Page 111 of Kingly Bitten

Calina’s brow furrowed by the end of my short summary, her thoughts telling me she felt something was missing.

I agreed with her. There was absolutely an explanation missing. But with so many of the elder vampires sleeping, it was hard to say.

Cane is asleep?Calina asked, her mind already processing the answer and producing a theory.Is that who Lilith woke up?

Now it was my turn to frown.

It was a possibility I hadn’t considered, one that had me slowly shaking my head.No. Cane would never condone what she’s done. He and Cam were similar in their opinions on humanity. It’s why Cane chose to sleep, actually. He felt his apathy slipping and decided to join his father in their family crypt.

But her theory had me thinking through several other possibilities. Because Cane wasn’t the only one of our era who had chosen to sleep.

“Come,” I said, pulling her from the bed. “I want to fuck you in the shower before our food arrives.”

It was an abrupt change in discussion fueled by the listening devices turning back on around us.

Lajos would expect a show.

And so we would give him one.

Something I told Calina now in her mind, expressing exactly what I intended to do to her against the tiled wall.

And all the while continuing to consider the new avenue of thought she’d just opened inside my mind.

Perhaps we’d been considering theliege’sidentity from the wrong angle. We assumed it was an ally of some kind from recent times.

Maybe we needed to go a little further back to determine her partner.

A few thousand years or so.

To the Blessed Ones and the original era.

There had been many at that time who’d devalued humanity, considering ourselves gods to be worshipped, not beings who should live in hiding.

Which explained Lilith’s goddess perception.

Fuck. Why didn’t I think of this before?I wondered as I led Calina into the shower.

Because you didn’t have me before,Calina replied, her hands on my hips.Fresh perspectives can be crucial to hard-fought discoveries.

I stared down at her, into those too-blue eyes.You’re seducing me with your mind, Calina.

She responded by grabbing my shaft and giving it a stroke.Just my mind?

Fuck, this woman was a goddess in her own right.

She snorted.Definitely not.

Shh, I’m thinking, darling. No interruptions allowed.

The little minx rolled her eyes.Stop thinking and kiss me.

Still topping from the bottom, I see.

She squeezed my dick, her grip like granite. “Fuck me, My Prince.Please.”

I growled, both irritated and immensely turned on by her simpering little act.

If her goal had been to distract me from thinking through the list of ancients in my mind, she’d succeeded.