he finished. His whole body shook with the force of it, the noises coming from his mouth almost feral, and my joints ached from how hard those last thrusts filling me with his seed were.
“You really accepted me,” he rasped against my neck, his words coming out in pants from exertion as I was gasping for air too. “I never thought you would really do it. I believed you would realize I was a monster and change your mind.”
“We’re all a bit of monsters, Kristof,” I murmured as my eyes felt heavy. “We all have that darkness in us. The trick is to not have more dark than light. You may still have more darkness, but you’re still letting in more light. That’s why I couldn’t deny you. That’s why I fell in love with you. You can still let in the light.”
I fell asleep before I heard his response. I wasn’t down long, the power waking me as he was cleaning me up. I let it out in the ground, giggling as it was probably the weirdest alarm anyone had ever woken to. I explained to the others and they were amused as well.
Kristof brought over a white lace nightgown that had long sleeves and pooled at my feet… And was see-through. It
