The Vampires Little Princess

13

(Alex's pov)

I watched as she looked around the room in horror, everything I had collected and tracked over the year or so I stalked her laid out for her to find.

She looked horrified,

How could she not?

I could feel myself spiraling, she's going to leave, she's going to call the cops, they're going to make things complicated, they're going to push back the announcement, who knows what they would do to her.

At some point I had wrapped my arms around her, probably to keep her from running, she wasn't fighting.

I was talking, what was I saying?

She turns to look at me, I stare into her green eyes as she says the words I've been dreaming of,

"I want to stay with you." Her eyes stare into mine and I couldn't control myself any longer, I pulled her into a passionate kiss, not minding her lack of experience a bit, I slipped my hand from her lower back to the nape of her neck, letting my hands tangle in the soft pink strands of her hair. I can feel her heartbeat rushing, I can feel the heat of her blush on my face, I can feel her tiny hands clenching my shirt tightly, she lets out a soft moan, if it wasn't for my amazing hearing I would've missed it.

I pull back, and she stares up at me, her perfect face in a state of shock as I smile at her. She gives me a wide and eager smile back,

"That felt so weird." She said
"A good weird though." she adds quickly and I chuckled at her

"I'm glad, all I want is to make you feel good." I say, and gently take her hand in mine, I see her blush darken. I gently lead her out of the room, shutting it behind me, and lead her to my room.

Nothing was going to happen, but she needed a place to sleep and I wanted her close to me.

"Do you want to discuss all the important stuff now or tomorrow?" I ask she looks at me for a moment and panicked

"Wait! Your business trip!" She yells and I sigh

"My business trip was an excuse, I needed a break from you or I was going to end up kidnapping you myself." I say and she stares at me shocked,

"You were going to kidnap me?" She asks,

"Yes, I got to spend all day with you, typically vampires don't exactly go slow with their mates, but I didn't want to scare you." I explain and she nods

"Is that why I felt so sad when you left?" She asks and I nod

"Yes, the longer a vampire and their mate spends together without, uhm, making it official and the vampire leaves the mate will experience crippling depression." I say

"Holy fuck, that sucks." She says

"Yeah it does, the longer a vampire and their mate waits to make things official will also begin to impact the mate. It kinda just sucks so badly for the mate to be anywhere but with the vampire, this is because vampires are very impulsive, but when it comes to mates they tend to be protective and seeing their mate in pain forces the vampire to fix it." I explain further

"Okay, so, how do you make it official then? Do I like sign a contract? Or maybe like have you bite me?" She asks and I sigh

"Do you know what seals a marriage?" I ask and she shakes her head

"Yeah, a kiss, but like we already kissed." She says

"Close, a marriage has to be consummated, if it's not consummated then the marriage was never valid." I explain and her face turns red, she buries her head in her hands and I reach over and place a hand on her knee

"It's okay, we can wait as long as you want or until you go feral." I say and her head snaps up

"Feral?!" She shrieks and I wince

"Yeah, remember how I said that the mate will be in pain if it's not made official? Well vampires mates typically go into a sort of heat, we're very very intuitive to our mates needs and emotions." I say

"Which means we'd both be in agony until it happened." She adds and I nod

"What happens if we don't consummate in time?" She asks, her voice shaking,

"No one knows, everyone's either mated or their soulmate threw themselves off a cliff." I answer and she stares at me in shock again,

"Threw themselves off a fucking cliff?!" She yells again and nod

"If it makes you feel better we should have about three months before we really have to worry about it." I say

"Should?" She remarks

"Yes, every couple has a different timeline, but it should be about three months." I answer and she takes a deep breath

"Okay, yeah, I can do three months. That sounds okay." She says before looking at me again