A Royal Escort

Ch-7

"Looks like you don't like crowds, My Lady," Lenora heard a voice saying to her. Her heart skipped a bit looking at him.

"Yes, your highness. I like quiet places," she answered him.

"I can see that," Maximus said as he tried to control the trembling nerves. His wolf was asking him to claim Lenora as his mate. This thing never happened to him. His first mate died unexpectedly without any reason. There were no leads to find the culprit too. From then, his wolf has always been aggressive and rejected every female who came to him. But, he asked him to claim her. How could a werewolf have a second mate? He needs to go through the werewolf history books or meet a witch.

She wore a white dress that looked like royalty. Unlike Adira's white dress, Lenora's white dress is different. It's a white long sleeve dress that hugged her body above her waist tightly showing her shapely breasts. The golden leaves crept around her chest and then like a creeper tree the leaves crept down the skirt in a line making her look like an angel descended from heaven.

She tied her hair in a bun, making showing her slender neck. She didn't graze her neck with any ornaments, which allowed Maximus to look at her exposed skin. Maximus felt like sinking his teeth into her neck and leaving a mark on her neck. His brain was turning mushy and many sinful thoughts were floating in his head.

[God! Remember a werewolf bite can kill a vampire! Remember!] he warned his wolf.

[Remeber! You are a werewolf.] his wolf said.

Lenora was noticing Maximus's expression from the time he entered the garden. They were changing continuously. Was something wrong?

"Is something wrong?" she asked. Without her knowledge, she walked ahead and placed the back of her hand on his forehead. She knew werewolves were hotter beings but he was unusually very hot that almost burnt her.

"You are hot!" she exclaimed. Her closeness affected him and his wolf. Her unique strawberry scent mixed with Jasmine made him lose his sanity. Before he knew it, he pulled her closer and rested his forehead on him.

"Mine!" groaned as he couldn't hold anymore.

"What do you mean?" she asked feeling confused.

"My wolf says you are my mate," he said.

"Why? You had a mate already?" she asked.

"I don't know," he said.

"My wolf is asking me to take you," he says in a groan that sinned her senses. Oh, god, how does she wants his lips to capture hers?

"What about you?" she asked, shocking him.

What about me? He asked himself. Just as he was about to answer her, Lenora's ears picked up the sound of someone's footsteps. She pulled herself together and maintained some distance between them.

"Someone is here," she said.

Just as she said, a werewolf guard came to inform him that his presence was needed, he nodded at him and asked him to leave.

Despite everything, Something with Lenora seemed different to him. As he perked his ears, he heard her heartbeat. A heartbeat?

A vampire having a heartbeat?

"You have a heartbe…" before he could answer Lenora slammed her lips against his making him unable to finish his words. And Maximus couldn't hold his attraction anymore, even he started kissing her wildly. He pulled her closer to him. His hands moved to the small of her back locking her in his embrace. While Lenora traveled her hands into his hair pulling him closer to her as he kissed her.

Just then few footsteps could be heard as the second passed they turned louder. "Oh My, His Highness and the princess seem like they couldn't wait," a Darick Melchoir said.

"We should consult the witch of our race to select a date," Serene Adolphine said.

"We should leave them," Serene said. With that, the others left along with her. But Eudora was dissatisfied with Lenora's behavior. How could she get kissed before the marriage? She needs to teach her how to keep in check with a man. This girl is turning rebellious as time passed.

When they left, Lenora broke the kiss. They both huffed for breathing as they tried to fill their lungs.

"You are eager to shut me up. But I like the way you shut my mouth," he said with a smile.

Lenora blushed slightly at his words. "We have secrets to keep," she said.

"Go on, I am listening," he said.

Lenora nodded and dragged him to the farthest place. She pulled him near a tree. "I am a different Vampire. I have a heartbeat. Don't let others know, please. And you would be my husband soon. I want to trust you," she said pleadingly.

"Tell me why shall I trust you," he said.

"I hate my race. I want to be free from there. Only this marriage is a way for me," she said.

"Why are you not afraid of me?" he asked with amusement in his eyes.

"I don't know. My mind asks me to trust you. It says you are not vile," she said looking into his eyes.

"What If I say I want you now?" he asks.

"My first time goes to my husband," she said raising her brow.

"But you didn't kiss your husband first," he said.

"Hmm… then whom did I kiss? An escort?" she challenged. If it was someone else their hearts would have been ripped apart and would have been killed. But this woman instead of angering him only intrigued him more.

"Yeah… a royal escort," he said with a smirk.

"He might be expensive then," she said. All of a sudden, he pinned her back to the tree as he hovered over her.

"You being close makes me want to kiss you every second," he whispered.

"Don't leave marks," she said.

Lenora gasped at the words she said. Oh, god! What the hell did she even say?! Even Maximus looked at her with surprise and amusement in his eyes.

"I need to go back to the banquet," she said as she stuttered. When she tried to run, he caught her waist and pulled her closer to him.

"Maybe you should wipe your smudged lip paint," he said with a smirk.

"That applies the same to you, My dear Royal Escort," she said with a snicker.