Royal shuffle: Vampire’s mate

ANDREA

I woke up to Leo’s hand gently stroking my face, quietly waking me up. I looked at my sisters to see that they had both slept off, with Stacy snoring silently. They looked so peaceful, I couldn’t help but smile. They had taken the news better than I expected.

“Hey…” Leo whispered.

“Hi…” I whispered back.

He pointed his thumb towards the door, and I looked at my sisters again and nodded. Leo stepped outside the room, while I began gently untangling myself from my sisters. To be fair, I wanted to remain here. It seemed like there weren’t any worries present in this room at all. I sighed in relief when I was finally free, and the girls were still sleeping peacefully. I stepped outside the door to see that Leo was there, leaning on the wall and waiting for me.

“How did it go?” He asked, and without giving me a chance to respond, he pulled me into his arms and kissed me.

The kiss took me by surprise, but it was a pleasant surprise. My eyes closed of it’s own volition, and my arms instinctively wrapped around his neck, bringing him closer to me. I didn’t know how long the kiss went on for, but I wasn’t happy when it ended.

“Well…”

Leo was smiling down at me, and the way he cocked his brows, urging me to speak.

“Well what?” I asked confused.

“How did it go?” He repeated himself, slowly this time.

It then clicked that he had asked before the kiss.

“Oh, sorry…” I could tell that my face was an unhealthy shade of pink. “Um…it went well. Better than I expected, really. The girls were so mature about it.”

“I told you that it’d be okay.” He said.

I smiled at him, and pecked him on the lips. “You did…”

“You ready to go back home?” He asked.

Home. I liked the sound of that. He was beginning to sound like home to me. I love it here.

“No, I was thinking we could spend a few nights here. I’m sure the girls would love it,” I said.

Leo nodded thoughtfully.

“Hmm…”

“It would also give them a chance to know my mate.”

Leo smiled like a Cheshire Cat that got the cheese, and kissed me again.

“Are you sure the girls would like me?”Leo asked.

I threw my head back, and laughed. He looked like a child asking if his crush liked him back.

“Sure. I’m sure they would love you.”

My mouth opened in an involuntary yawn, and Leo scooped me into his arms. I gasped and wrapped my hands around his neck.

“Let’s get you to bed. You must be really tired. I have a room here, you could use that.”

Something in his tone told me he didn’t plan to stay in the same room with me.

“And where would you be sleeping?”

“There’s one more room.”

I looked away shyly. “I would like for us to stay in the same room.”

He stopped in his stride, and looked at me.

“Are you sure?” He asked.

I nodded. “I mean, we’re mates after all. If not for certain issues, we would have already popped out a baby by now.”

He threw back his head and laughed, then continued walking.

“True. You would look good with my baby.”

I blushed again. “I would love to carry your baby…”

I and Leo had stayed at the penthouse for about a week now. The girls were being homeschooled, and they seemed to like it. Even though it was a contrast to what they were used to. I could see the sadness in them, but I admired the way that they were holding on strong. Now, I regret not telling them sooner. We all became close since I broke the news to them. There is something new between us that wasn’t there prior to my mother’s death. It seemed as though that we were not just sisters bound in blood. We were also bound in pain.

They loved Leo. They got along so well. It felt like I was watching them with a big brother, or maybe an uncle. I love the dynamics of their relationship. I enjoyed how he would sit down with them and help them with their homework. The moon goddess truly blessed me, I was hoping that it lasted. That our love would make it.

Going to sleep wrapped around Leo was the therapy I didn’t know I needed. The sleep was peaceful, hearing his voice first thing in the morning did things to me. It awakened places in my body I didn’t know were even there. It made me want to do things to him. With him. I woke up to see Leo scowling at his phone. I stayed still and studied his features for a few minutes. He was typing furiously on his phone, and with each passing second, he looked like he would explode. And yet, he looked so hot…

“I know you’re awake…” He said, turned his head to look at me and smiled. “Good morning.”

The scowl disappearing from his face.

“Good morning,” I replied.

He leaned over, and gave me a quick kiss on the mouth.

“How did you sleep, my love?”

“Like a baby.”

“That’s right. Because you’re my baby.”

He place his jeans behind my head, and kissed me again. Too quick for my liking. He went back to his phone, scowling again. I watched him for sometime, wondering if it was okay for me to ask.

“Hey…is everything okay?”This text is property of Nô/velD/rama.Org.

He nodded. “Yeah…”

He didn’t sound too sure.

“Are you sure?”

He sighed, and dropped his phone. “Actually, no…”

“What’s wrong?” I asked.

My heart began beating a little faster. I began thinking of how perfect the last few days has been, and I was praying that nothing damaged it.

“My father. He wants to have dinner with us tonight.”

I froze, and looked at him. Waiting for him to tell me that this was a joke or something akin to that. When he kept looking at me with a straight face and worried eyes. It dawned on my that he was quite serious.

“What?!!”

I sat upright on the bed, and began breathing heavily. Considering our first meeting, I already knew that he didn’t like me. Why did he want to see us? To offer me money, and power to leave his son? To blackmail me like the werewolf prince did? Or to threaten to kill me and my sisters if we didn’t leave? I mean, after all that was what they did in movies.

“Darling… It’s okay…calm down…”

I looked at him, and fixed him with a glare. He sat up as well, and scratched the back of his head. Never in the history of womanhood has any woman calmed down after being told to calm down. Didn’t he know that?!

“What do you mean?! Why do they want me there?! I know your father doesn’t like me…”

Leo sighed, and pulled me into his arms. “It’s okay. I’m not going to leave your side. Okay?”

I nodded. Even though I knew that if we were on the king’s turf, there’s very little that can be done. I wasn’t scared of physical retribution. Even though I knew that it was hoping against hope, I wanted him to like me…