What could I possibly do to help him?
He looked away from me as I scanned his face trying to figure out what he was thinking. He started playing with the ball of his peircing with his teeth looking to be lost in thought. If I hadn't just learned he was the prince of the Immortal race, I would think he was some college athlete.
He finally looked over at me and started to explain.
"My father is the king, which means he gets to call the shots of whether I get to actually take over the throne. Even though I take on his same work load with all this council member shit here, he thinks that I am not fit to lead until I have a mate."
I nodded waiting for him to continue, did he want me to help him find one? I'm no match maker but he is sparing my life and letting me live with him, its the least I can do for him.
"If I dont have a mate by the time the council comes to see me next week.." He continued seeming to get more anxious by the second "...My father will make me mate with this woman who has been obsessed with me since we met. She's a very unpleasant woman and I would rather be exiled then mate with her."
I nodded and started to feel his disgust of the woman. He dosen't seem like the kind of person to hate someone for no reason. I looked around his personal office and came to the realization that he wouldn't throw away all his work for no reason either. He interrupted my thoughts by putting a hand on my knee. Where he touched seemed to set on fire spreading throughout my body giving me chills.
"My favor to you is, to pretend to be my mate. At least while the council is around. We can pretend to be mates around others, and then while alone just be friends?" He smiled at me his perfect teeth catching me off guard, and his eyes seemed to plead with me starting to turn a slight darker shade of blue.
I nodded, it wouldn't be so hard to do that. I'm a good liar and all I would have to do was just let myself flirt with him openly. Its not like we would share a room or anything, so as long as I had enough time to learn anything I needed to know it wouldn't be bad.
He cleared his throat and shook my knee a little, his hand staying on my knee almost as if he thought I would run away at any moment.
"Theres only two things you need to know right now, and you might not like them." He said, and I got slightly nervous my brain going through all the things that he could possibly say. "First, my father won't believe your my mate unless the council really believes us, so that means someone will have to stay in your room, while you stay in mine.."
My mouth dropped open. Thats going to make this even harder. How am I supposed to be able to only pretend to be into him if im staying in the same bed as he is.
"I'm not going to let any of the guys on the council stay in your room." He said seeming to growl at the thought of a guy staying up here. "So it'll have to be that nosey woman ill have to mate with if this dosen't work. That also means we can't do any bullshit like one of us sleeping on the couch in my room."
He looked at me seeming to gage my reaction to this. I shrugged, I hadn't even thought of sleeping on the couch so it really made no difference. They'll only be here for a little so I can deal with it.
"Wait, I have a question." I said waiting for him to look at me. He nodded so I continued. "If you can read my mind, how are they not going to?"
"Thats the second problem. We can block your thoughts, but there's only three ways to do so. I had a friend of mine do some research for me to see if there's any more, and the ways we have are the only ones that don't require you to turn into an Immortal."
I nodded " What are they?"
"The first is if you drink my blood. But If you drink my blood it only lasts about 2 days, and I will be dying to drink yours since that's how we turn others as well as become eternal mates. If I drink from you while mine is in your system, Not only will you turn but you will forever be linked to me. We could never have another mate."
I shivered. That sounds like the option he very much was against so I looked to him to explain the next options.
"The second is if we kiss. This way only works if we're ment to be mates. Immortals have a destined mate, but only some actually meet theirs, some don't have one at all. Us from the royal lineage have always had one. If the kiss works there's no way I can ever let you go."
He looked at me and sucked a deep breath in almost hesitant to say the last way. I touched the hand on my knee and he looked up at me.
"And the last way? I should know all the options so we can figure out together which is the best option for us."
He nodded and looked into my eyes. "The final way that is guaranteed to work, is if we fuck."