“He could say with certainty that in his entire time as a vampire, he’d never been up this early. He sleepwalked his way through his morning ritual, nevertheless taking great pains to wash with the cold water that a servant had left in a pitcher the night before. He would call for a bath at a later time. For now, he was eager to find his wife and reassure himself that the face he’d dreamed of after returning home in the early hours of the morning was as beautiful as he remembered. After Oriana h...ad refused him access to her chamber and her enticing body, he’d left the house, knowing full well that staying while she slept in the room next door would make it impossible for him to sleep one wink. Besides, he was a creature of the night and could be found in a bed during night time for only one reason: to bed a woman. With stealthy steps that were second nature to him, he stalked downstairs and inhaled deeply, taking in the different scents of the house that was now his home. One scent among the many different ones tickled his nostrils, eliciting the same reaction as when he’d first smelled it the night before: Oriana’s pure scent.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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