Nova was secretly cursing the vampire king in her mind. She could not believe that he was making her do this, like it was his means of torture to her. Now, Nova wished she had died back at the castle — it would have saved her from doing something embarrassing and shameful such as this.
"If you want to join me in the tub you are free to do so, instead of standing there and staring." He teased. Nova picked up the soap, forming a lather and then rubbing it on his body.
Nova could feel his toned and hard chest beneath her palm and her cheeks slightly turned pink. She could feel his gaze on her but she refused to look at him. His eyes was something one could get lost in and Nova did not want to fall victim to its captivity.
Her hands moved downwards and then she paused, her face becoming hot as she slowly looked up at him silently pleading that he would tell her to stop and leave, but such luck was far from her as the man had decided to act clueless about the situation.
"What? Why did you stop?" He asked feigning confusion.
"I– I cannot –"
"You cannot what, darling?" He pressed on. She looked down at his body and then back at his eyes hoping he would understand and stop teasing her.
"Oh..." He grinned at her enjoying her current predicament and her reaction to it.
"Just make sure to be careful. If I do turn aroused though..." He stopped his sentence half way leaving it for her to complete it however she wanted to.
Nova sent a small glare at him then she continued with what she was doing, making sure that she was careful about it.
Nova helped him put on his black coat over the attire he wore inside it. The vampire king had informed her that he was not going to be in the palace that morning and she was free to rest until dark.
She stepped away from him after she had finished with helping him to wear the clothes.
"One more thing, darling. You have yet to tell me your name." The man looked at her waiting for her to tell him what it was.
That was because you never asked... She thought to herself and inwardly rolled her eyes at him.
"Nova, Your Highness." She bowed and turned to leave the room and was glad when he made no attempt to stop her either with his words or actions.