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How many times had Cas wondered: Why only Mirceo? Why no other males? "Because you'veyou've mesmerized me!"

"Onesupernaturally sexy--guilty as charged--but I'm no mind-controller"

Had the vampiric allure Cas resisted actually been his attraction to a mate? No He refused this "Hoould I not know you were mine all that time?"

"When beings are of different species, soered until they're both mature" Fuck, that was true "I wasn't until one by that time"

Most va of their hearts and their blooding Naturally the spoiled prince had been spared that long drought! Everything had always fallen into his lap

NotMirceo's conquests? He'd seen the broken hearts Mirceo left in his wake Would Cas be like theht with the prince?

Then you'll always be a beggar, Cas

Never "I ht be your mate, but you will never be mine"

Squaring his shoulders, Mirceo said, "I won't rest until we're bonded You're going to take ive me your deained his princely arrogance "I'll give you time to wrap your head around your new existence But know this, sweetheart: I will make you ejaculate so hard your balls will plead for mercy"

He disappeared, saving Cas the hurowl

NINE

Castle Dacia

The Realm of Blood and Mist

The next gloa the training yard and settled into an alcove to watch his sister at her sword practice

Pride suffused hi speed--and her pointed ears--from soh constant training Before long, Mina would be able to challenge even the great Trehan

The protective diamond at the apex of this vast cavern cast filtered sun and prisdo her white-blond hair As she defeated one sparring partner after another--all of theer males--her blue eyes blazed with focus

Whereas Caspion had hter, a crystalline ice blue

Mirceo still couldn't believe he'd once thought those two raceful

"Sister, may I present Caspion? He is my best and most treasured friend"

Faced with the deood looks, she blushed and staaze for more than a peek

"Caspion, this is the princess Kosmina"

When she offered her hand, the demon took it and pressed a kiss to the back "A pleasure, princess"

Had her cheeks ever been so red? "Yes A p-pleasure" She was as bashful as Mirceo was shameless

Though Mina was tongue-tied and adorable, the de up Caspion's expression could best be described asfond

As Mina's practice ca of steel echoed over the courtyard She aze on her She peered up at hi her sword to a servant, she traced to Mirceo "Your heart is beating!"

He swung her around in his ar all that this milestone entails" His speed now rivaled hers, his sensesor unfiltered sunlight could kill hiht before had healed inby Caspion's crimson ambrosia

Transfor himself into mist--a talent only Dacians possessed--would be much easier, and he'd be able to transform his mate as well

"Already!" She suffered no reticence or aardness with her big brother "How fortunate Are you er?"

"By a hundredfold"

"So it was Caspion! I knew it" Mina's innocent eyes gazed past Mirceo "Where is he?"

Not with me Yet "Take a walk?"

She eagerly nodded, and they exited the castle perimeter to stroll down one of the cobblestone streets

After a fewa touch resistant to the idea of ht've spurned me a bit"

Her blond brows drew together "But he wasn't resistant to the idea of me as his mate"

In a dry tone, Mirceo said, "Believesister"