Chapter 14

POV: Lucien

I'm very pleased and satisfied with the effect my presence has on my mate, it is easy to tell that his gaze could not leave my almost naked body and that my brushing presence set his heart in a raicing frenzy, but the smile I had and the satisfaction I felt went down south fast the moment we got into the dilemma of having to stay put in this house for a while.

I understand him, it was only natural that he wanted to explore the city as much, I had made this place waiting for him to come after all, but I could not let him walk by just yet, things were a little… frantic at the moment, and others would get news about my mate in no time as it always does in this gossiping city.

Only that I did not want him to know by other people's mouth… and not only about the mate part of the deal.

Because my current position comes with a lot of troubles and dangers, and being my mate… will only double that for him, especially the latter.

"The Lawrence is here." Blake, my butler, says the moment I open the door, and my already bad mood drops even further at his words.

"The Lawrence…what do they want this time?" I do not hide the annoyance in my voice for most would share some of it too.

"The usual, apparently, to review the treaty clauses." That again? He has come up to me a few times already in the last couple of months for the same reason, and as annoying as it may have been before now was even worse for I had my mate to enjoy and conquer, not to waste my time in this small disputes that will lead to nowhere once more.

And I had a lot in my mind already as is, having to work my way around the hissing petite wonderful mate of mine, trying to win him over before anything else.

Maybe I should buy him things to appease him? Perhaps those electronics the young ones like so much, or even better so great sweet from the market, I'm sure he will enjoy those.

But wait, does he like sweets? Or would rather have something meaty? Cannot wait to find out every single thing about him.

I just to make him smile by my side Goddamntis, it that too much to ask?

It is no wonder that he is so guarded against me, but still I could not wait for him not to be, and it does not help that I keep wondering if what I was doing was right or perhaps I should say that he is my mate already, be done with it, but discovering that he is bound to a stranger for life is bad as is, but to the ancient Vampire Lord of this vampiric city? That is on another level in itself.

Don't know what is worse though, break the ice on telling him that he is my mate, or have come to light that I'm the Vampire Lord of this city.

But worst would be when he put two and two together and realized the position he is in… and the danger that came with it.

And I cannot help but feel restless just thinking about it, but at the same time did not want to fight wih him any longer, sigh, I'm between the pot and the fire at this point, I'll end up burnt anyway.

I just want to make sure I choose the option where we stay together in the end, and the one that would allow me to enter the shower with him instead of waiting outside while imagining the drops of water tracing his naked body all over.

The image makes me grunt in anticipation.

I shift my attention away before I can imagine my mate any further into every small detail, on how it would be a bliss to circle that wet waist with my hands and- Ok, stop now, stop imagining before you have a very apparent reaction Lucien, don't want to scare my mate in seeing me like this… yet.

But what to do, I just really want us to work out, and perhaps that's the problem on it all, that I'm worrying too much about it all at once.

Sigh.

If only I knew at that time what my mischievous little mate was up to I would not have avoided having him on my radar all the time even while showering, and that would change in the future, even if he thought me to be a little pushover.

After this scare I would not let him out of my reach ever again.

And yet at that moment, unaware that my mate could be a sneaky little fox and still maintaining my fantasy of having a little obedient mate and that, just as much as I, he would not dare to separate for long, I drag this discussion a little bit longer with my guard down and only after some time something at the back of my mind warns me that he had been on the shower for far too long already.

And as I exchanged glances with my butler, not surprised that, after working together for so long, we could understand each other thoughts with a mere glance, and as much as he wants to follow me inside he stays put with a worried expression, not daring to follow in case he got the minimal chance of seeing my mate naked.

That would easily earn him a new pair of scratches if I wasn't feeling moody, which I was, at that only goes down further once I opened the door and find the shower empty.

I take a ragged deep breath, trying to contain the angry shiver from taking over my body as my eyes flash red.

Then I jump out the window and dash along the path he followed, easily tracking my mate smell past the woods and quickly leaving the feeling words of my butler behind.

Thinking just how much protection I thought I gave my mate from staying close by and keeping him in a safe place but not thinking once of the possibility of he putting himself in danger I'm not happy to find who I find at the end of the line.

"Lawrence." I greet his name out between my growling teeth, already ready to rip him apart no matter who they were, but once I got a whiff my mate's smell on him I am truly ready to kill the bastard.

"Good evening Boudreaux, great weather we have today don't we?" He says while putting some weight on his cane, putting a fancy pose that attracts the onlooker's attention, but I knew this was all show that he liked to play.

And as such it annoys me mere looking at him.

How things are this different now.

"Lawrence, you have two seconds to stop joking around before I rip you apart!"

The price only smiles as if I had not just threatened his life.

But then he sighs, letting go of his attempt at the friendliness and talking seriously for once.

"Still mad at me? It has been ages ago!"

"Livid, and you now the amount of years only increases my anger. "

"I… understand, I truly do, but you should let the grievances of the past in the past. I just want things to go back the way they were you know, so we can work things out."

"Funny way of doing that by kidnapping my mate!"

"Oh, your mate? I didn't know…" Who are you trying to convince of that? Because is not working at all! "Come on is not like I intended to… at first, but he just so happen to walk past me, plus he is safe, just taking a stroll in the city, and you would not have listened to what I have to say otherwi-" My eyes flash red and my fangs peek threading every time I open my lips to speak.

"You mean he is out there now? All alone?! Are you mad?!" Even if I asked I had no intention of waiting for an answer, I simply walk past him and disregard his next words as I dash into the city.

Such a mate, to give so much trouble and worry on the mere two days we have met!

After all of this we will have a very long talk about how wearing a collar attached to me for life will not sound unpleasant at all!