He kissed the tip of her nose. "If anyone can figure it out it is you. I have the utmost faith in your abilities."
"You have no idea what the process entails, and you believe in me?" she asked.
"Of course I do. Even without Broderick and Ellie singing your praises, your dedication to helping to eradicate this sickness was proven last night when, before resting, you insisted on seeing the lab. Ellie called, and you got here eight hours later. That speaks volumes to me, and I am sure to others," he explained.
There was another banging on the door. "Ten minutes! Breakfast is in the prince's quarters, in the dining room."
Etain felt his heart begin to race at the heated look in his mate's eyes.
"Ten minutes is plenty of time," she said huskily.
His hangover was immediately forgotten. "What did you have in mind?"
She pushed him on to his back and straddled his waist. Smiling seductively she easily pulled her shirt off over her head tossing it to the floor. "I'm hungry."
Etain stared up at the siren above him. Her gorgeous red hair seemed to float about her shoulders to drape over her pale breasts. Her normally stormy grey eyes were edging a ruby red that matched her hair beautifully.
He wrapped his hands about her rounded hips. "I am all yours. From this moment forward I will be all you need. I am your mate. It is my right and my duty to feed you. I offer all of myself to you." He recited the words he had learned upon moving to the city; the words that would allow a vampire to truly relax and get the most of their feeding from their mate.
The hungry look in her eyes softened at his declaration before she bent over him slowly. "Thank you, my mate," she whispered. Slowly, as the tips of her nipples teased his chest he felt her lean in toward his neck. He thought he had been hard before, he was wrong. Her slow seduction had him feeling like his cock would shatter.
She licked and teased his neck until he was panting heavily and gripping at their covers. "You're killing me," he gasped.
He heard her chuckle before her fangs sunk deep. "Gods above!" he shouted as pleasure so intense rocked him to his core. Every time she swallowed it felt as if she were milking his cock.
Without thought he bucked his hips desperate for any type of friction. She continued to feed, but one hand snaked down his body. When her soft fingers wrapped around him, he detonated.
He shouted from the intensity of the orgasm as it reduced him to a shuddering mass. When she finished she daintily licked his neck and sat back looking like the cat that ate the canary. There was a slight hint of red at the corner of her mouth. Where her mound rested against him, her liquid satisfaction seeped onto his body telling him exactly how much she had enjoyed her feeding as well.
Etain was still trying to remember how to breathe when she hopped down and padded toward the bathroom. She looked back and smiled. "That was one of the most pleasurable moments of my life." She gave him an evil look. "You have six minutes to recover, shower and dress." Chuckling she made her way to the bathroom.
"Of course she is a sadist. She was raised by that damn squire," he muttered as his heart remembered how to beat. Inside the bathroom he heard her laugh. Smiling, he stretched his body reveling in how good he felt. As far as hangover cures went, that had to be the best one he had ever experienced.
*****
Vivi watched in fascination as the tiny human ate one cinnamon roll after another. Where was she putting them?
Hal assisted Ryuu and Sebastian in serving breakfast. There was a satisfied smile on her squire's face as Meryn whimpered and groaned over his cinnamon rolls. He met Vivi's eye. "This is the first new food she has indulged in since arriving in the city. Evidently, she's been living off of pudding, meat pies and meat kebobs," he preened.
Meryn swayed back and forth in her seat eyes closed engrossed in her foodgasm. Between Meryn and Aiden, her favorite breakfast treat was disappearing quickly.
Hal set a platter of fresh rolls in front of her. He smiled at her. "I know they're your favorite."
"You spoil me," she breathed and reached for the platter. She piled her plate high with six rolls. When she looked over at her mate he was watching her with a surprised look on his face. "Are they that good?"
She took a bite and paused. They were better than usual. She chewed quickly. "Hal, why are they different?"
Hal gave her a sly smile. "Good different? Or bad different?"
"Definitely good different. Damn, Hal, these are amazing!" she quickly polished off her six and reached for more.
She glanced over at her mate's plate, which was still empty. Frowning she picked it up and stacked the fresh rolls one on top of the other. She handed it back to him. "I am sharing these with you because you are my mate."
Etain looked down at his plate. "I don't think I can eat all these."
Moans from the other end of the table had both her and her mate turning. Declan and Colton looked to be in the midst of convulsions. Etain looked down at his plate and picked up a roll. He took a healthy bite and his eyes rolled back in his head. Vivi snickered. She had seen that expression not twenty minutes ago.
Etain would chew, then take another bite, then chew. Somewhere in that process he swallowed and reached for more rolls. He looked over at Hal. "I forgive you for trying to kill me last night." He chewed slowly. "Is this that Ceylon fae cinnamon Ryuu has been using?"