#5 Chosen by the Vampire Kings: BBW Romance (Part 5: Red Lust) (3 page)

“You
can have all of that.”

Her
eyes lit up, “I can?” Her shoulders slumped and she shook her head. “My people
would not understand.”

“What
did I tell you? You’re one of us now.”

“I
would disappoint my father.”

“He
will eventually understand. It sounds like he loves you very much. He tried to
give you what you wanted in a roundabout way.”

Esral
sort of smiled. “He does love me. Maybe in time. What were you saying about the
vampire males?”

She
may as well just say it. “Vampires are highly sexual and might try funny
business with you.”

“By
funny business you mean they’ll want to rut with me?”

Tanya
nodded and Esral laughed. “It is a normal bodily function. One which highborn
females are denied while the males can run after every village girl they like.”
Her face flushed in anger.

Tanya
prepared to argue. It wouldn’t be good if the virgin elven princess moved from
bed to bed.

Esral
laughed. “I can see by the look on your face that you don’t like the idea of my
rutting with the vampire males.”

“I
think that being a virgin is something special. Sex should be special. I was an
idiot and don’t want you to make the same mistake that I did. It was my senior
year in high school and one of the jocks took an interest in me. Little old
plain Jane me…I couldn’t believe it. Taylor was so popular, I thought he was a
hunk at the time, but what he really was, was a grade-A asshole.”

“Ass…hole?
He was a hole? What is an ass?”

Tanya
laughed. “It’s another way of saying arrogant idiot.”

Her
mouth rounded in an “o” and she gestured for Tanya to continue.

“Anyway,
it turned out that the asshole only wanted into my panties. He saw a
self-conscience young lady and used it to his advantage. I had that nagging
voice in the back of my head that told me sex for the first time in the back of
his pick-up was not the actions of a guy that really cared, but Taylor was a
sweet talker. He literally charmed the pants off of me.”

“I
have heard that rutting for the first time can hurt?”

It
had hurt like a bitch when Taylor had shoved himself into her before preparing
her first.
The bastard.
She really hadn’t had much luck with men, at
least until Zane and Brant. What a cruel twist of fate to throw two really
great males at her. If only they could all get along.

“Your
silence speaks volumes.” Esral had wide eyes and looked a little nervous.

“If
you are with the right male, it won’t be so bad.”

“Sex
must be good though since everyone seems to want to do it all the time. I’m so
curious to find out what it’s like.” She smiled.

“Sure
it’s good, but that doesn’t mean you should just jump into bed with anyone just
to appease your curiosity. You don’t need to have all out sex, you could fool
around a bit.”

“Fool
around?” She shook her head, her eyes clouded in confusion.

“Have
they kept you wrapped up in cotton wool?”

“I
don’t understand the question.”

Tanya
made a sound of frustration. “You can touch someone and they can touch you back.
Touching can feel good too. First, I would suggest a date or two. If you really
like someone, you can kiss. If you really really like them, you can let them
touch you a little. Take your time though. You are still young. No sex. Virginity
doesn’t seem to be a big deal for vampires. Sex is considered…like you said
earlier…a normal bodily function. If you allowed it, you would be on your back
in no time.” Tanya worried for the innocent elven female. The vampire males
would have her for breakfast quite literally. “I’ll talk to Brant about letting
you go on a date.”

“Please
do. I would love to go out with one of the gorgeous males.” Esral crossed her
legs under her while smiling broadly. Then her face turned serious. “I will
think on what you said about being a virgin though. I don’t think I could rut
with just anyone anyway. Too many years of...what did you call it…brainwashing.
I was always taught to save myself for my mate.”

Tanya
didn’t know what to say to that. On the one hand staying a virgin for her mate
wasn’t a bad idea, but it was ultimately Esral’s decision. She didn’t want to
fall into the same trap of telling her what she could and couldn’t do. So she
took the safe route and changed the subject. “You need to eat something or
you’ll waste away.”

