"We can take a tour around the castle." He slid away from me and continued on to the bathroom.
I sat up and reached a hand out to him. “One thing. One thing about you and then we go. Okay?” I batted my eyes.
"What do you want to know?" Kane turned on the faucet, filling the sink.
“Ummm... I don’t know. What’s your favorite movie? Do you have movies here? Or how were you turned? Or where are you from and what was it like? Or ... something.” I was baffled at his lack of wanting to talk about himself and what that could say about him. Both making me even more intrigued. I found myself curious about how and why he was so far removed from his humanity being as young of a vampire as he said he was.
"What is a movie?” He peeked out at me with a curious expression before leaning back in. “I honestly don't know that word. As to where I am from… I can show you in the library." Steam from the water rolled up over him as he splashed his face.
I chuckled. “You don’t know what a movie is?” I stood and looked around to find my clothes. “And a library? Not that I should be surprised. But is there one nearby? In your city?”
"It is within these walls. I took you in there when you first arrived." He peeked out again, confused. “Or had the cold gotten to you on our journey? Were you so distracted that you’ve forgotten?”
I blinked for a moment, thinking back. Laughter escaped me as it dawned on me, remembering the large hall of books with the celestial display. It had been massive and gorgeous. But he wasn’t wrong. I was very distracted. Not just by its beauty or my circumstances, but I had been distracted by him as well.
Pausing by the fire, I rubbed my hands together. "That massive room is your library? May I find something to wear? Or must I go nude.?”
"I would love it if you were to wear nothing." Returning to the bedroom, Kane started to dress, looking me over and appreciating my figure openly, making me blush.
I pursed my lips, shaking my head. "Lady. I. Am. A. Lady. And you'd do good to remember that." I walked over and pressed the tip of my finger to his chest and winked. Seeing what appeared to be one of his shirts flung over the back of a chair, I sauntered over to it and pulled it over my head, straightening it a little over extravagantly. Holding my arms in the air a bit, I did a turn. "Presentable?"
He furrowed his eyebrows. "I know you are a lady, but I am confused on what that means for you and wearing nothing? Is this a thing with your world?" He looked over my attire choice. "I can still take you in that, so sure."
I grinned, walking over to him, placing my hands on his chest. "Being a lady means having some semblance of modesty. Not walking around all boasting over one's figure or wealth or whatever. Having manners, prudence, sophistication and all that. And being treated with respect. So, for instance... with you toward me? You protecting me like I'm something special and to be guarded, not shown off like an accessory. Just like we talked about with your servant women coming in unannounced. Why would you want to let all the men see what you are having, only to make them want to try to take it from you or to encourage the women to try to steal you away?"
He scoffed, buttoning his shirt. "I normally don't stick with one partner, so I guess I never cared that much. Animal world, especially for vampires. I see your point however." He wrapped his hands over mine. “Beyond that, there is nobody in my kingdom that would dare challenge me on many things, my chosen mate being one. But I’d like to see them try.” He kissed my forehead.
My breath caught as I looked down at our hands. In that moment, I actually felt the truth behind his words that I was special to him. But even more than that, he had called me his chosen mate. MATE. The earthly human part of me wanted to be offended. But the primal part of me knew what that meant, and I wanted to ask. I wanted him to verbally confirm for me what he meant. But there was that part of me that was still a scared little girl, curled up in a closet, witnessing the worst thing imaginable. A little girl that never stopped being afraid of everything. So, right then, in front of Kane, my hands in his, I felt the connection between us and ignored my urge to speak on it or even run from it.
My eyes grazed over his strong, muscular frame on their way up to his handsome face. "Are you sticking to one partner now?" I was both scared and hopeful, the thought of my home planet as far away from my mind as the planet was from me physical right then.
"For now. Absolutely. You have all my interest. Not to mention my clothes apparently." He pulled me in closer. "Shall we go to the library so I can answer that question for you? Then we can go into town so I can show you off.”
"For now, huh?" I huffed but tried to shrug it off. "Sure. Library. Showing stuff. Sounds good."
He smiled wickedly. "You still want to go home. So yes. for now. This is my world. I fully intend to stay here." He offered his hand to me.
But before I could take it, there was a knock on the door. I hadn’t requested anything form the servant, so I wasn’t sure who it was.
Kane made his way
