Page 122 of Vameer

Chapter 66

Vameer

“Ahundred and three years! Vameer!” Rune uses her grip on my robe to pull herself closer.

“It was an accident.”

Rune shakes her head, her eyes wide. “No shit.”

A laugh huffs out of me.

“Is that why you didn’t know what birth control pills are?”

I lift a shoulder. “I found some pub owners the evening you woke me. They showed me the internet, and I spent that first night reading as much as I could. But that was not a topic I looked up.”

She exhales, sitting back on her heels, still on my lap. “I can’t believe it. I mean, I can. I believe you. But like… wow. What a mindfuck.”

“It was that.” My smile is soft.

I did not think she would, but I’m glad my mate does not doubt me.

Rune lifts back up onto her knees, looking closely at my features. “Are you okay? After sleeping that long?”

Affection has a purr rolling out of me. “I’m fine, Mate.”

She softens at the title. “Weren’t you hungry though? Starved?”

I left off the part about the two men I brought with me when I told her the story of how I got there. It didn’t seem like a necessary detail.

“I would’ve been.” I tell her the truth. “But that drop of your blood was all I needed to fuel my change.”

“But after that…?”

“I made a blood trade. Enough to fuel me so I could find you.”

Rune starts to bite her lip, but I dart a hand up, slipping the tip of my pointer finger between her lips, stopping her from hurting herself.

“Careful.” I drag my finger down her chin.

She catches my hand in both of hers. “Can I ask you something?”

“Siempre. Always.”

“Did you…” She tries to pull our pulse faster.

I push out the softest purr. “Never be nervous to talk to me. You can ask me anything.”

“Was it a woman?”

I stare at my mate. “Excuse me?”

She straightens her shoulders. “Did you bite a woman? Was your mouth⁠—”

Rune squeaks as I flip her onto her back.

I brace myself over her naked body. My cock, which is still hard since the last time I came on my pretty mate, presses against her stomach. “I have not put my mouth on a woman in over one hundred years. And, unless it is to kill them, I will never have my fangs in another woman again.” I press more of my weight onto Rune. “And if you so much as act like you’re going to sink your fangs into a man who isn’t me, prepare for them to die.”

Rune is breathing heavy as she stares up at me with her perfect eyes.