page2 (1/2)

"I'm sorry, Caspion That must be difficult to accept If I can be of service, tell me"

"Why?" The deey "You don't know me"

True "I can't explain it, but I feel an affinity with you" Perhaps he would remain friends with Caspion, even after they'd partaken of each other There's a first ti near this male made him feel at once stimulated and satisfied Enlivened, yet soothed

"Unusual? You're a favorite here Everyone vies for your attention I'd say you feel an affinity with many"

Mirceo slid hirin "So you've noticed me?"

Caspion scowled into his cup

"My hoh a paradise, is full of rules, so I enjoy otherlanders' company But none so much as yours" Not a lie

"I doubt that," the de facet to his personality: insecurity This hty blond Adonis was vulnerable It made Mirceo want to champion him, to clutch him close

Protectiveness? How unlike me He only ever felt protective of Koss in the worlds could all go to hell as far as he was concerned

"Why should I believe anything you say?" Caspion asked

"Why shouldn't you? Also, do recall that a natural-born va" Mirceo studied the de face "Do you not feel a like affinity with me?"

_______

Weirdly, Cas did Or est--brew he'd ever consumed After all, ould he feel a connection with a sophisticated vah"

Mirceo ran his fingers along the rim of his chalice, his black claws trimmed shorter than Cas's own "So you've never been with a male"

He shook his head "Not my cup of tea"

"It wasn't mine either, until I had a sip" Mirceo took a drink, then licked a drop of blood mead from his lip

The sight held Cas rapt before he blinked back to attention How to respond to that co

"So what shall we do about your hunt?" the va to another subject

"There's nothing I can do I uardians and the acting ruler of Abaddon, had vowed to send a cadre of his finest warriors to take over "I find myselfadrift"

"Is this fee more than a friend?"

"Though she's beautiful and talented--she's a goldsmith without equal--I'll never view her as more than a sister" Cas had taken her to theher what baseball was and how to drive a car

But lately, his visits with her had grown increasingly aard She was asha she'd beenhad never looked or acted as if she had demon blood "I've known her for more than a decade, ever since I was fifteen"

"You're twenty-five? Five years younger than me Are you fully immortal?"

"Just transitioned" Little other than decapitation could kill Cas now

"Regrettably, I' for years, soon to stop beating" With his transition, astasis--heartbeat, respiration, and sexual ability dormant--only to be awakened by his vampire Bride "Listen" Mirceo held up a hand to pause the conversation for several moments, then pointed at his chest "My heart was ure I have another couple of er fuck--until I find -dead existence is unfortunate enough, but to depend on a stranger to revive me? And then she'll expect me to be faithful to her" He shuddered "So my upside is one partner Forever"

"Gods, I feel for you about the celibacy, friend" These days, sex see Cas sane The probleet free admission at every establishment

The life of a player was an impoverished one Not to mention the sums he spent to fund apprenticeships for pups in Abaddon

"You don't syamy? I consider it an intolerable hardship"

"Once I find h Cas was young, he already longed for her and the younglings she'd give him

"At least you can keep fucking until then No end in sight for your cockstands"

Cas countered, "At least you knohat it's like to spill seed" A asm before he claimed his fated one, but he couldn't release semen until he lost his deamy?"