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Victoria motioned her forward "This is the Princess Lauren"

The cool blonde with the crystal eyes inclined her head in greeting Like Stephanie, she had ditched the traditional robe Unlike Stephanie, she wore a skintight black leather half top andpants She had real barbed rapped around her wrists and weapons strapped all over her body

"So you are Aden Stone, the human I’ve heard so much about I admit there’s a draw to you, as Stephanie said, but you’re nothing like ment "Thank you"

"That wasn’t a coed She said tomato; he said suck it

Her eyes narrowed "Like my little sister, I have questions, huht"

"King," Riley snapped at her "‘My king’ That’s how you will address hih she never removed her attention fro Until then…"

For aone of her blades and tossing it at his heart, and a cold sweat broke out over his skin Not a stabbing Not again

But she remained in place and said, "Besides, I haven’t decided to follow him"

Riley descended the dais to stand just in front of her, nose-to-nose "Is that a challenge?"

Above, the guards with the swords appeared ready to pounce On Aden, Riley or Lauren, he wasn’t sure "Enough," Aden said, not knohat else to do I a had to be done "We’ll argue about this later As for now, glad as I am to meet a member of Victoria’s fao" Did that sound kingly enough?

Surprisingly, yes With a stiff nod and lare, Lauren spun on her heel and stalked froain, the door slaone, too He’d never heard them leave, but they’d so Dizziness swept through hiht Just how long had he been sitting down?

"There’s a reception in your honor" Victoria sentle, warht?"

No Yes Maybe "What time is it?"

"Almost three"

He’d been here for four hours, then And in three et ready for school "I have to return to the ranch soon We’ve got school tos with her voice,everyone think he was there when he wasn’t, but he wanted to go He’d had to fight to be able to attend, and he wasn’t going to waste the opportunity to learn, to better hih every class, because even now, he fought a yawn, but he’d still go Maybe the lessons would sink into his subconscious

"Just a little while longer, then I’ll take you ho around to cup the back of his neck She pressed herself against him "I promise"

Did she plan to kiss hiently, and not for nearly long enough He’d wanted more then and despite his condition, he knew he’d want ue, her taste and her teeth

A minute ticked by, then another, but she merely held him He tried not toin disappoint now, he mused

"This whole place is a stereotype, you know that?" he said in an attempt to distract himself "All this black The robes The creep factor"

"Father loved stereotypes Loved playing to the Aden should know about the ain, he could think of nothing "Why did he love playing to the "People who encounter us think we’reto be vampires We’re considered weird, but we aren’t considered a threat"

He understood Weirdos were avoided, left alone Threats were hunted, eliht now, Aden Stone" Amusement layered her tone "My people consider you weird rather than a threat"

"And how do you know that?"

"No one tried to kill you"

"True," he said with a saze dropping to his lips, then his neck

Was she thirsty? Please…

Riley coughed

They ignored him

Praise had always been a rare commodity in Aden’s life, and he soaked hers up In the institutions, the doctors had merely questioned him and the other patients had been wrapped up in their own proble parents had kno to deal with him, had even feared him At the ranch, the other kids had ridiculed hile" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>