Colin explained with a smile on his face. “That woman of mine is a
righteous bitch when she wants to be. It’s all right, though. I took my
fair share out of her pretty ass later that night, if you know what I
mean.”
Beck thought he did. He had spent a lot of time thinking about
Colin and Susan while he was working in the caves. Colin didn’t
seem to want the type of life he’d expected a consort to require. He
seemed to like to work, and he was tough. His wife didn’t treat him
like he would break, but she still loved him. “You were rough with
her?”
The question came out with expectant curiosity rather than
accusation.
“Vampires are rough, Your Highness,” Colin explained with
out a
hint of self-consciousness. “Relationships here, at least sexual
relationships, involve a dominant partner and a submissive partner.”
Now Beck sat up and poured himself another glass. Meg had used
those words. “Are you the dominant?”
“Yes, I am. Susan prefers to give up control in the bedroom. It
was strange at first. You have to understand, Your Highness, I was
raised in a very isolated part of the country. I didn’t know I could
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bond until I came to the Vampire plane. I was a farmer. I had been
taught to treat females with great softness.”
“We are bigger and stronger,” Beck said, parroting the words he’d
heard from his father. “They need our protection, not our abuse.”
Colin’s dark brows rose questioningly. “If you’re worried about
me abusing your cousin, Your Highness…”
“Say what you need to say, Colin,” Beck encouraged the slightly