Esral
grimaced. “They keep bringing me dead things.”

Tanya
laughed. “You mean meat?”

“That’s
what I said, dead things.” She wrinkled her nose. “Disgusting. I only eat food
from the earth.”

Tanya
nodded. “I’ll have something brought up. Would you like new clothes? I really
like your robes, but maybe you would prefer garments that would help you to fit
in around here a little better.”

Her
eyes lit up and she gasped in excitement. “Really? That would be wonderful. I
would love something like what you are wearing and blue…” She raised her eyes
in thought. “…jeans. Did I say it right?”

“Yeah
you did. What size are you?” Esral shrugged. “Okay. What size underwear?”

“No
idea. Unmated females are not permitted to wear underwear.”

“Fucking
barbaric.” Tanya couldn’t help the anger that coursed through her veins. She
would take it upon herself as queen of the freaking vampires to change some
things around here. She would also make it her mission to talk to their species
allegiance partners about some of the outdated, sexist practices that were
still normal to them and carried out. “I will have Charlotte come and measure
you. You’ll get underwear, dresses and blue jeans. I’ll talk to my males about the
whole dating thing. They won’t like it, but they’ll like it even less when I withhold
sex, so don’t worry your sweet little head.”

Esral
nodded. “Thank you, Tanya.”

“We’ll
chat later.” She slid off the bed. She turned just as her hand touched the
door. “Get out a bit. It might take a few days for my boys to agree to the
dating thing. It’s not good for you to be stuck in here though. Xavier will
look after you.”

“He’s
the one that I’m supposed to mate with.”

 “I
told you, you don’t have to mate with anyone. He’ll keep you safe though.” She
turned the knob just a fraction.

Esral’s
eyes narrowed, stopping her from leaving. “The kings want me to mate him.”

“Look,
Esral, he is royalty so your father’s wishes would be granted if you chose to
mate with Xavier. It would still be your choice in the end though.”

“Good,
because I don’t think he likes me very much.”

“He
likes you just fine.”

“He
refused the mating.” She put her hands on her tiny hips.

“Just
like you don’t like being told who you can and can’t mate, neither does he. He
was just a bit shocked. Don’t let it concern you. He happens to think that you
are very pretty.”
A tight piece of ass.
“He was very jealous when he
heard that Griffin has the hots for you.”

“Who
is Griffin?”

“He
was one of the vampires in the front of the SUV that day you arrived with
Zane.”

Esral
laughed. “The one who saw my breasts in the mirror? I was a bit worried that he
would crash the car.”

Tanya
laughed. “That’s him. We’ll talk later.”

Esral
nodded, “Okay. Thank you.”

Tanya
nodded and left the room. The lock turned as soon as the door closed. She felt
that Xavier and Esral still had a chance. Xavier was definitely interested,
even if he didn’t want to admit it.

“And?”
Brant crossed his arms across his chest.

Xavier
didn’t say anything, but she noticed how his eyes tracked her closely.

“Firstly,
she doesn’t eat meat. Have them send her fruits and vegetables. Also, I must
get a hold of Charlotte so that she can be measured for a wardrobe.”

“Pity.
Silk looks good on her,” Xavier cleared his throat. “I am a male, I did notice
her legs under the short robe.”

Tanya
smiled. “I’ll bet. She will still wear her robes but would also like to try
some of our clothes. She especially mentioned blue jeans. Anyway, she also
mentioned that she wants to go out on a date.” She didn’t mention the fact that
Esral didn’t seem too keen on Xavier, or that it sounded like the princess
wanted to play the field a bit.

Xavier
made a frustrated sound and ran a hand through his hair. “Seriously?”

“What’s
wrong with that?”

“Date?”
Xavier spat out the word like it left a bad taste in his mouth. “I don’t date.”

“Fine.
If Esral leaves the room then you follow her.”

