But she had just passed the parchment over to him, waiting for Lord Drehk to respond only to hear nothing. He still continued to stand in front of her but it soon became clear that he had no intention of speaking.
Rymora continued to kneel on the bed with her head bowed even as the tension in the air became palpable and tense enough for her to feel it in her chest.
It was intense and soon she herself could no longer keep quiet as she raised her head up only to be taken aback to meet Lord Drehk’s gaze as it soon became obvious that he wasn’t looking anywhere else but at her.
Speaking only when their gaze met.
"Last I checked...we agreed that I’ll keep your secret in exchange for you doing as I asked!" Lord Drehk said even as he stepped closer until his knees pressed into the bed to Rymora’s shock.
One she couldn’t hide even if she tried.
"Then there’s no reason why..." he continued but Rymora wasn’t about to wait and let him finish speaking as she went ahead to interrupt him with her eyes wild.
"I have a partner! I love him! I have no intention to..." she wrote back unable to write the rest of whatever they both knew she wanted to say, as she scrambled back on the bed while internally panicking within her.
’You’re a vampire! I’m a werewolf!’ she internally gasped even as her gaze began to move around the room almost like she was looking for an escape path one that only seemed to become narrower as Lord Drehk scooted even closer to her on the bed, stopping a few feet from her.
"That’s impossible!" Lord Drehk said his tone stony and much more displeased as his eyes held a bit of anger that he didn’t even try to hide.
"See, I went ahead to find out more information about you. If you have a partner in the last years you have served in this castle then they have to be a ghost!" he said with utter conviction.
"I haven’t dug into your background unless you’ll prefer I..."
"No! My lord!" Rymora thought to herself as she vigorously shook her head before he could finish aware that the fact that he would find nothing there would bring up more questions than answers something she couldn’t afford to have.
"Don’t ever lie to me again!" he snapped at her his voice back to a more commanding tone than the softer one he had previously been using.
"I’ll ask again you have a lover?" he asked and Rymora could feel a slight panic in her chest even as she shook her head especially since according to her alibi, as a maid she indeed didn’t have a lover.
Shocked to see Lord Drehk’s eyes darken as he scooted even closer than before which only made her heart thump harder in her chest than it was supposed to as she heard him speak again.
"Do you?" more forceful than before even as she instantly shook her head to show that she didn’t mentally asking Gregor for forgiveness as she just denied his existence.
"Then logically there’s no reason to be against this! Vampires can’t have children with humans!" he said stating it in the most straightforward manner that would have had Rymora nodding her head if she wasn’t aware of the fact that she was a werewolf.
’Werewolves and Vampires can’t have children either but who’s to say your body won’t suddenly discover that fact!’ she thought to herself especially since both races had hated each other since the beginning of time.
Grabbing one of the other pieces of parchment that had been placed on the bed she bent down and began to scribble on it passing it to him the second she was done.
"I won’t be able to please you my lord!" Rymora had written in bold lines. "Moreover...I myself do not enjoy it! I’ve tried it before and I don’t wish to again!" Rymora wrote saying the truth as she mentally trembled just recalling the huge amounts of pain she had felt.
There had been nothing enjoyable about the experience and all she had felt right after was nausea as she folded herself in the tub.
’Beyond that...’ she internally screamed to herself aware that even his own race would lynch him if they ever found out that he slept with a werewolf something that was a taboo that was never spoken about.
But she was still trying to be as convincing as she could be when she watched him take off his coat to reveal a torso that had her eyes widening even as he moved closer until he was kneeling right in front of her on the bed.
"You’ve tried it once!" he whispered to her his red eyes blazing with an emotion that Rymora found difficult to read as she watched with wide open eyes as he lowered his face until their faces were merely inches apart.
"...You didn’t enjoy it that’s on him! This is bound to be different!’ he urged speaking so close to her that she could see his fangs which made her hands shoot out as she pushed against his chest even if the force she used didn’t so much as move him away even by an inch.
"Lord Drehk!" Rymora mouthed unable to grab her paper and scribble on it and give him a piece of her mind only to hear him speak close enough to feel the vibration of his voice.
"I promise not to bite!" he said even as his lips grazed the edge of her ears and Rymora trembled not sure what caused it but still she chose to assume that it was nothing but fear as she felt him kiss the sides of her neck.
A frown appeared on her face along with the confusion even as she wondered why her heart seemed to thump and race faster than usual almost like it was about to explode deep inside her chest.
Rymora’s body completely froze unable to figure out what to do as she pulled her hands that had been pushing against him away only to be shocked when he used that opportunity to lean even closer to her.
He placed his lips right against her own before she could understand what was happening.
The feeling of it was even more confusing for Rymora and above that was the feeling of disgust she had expected to feel which she felt no hint of.
The consequences of that only made her mind reel as she wondered why and if it was because somehow she was attracted to him.
But the idea that had barely been birthed in her mind was instantly squashed. Squashed until it was nothing but utter paste.
It didn’t help that his lips were soft and gentle much gentler than she recalled Gregor’s lips being. Her heart thumped harder in her chest as she felt him lean closer his entire body covering hers with ease even as she soon found it difficult to breathe only to feel him pull away the very next second.
His expression was cold and distant like usual but his eyes were clearly amused as he fixed his red gaze on her and spoke even as her breath came in gasps.
"I’m going to kiss you harder now!" he told her and Rymora’s eyes had just widened in utter shock when she felt his lips crash against hers much harder than before in a way that had her unconsciously opening her mouth.
At first it was shocking but soon Rymora was led by the sensations that seemed to fill her body as she felt his hands grab her waist pulling her closer even as her back was still pressed against the headboard of the bed.
It was soft at the same time it wasn’t gentle as she felt the hard planes of his muscular chest against her breasts.
Usually thoughts of him being a vampire would fill her head but at that moment even as he continued to move his lips against her own all she could feel and think of was the kiss, the kind of which she had never felt before and couldn’t believe she would ever feel again.
At first she refused to so much as do anything like moving her lips against his own but soon she felt him pull back only to feel her body instantly move closer to his in a way that she herself wasn’t aware of.
Drehk on the other hand could clearly feel it as he smirked even as he chose that moment to invade her mouth, gliding his tongue against hers even as he perceived every one of her reactions something he was surprised delighted him.
Drehk wasn’t stupid! He was very much aware that the woman in his arms had secrets but at that moment he didn’t care.
All he cared about was the attraction he felt and all he wanted was to quench it and move on. Sex was something he intermittently enjoyed not something he wanted to be controlled by.
It didn’t help that he had spent weeks thinking of her before he had sent his guards over to kidnap her, a choice he hated that he had to make.
Rymora felt his tongue against hers and it was all she could do not to lean even closer to him than before.
It was thrilling in a way she had never known before.