Chapter 10

As time wore on, my body recovered from the feeling of revulsion the drinks that I’d forced down caused. Thoughts of the love couple eased into the back of my mind. I found myself actually relaxing and even enjoying Pierre’s company.  He proved to be witty and incredibly charismatic when he wasn’t on guard about his position within the kingdom’s realm. I even surprised myself by wondering what it might be like to rule the kingdom with him by my side. I forced the thought from my mind by pushing images of Geo into the forefront.

The fact that I could be jealously unnerved over Abigail’s reunion with Luthias and needed to force images of Geo into my head in order to push thoughts of partnering with Pierre out of it concerned me.  I’d been a vampire long enough to understand that vamp genes were highly sexual genes that sometimes needed to be kept under control, but I didn’t believe I could blame my fickleness on them. My feeli