Despite himself Valor was nervous. His mouth was suddenly dry. This was it. After all of his years on this planet he was about to be bitten. He remembered when he had been 12 in his classes and the instructor had told them about what an intimate gesture feeding from another vampire was.<br/><br/>"The difference between humans and our kind is that love is not experienced the same way," the instructor told them as they all sat Indian style around their teacher. "For humans love can be true, but true love is rare and constantly evolving. At least that is what the philosopher Oran has to say on them. For vampires love is a raging inferno that never dies out. And when two vampires feed from each other it is the purest form of love you can ever see. This is never something you should do lightly."<br/><br/>A young Valor rolled his eyes. "Sentimental nonsense. Love? Intimacy? A vampire bite is to bring pleasure to another vampire and nothing more. It is a sign of trust. Calling it the purest form of love is hippie rubbish. I can't speak for humans but vampires feed and then they fornicate. It's that simple. I would never be so foolish as to give my most fragile possession-my heart-to someone who could easily destroy it. Love is for the weak."<br/><br/>Kera said, "I don't agree..."<br/><br/>Crying Kera threw her arms around Valor weeping into his shoulder. "It's okay, Valor! One day someone will love you!"<br/><br/>Valor groaned and shrugged his shoulders to get Crying Kera off of him but failed. She was latched onto him and he just accepted it. Meanwhile the instructor glared at him. "Prince Valor you're going to be king one day. You ought to know better than to say such things."<br/><br/>"I'll NEVER be king!" Roared Valor as he got to his feet un-gluing Crying Kera from his shoulders. He looked at the class. His eyes passed briefly over Rosalie before he looked back at the instructor. "And love is a waste of time! Just like this class!"<br/><br/>And he had stormed out of the class.<br/><br/>Valor was brought back to the moment when Ariella answered his question. Her answer was not what he expected but it made sense. His heart was pounding in his chest. She accepted his desire for her to feed from him for easier than he would have expected but he knew she didn't have the same level of education on it as he had. But did it matter? She loved him. She had let him feed from her. Their bond was guaranteed no matter what and she was the first woman Valor would have ever allowed to feed from him.<br/><br/>Valor hid his emotions surprisingly well as he watched her move to stand in front of him and turned so that her back was to him. When she sat on his lap he slid the arm he wasn't having her bite from around her waist letting his open palm rest against her stomach. He had fed from humans many times. But it was different. Bonds rarely formed between humans and vampires aside from a lingering attraction that was a result of the venom. But that faded quickly over time.<br/><br/>Valor said nothing. He wouldn't have been capable of speaking even if he wanted to. Usually vampires didn't have much of a heartbeat unless they had fed recently. Typically their heartbeat was slow. This was to keep the vampire's body from burning through the supply of blood too quickly. He shuddered when she grabbed his wrist. He couldn't see her face from how he was positioned.<br/><br/>Part of him hoped she wouldn't be able to do it that he had been foolish in even suggesting she might be half vampire. Maybe they would have a laugh about it latter and shake their heads at how silly he was. But suddenly his wrist was being raised and his body tensed beneath Ariella.<br/><br/>When she kissed his wrist he knew what was coming. It was the same thing he liked to do except he also licked the spot. Suddenly her fangs plunged into his wrist and he grunted in pain. It was far worse than he could have imagined. Maybe it was because she had bitten his wrist he didn't know. His mind was spinning as the burning pain seemed to fill his arm and with a jolt of fear he wondered if she knew how to produce venom. Or if she was even capable of doing so since she wasn't a full vampire.<br/><br/>But his panic was short lived as suddenly he felt good. No, he felt amazing. Her venom circulated through his bloodstream very quickly like a stream of hot water. Pleasure flooded his body causing him to let out a deep moan. He could feel his manhood erect and dig into her buttocks through the layers of clothing they wore. His mind felt fuzzy but in a good way.<br/><br/>He moaned out as his blood gushed into her body. For some reason that too felt incredible. The hand that rested on her stomach slid up and fondled her right boob through the material of her dress. In that moment he wanted nothing more than to make love to her as she fed from him but he had ceded control over the situation to her and he wasn't going to take that away from her.<br/><br/>Jalice pouted when she said that he had been a crybaby, but he had to admit she might have had a point no matter how much he didn't want to face that fact. When she commented that he had changed he blinked and listened to what she said. Happiness swelled within him at those words. He knew she wasn't comfortable saying those words but they made him feel good.<br/><br/>He hadn't realized then that his attention had lapsed until suddenly Rosalie was straddling him with her arms wrapped around his neck. He looked up into her eyes intently but still didn't have time to speak because she suddenly kissed him. Jalice kissed her back passionately in return and pulled her down so that she was laying on top of him.<br/><br/>As they kissed his hands slid down her back and he found her butt. He squeezed it with both of his hands through her colorful dress and in that moment nobody and nothing else would have had his focus. That was one thing that Jalice liked about her. She was forward and never afraid to take what she wanted. He still remembered the first time she had gotten tired of his shyness about touching her and placed his hand right on her boobs.<br/><br/>Kera looked at the demon intently as she spoke. When she mentioned Kera being clever it was hard to disagree. She had finished classes with the highest marks ever recorded in the history of their country. She was brilliant and yet she had one enormous flaw. Had she been anyone else she would have been destined for great things especially as a member of the House of Birds. But the fact that she often split into three was a disability more than anything. At least to the lords of her house. Valolie made the ring thinking it would reign that in and while it succeeded it was never a permanent solution.<br/><br/>Kera had thus been shunned from the House of Birds when she turned eighteen. That was one of the reasons she spent so much time traveling. She had never truly learned what love was. Her father hated her. Or perhaps he had feared her. She saw her mother very rarely when growing up. Wherever she went she was hated and feared.<br/><br/>Kera couldn't find sanctuary among humans either because her identity would have been obvious and she was especially sensitive to silver. If she was within 1 mile of it her skin felt itchy. So she tended to avoid human settlements as well. For much of her life the only one she had for company was Crying Kera and Angry Kera but they weren't brilliant company. Yet she had grown to love them and their odd quirks.<br/><br/>Rosalie was someone she felt she could trust. She was perhaps the only person Kera could honestly say she loved. But even then Rosalie had never been an incredibly intimate person. Kera contemplated suicide feeling like she didn't have a place in the world. And even though she was allowed in the Valic Dominion from time to time it was rare that she stayed for long because eventually the lords would push for her to leave.<br/><br/>Kera's favorite thing in the world was rain. Because when it rained nobody could see her tears. Not even herself. And she could pretend like she wasn't doing it.<br/><br/>The demon's name was quite lovely. "Celes," Kera said as if tasting the name. "That's a beautiful name. And I'm not really doing anything incredibly interesting tonight. I'm third wheeling with my cousin and the crown prince but they don't have much use for me at the moment so I would be happy to show you around. I have to admit it's been awhile since I've been home though."