Xavier
raised his brows before replying, “Yes, my lady.”

Tanya
purposefully squared her shoulders and strode down the hallway. Brant was soon
in stride beside her. “You gave up too easily,” he whispered. “What are you
planning?”

“Your
brother can be an ass.”

Brant
chuckled. “He has always maintained that he does not want to mate. Hates the thought
of being tied down to one female. The whole species thing is also an issue for
him, but yeah he can also be an ass.”

“What’s
with the whole – it has to be a vampire female – thing?” Tanya asked.

“I’ve
told you that my father wasn’t permitted to drink from our mother. She was only
ninety six when she died…so really very young. My father—”

Tanya
held up a hand. “Ninety six is considered young?…She was human wasn’t she?”

Brant
nodded.

“Ninety
six is
not
young for a human.”

“If
you continue to drink vampire blood, then you will age much slower. All mated
couples drink from each other, it strengthens the bond. I’ve told you before
that my father suffered greatly because my mother refused to share this with
him. He had to watch her wither away.” Brant’s shoulders slumped. “He loved her
very much and she loved him too but being that she wasn’t a vampire, she never
could accept blood drinking. Unlike you…” He pulled her towards him slanting a
quick, hot kiss across her lips.

“What
if I don’t like drinking after the baby is born?” Her lips began to feel dry
just thinking about blood. She was sure she could hear Brant’s heartbeat, she
could definitely smell his delicious scent.

“You
enjoy it too much, Cenwein. I don’t have much knowledge of humans, but I can
safely say that you are nothing like my mother was. I remember how she
struggled to take blood even when she was heavily pregnant with Xavier. It used
to make her gag.” He slid his arms around her waist. “My father would beg her
to take from him after she had Xavier and I could see that she really wanted to
drink from him, but she just couldn’t. That is why I think Xavier fears being
tied to someone who is not a vampire.”

“Oh
shit, Esral doesn’t eat meat, is disgusted by it. She probably wouldn’t be able
to take blood.” Her eyes dropped to his neck and she licked her lips.

“You
never know. It is always a toss-up as to whether the thirst will hit. There has
never been a vampire elven mating so who knows what would happen there. Or, how
it would work out in the end. Try to understand my brother’s fear though.”

“He
likes her.”

“He
wants to rut with her, there’s a difference. My eyes are up here, Cenwein.
Since when did I become a blood bank to you? You’ll hurt my feelings.”

She
laughed, tearing her eyes away from his neck to look him in the face. “You
became a blood bank after impregnating me. I’m thirsty.” Her canines had
sharpened up into little fangs. Drinking would have to wait a few more minutes
though. “Esral wants to date.”

“I’m
sure Xavier will come around. He can take her out.” His hands were splayed on
her back, rubbing her in easy strokes.

“I
have my doubts that he will. It’s risky, but I think we should have Griffin ask
her out. Let the two of them go out on a date.”

Brant
tensed. He put his hands on her hips. “Oh, no. Griffin is a horny young buck,
his dick is still bigger than his brain. Xavier might kill him if he so much as
laid a single finger on the princess.”

She
narrowed her eyes in a suggestive manor allowing a sly smile to form on her
lips.

Brant
choked out a laugh. “Little minx. You want to make Xavier jealous.”

She
waggled her eyebrows. “Right now, even though he is interested, there isn’t
enough of an incentive for him to go after her. I plan on giving him one. We
need to get the princess a new, really sexy wardrobe and then let her go on a
date with Griffin. Xavier won’t be able to think straight I assure you.”

Brant’s
eyes narrowed in thought. “The only problem I have with this plan is that
Griffin might end up rutting with Esral. We can be a persuasive species.”

Tanya
took her lip between her teeth, squealing when her sharp fang broke the skin.
Brant laughed. He kissed her all better but as he did, his eyes sprang open, and
they were wide and glowing. He broke the kiss. His body hardened and he pulled
further away.