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Feeling challenged, Astrid came closer to him. Aaron did not stop her as she pulled another syringe filled with hemlock and put it against his skin. Aaron chuckled huskily.
“Come on, dragul meu... You don’t need the hemlock before you take my blood. I’ll be willing to give it to you if you ask me nicely, dragul meu,” he stated when Astrid was looking at him.
Is he willing to cooperate? She mused as her violet eyes were shining against the darkness.
“Really?” she asked enthusiastically. Aaron nodded.
“On one condition,” he added as he was looking at Astrid. She scowled at him.
If he wants me to do something illegal for him, forget it! I would never betray the Order especially they will brand me as the Traitor to the Order, Astrid mused as Aaron licked her lips.
“What condition?” she asked, intrigued by his cooperation.
“I know you would be intrigued, dragul meu. I want you to kiss me every time you need a sample. That’s all the payment that I need for each test tube of my blood,” Aaron said confidently.
Astrid looked at him curiously. She arched her eyebrow when he smiled cheekily at her. Her heart ached when Aaron mentioned the condition.
One kiss for one test tube...the payment would be a lot of kisses then, Astrid mused as she bit her lower lips.
“Are you sure you’ll not ask for anything else, Covaci? Only kisses as your payment?” Astrid asked. She was wary of the offer that sounded too good to be true. Aaron nodded even though his fanged smirk was still plastered to his lips.
Astrid scowled. “I’m not convinced. Swear on it. Swear on it and perhaps I would believe you then, Covaci,” she stated as Aaron’s smirk widened.
“You demand too much of me, dragul meu,” he replied.
“Now I know you’re bluffing when you refuse to do so, Covaci,” Astrid said, crossing her arms as she stared at him. Aaron sighed before chuckling softly.
“As you wish then, dragul meu, for you hold half of me,” he mumbled under his breath. Astrid arched her eyebrow.
Aaron took a deep breath. Then, he gave his words. “I, Aaron Covaci, swear that I’ll not ask for anything else except a kiss as a payment for each test tube of my blood that is taken by Astrid Larsen” he promised confidently as he locked eyes with her violet gaze.
Astrid gasped, looking at him. She remembered His Holiness mentioned that Blue Blood—especially Pure Blood—was bound by their promises. She felt calm afterward when Astrid did make Aaron keep his promise during the extraction of his blood sample.
“However, I’ll not stop if she lets me continue forward from those kisses,” Aaron quickly added under his breath. Astrid glared at him. He smirked.
“Oh come on, dragul meu! It’ll be fun, right? When I know exactly that you cannot stop from kissing me back and would like to go deeper—”
Astrid cut Aaron off. “Okay, I think I have my deal out of this craziness,” she stated when Astrid punched the syringe into his jugular vein. She pushed the liquid through his skin as Aaron gasped. Astrid did not think it would hurt him in the slightest.
Perhaps, he has the pain receptors like a human after all.
As quickly as she could, Astrid punched another syringe to collect his blood sample. She pulled the syringe as the blood filled out the syringe. Its colour was blueish red which referred to the origins of Blue Blood.
Aaron groaned when Astrid pulled the syringe filled with his blood sample. She put the blood sample into the test tube and stored it away. Then, Astrid stared at Aaron who was leaning his head against the wall.
Aaron smirked. “You’ve got your blood sample, dragul meu. It’s time for the payment,” he said huskily. Astrid gulped as she put her hands on his chest. Her hands were moving on their own as Astrid was roaming Aaron’s chest. Aaron groaned.
“Kiss me,” he whispered huskily when Astrid stared into his green orbs. Then, they settled on his lips. She bit her lower lips while leaning closer. There was only an inch between them. Astrid felt his hot breaths on her cheeks.
“Aaron,” Astrid whispered his name. His name rolled off sweetly against her tongue.
“Astrid,” he replied. Her given name rolled off his tongue like candy floss. Astrid’s heart was galloping inside her chest. She sighed softly, leaning closer to close the distance between them.
Again, her hands moved on their own. Astrid wound her hands behind his neck as she released Aaron from his neck chain. She furrowed her eyebrows when the neck chain dangled from her hands.
“Hush, don’t think about it, dragul meu. Only think about me. I want to kiss you, Astrid, and you’ll let me kiss you,” Aaron whispered against her mouth. Astrid nodded when he leaned closer, no longer constricted by his neck chain. She breathed heavily when his legs were between her thighs.
When did I release his legs from its chains? Astrid mused as she furrowed her eyebrows. Her thoughts were interrupted when she felt his lips on hers. It was as warm and soft as Astrid remembered when they kissed back in Sicily and the facility.
Astrid was gripping his nape, playing with his hair there. She pulled him closer by tilting her head to allow Aaron to access her mouth fully. Immediately, Astrid felt his hands on her waist, pulling her closer. There was no gap between them. Astrid closed her eyes, relishing the moment when Aaron Covaci was kissing her to the fullest.
No war between them. They are no longer enemies to one another.
“Tell me, dragul meu... Did His Holiness kiss you like I do?” Aaron asked huskily as Astrid was kissing his jaws. His jaws were covered with stubbles since it had been two days since Aaron was in the captivity of the Order.
Astrid gripped his hair tightly, moaning his name as Aaron kissed her jawline and throat. “Aaron,” she whispered huskily.
“Yes, dragul meu?” he replied against her skin. Astrid pulled his hair. They stared at each other as Aaron licked his retracted fangs.
“He got nothing on you, Covaci. Less talking, more kissing,” Astrid decreed before she pulled him closer. Aaron smirked victoriously as Astrid was plunging her tongue inside his mouth. She groaned.
His mouth tasted like peppermint and Astrid fucking loved it. She groaned again, moving her hips against his pelvis. Instantly, Astrid can feel his erection against her core. She panted when Aaron continued kissing her neck and jaws.
“Let’s get out of here, dragul meu. Just you and me, Astrid. You need to know that your master is not who you think he is,” Aaron whispered against Astrid’s skin as he was torturing her with his kisses.
His hot, wet, addictive kisses. Astrid cannot think straight as she was assaulted by Aaron. However, she loved every second of it when she moaned Aaron’s name over and over again.
“Tell me you’ll escape with me, Astrid, and forget this life behind. We’ll forge a new life together, dragul meu. We start anew,” Aaron whispered, persuading Astrid to follow his lead.
She moaned. Aaron continued with his assault. Astrid gripped his hair, shaking her head. “You know I can’t, Covaci. I have my duties against the Order to serve them,” she replied. Aaron chuckled as he gripped Astrid’s butt.
“Yes, you can and I’ll make sure that you will. In the meantime, you play your role well, dragul meu, and I’ll plan for our escapade. Just wait a little longer, Astrid. Soon... very soon,” Aaron mumbled against her skin before he broke their kiss.