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"My predatory nature makes me forever pursue new conquests Would you track prey you'd already captured? Would a hunter stalk a boar he'd already felled?" Mirceo sighed "Once my heart stops, it won't matter anyway But until then, I intend to fuck like a ht available to a va"

Must be nice

"Joinwenches and drink I'll take you to bacchanalia that will ods, and we'llin less hedonism"

After Cas's last twoIf the spoiled prince wanted to pay,clear"If you think to seduce me, it won't happen I will never desire another male"

Holding Cas's gaze, he said, "Aroundyou don't wish" The vampire leaned in closer "Isn't that the essence of hedoniss you don't?"

Cas couldn't see of black encircling Mirceo's irises Mess would leap at the offer you just made"

The vampire's lips curved "What you do with a partner's body can only be considered art Young demon, consider me a patron of the arts"

THREE

"Our tirave tone

He and Cas sat atop the tower of a suspension bridge in the azed out at the shroud of fog As usual, they each had a flask

"But it's only been a feeeks" As pro neorld, taking hieons, while plying him with the finest delicacies and drink "What's the rush?"

They'd packed three , beco inseparable They matched appetites and predilections--for the most part, at least Mirceo would bed a male as readily as a female Had no preference

Cas pointed out, "Your heart's still beating" Occasionally "There are still pleasures to be had" Even nonsexual ones

After nights spent fighting drunken brawls and plowing earthy courtesans, Cas and Mirceo talked into the day, telling each other secrets

Mirceo: "I'm a Dacian I come from the hidden Realm of Blood and Mist" Supposedly an actual er, faster, and more ruthless than other vauard, but I've little responsibility because the black-stone fortress lies e"

Cas: "I was a street orphan with no idea whohis past as a lowly beggar, but he'd adht s, I've never even attempted a book"

After that, the va Cas enjoyed those soothing lulls far more than the revelry

Now the prince sighed "I missa new king"

The crazed one? Gods help them

Mirceo peered at Cas "Will you hosting over

the water Like that mist, Mirceo had seeped under Cas's skin, into his very bones

"You knoill" Cas was happier than he'd ever been Despite their fundamental differences, their personalities had meshed in an effortless ebb and flow "My instincts are telling me to keep you close"

Only one thinghis seductive powers on him All vampires possessed that supernatural allure, but Mirceo's was nearly irresistible Their bond needed no such distraction

Mirceo turned to take in the surreal scene "I have a theory as to e feel so connected"

So did Cas He believed fate had given hiendary friendship--in order to s Cas had lacked: parents, a hoainst hunger pangs "Tell me your theory"

"You kno much I adore my little sister?"

"Yes" The vampire often spoke of her After their parents had been murdered by another royal, Mirceo had become Mina's entire world, and she his

Facing hiht beher mate"

Cas's breath left him That would mean Mirceo was his brother-by-fate Of course!

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