Her King

Turning off the shower, I step out of the shower. Wrapping the towel around my waist, I dry my hair with a small towel, while a lot of things are going on in my mind.

I don’t want to worry Regina, but the changes which I have sensed in her are something which I am not aware of. I can’t tell her that since these changes, in her, started to appear from then only I started to feel the burning in my mark. I don’t know how to face her questions when even I don’t have answers to them.

Not only me, but even Theo, and Felix saw her eyes glowing that day and her thirst for blood which almost shocked us. However, I am a hundred percent sure she is human because my beast would have instantly sensed it otherwise.

Standing in front of the mirror, I take a closer look at my mark trying to find anything different in it. My eyes slightly narrow because it looks slightly different to me I can’t exactly tell what is different about it. It looks the same, yet I can sense some change in it.

I almost hiss when I touch it because it feels like somebody is burning the skin. However, then only I notice it looks like it is branching.

“What the hell is going on?” I quietly speak to myself. My clouding with confusion. This is not something which I have heard of.

Knocking on the door, causes me to turn my gaze away from my mark.

Quickly, changing into clothes, I walk outside to see Regina tapping her foot impatiently on the floor.

As soon as I walk out she winds her arms around me while pressing her head in my chest, whereas my arms instinctually go around her. My beast comes forward in my mind while my eyes look around to find any threat. I hold her protectively against me, while my body remains alert.

“Why did you take so long?” She cranes her neck to look at me, “I am feeling so tired and sleepy,” she complaints, her lips turn into a small pout.

“So why didn’t you sleep then?” I chuckle at her.

“I can’t sleep without you.” She frowns, “I was feeling restless.”

She looks weak.

My beast concerned voice rings in my head.

“Are you feeling okay?” Gently, I lift her face placing my fingers under her chin. My eyes roam over her face causing me to notice the dark circles under her eyes look prominent than before.

“Honestly, I feel low.” She sighs, “I think I need some good hours of sleep, then only my fatigue will go.”

However, I and my beast already know what she needs. So piercing my lower lips] I draw out blood and press my lips to hers.

She stills momentarily not expecting this, while my beast whimpers feeling rejected.

She is not accepting our blood.

It is not like that.

Then why is she not taking our blood?

She is just shocked, give her some time.

However, all his doubts vanish when her tongue lightly swipes across my lower lip. Her action is hesitant and tentative.

She slightly creates a distance between our lips and her eyes flicker to mine then back to my lips. Slowly, she lifts her head and brushes her lips against mine while tasting the blood. Winding her arm around my neck, while placing her other hand over my heart, she tenderly moves her lips against mine.

There is something powerful about her action. The way she loves to feel my heartbeat like she knows she owns it and it is just a puppet in her hand.

Without breaking the kiss, I pick her up and carry her to bed and gently lay her down. I bite my lip again so she can take more of my blood because it started to heal.

A content sigh passes through her lips, which makes my beast hums in the satisfaction that she is content with his offering.

After a few moments, she breaks the kiss and presses her head in the crook of my neck while she keeps holding me.

Leaning her head back, she glances at me with a soft smile on her face. I notice how her skin has a healthy glow to it, while her dark circles are almost gone.

Kissing her forehead, I smile at her while she snuggles against my chest and falls asleep.

Glancing at her face, I caress her jaw lightly not to disturb her sleep. While somewhere I am feeling satisfied to know that I am able to help her in some way, even though I am not aware of what is happening to her.

The next day when I wake up, she’s still sleeping since I have to take care of other things I decide to let her sleep in and leave the room without waking her up. However, before going I informed one of our maids to inform me when Regina wakes up and also to get her coffee ready because she loves to have coffee in bed.

Yesterday Regina and I came to my ancestral home, and tomorrow her family will be coming down for our wedding. I have disclosed my true identity to her nonna and uncle because I don’t want to hide anything from them. They are important to Regina and they are a big part of her life, so keeping them in dark will make things difficult for her.

Surprisingly, Marco was neither fazed nor look surprised when I revealed my truth to them before I and Regina left to come here. He said he had already sensed it because years ago he has met one of our kind. He was aware about souls, so he knew neither me nor my beast can harm Regina. However, her nonna was a bit skeptical but all she asked if I truly love Regina or it is just because we are tied together.

If someone else would question my love for Regina, I would have ended their life. But I know her nonna is just concerned about her granddaughter and didn’t mean to insult my love, so I explained to her the concepts of souls. Regina is my life and my reason for living, and there is no one whom I would ever love more than her in my life.

Once she was satisfied, she looked relieved. Then she started joking about that now being a part of their family, I will never need to worry about going short on my blood supply. They can easily provide me lifelong blood supply to quench my thirst.

Now, I know from where did my Regina got her weird sense of humor.

Lightly chuckling to myself, I decide to overlook how the preparations for the wedding are going on. She is not a fan of a big wedding but due to my request she agreed to have one, so now I want to keep all her likes and dislikes in my mind. I want everything to be just as Regina likes.

Then later, I will try to figure out what is going on with me and Regina.