Hot Vampire Next Door: Season Two (Midnight Harbor, #2)

by Nikki St. Crowe

I roll my eyes at him, then, “They’re all acting like you’re a king.” “I am.” “No, you’re not.” “What is a king but a man who declares he’s one?” I frown at him. “That’s not how that works.” “I hold the power. They know that.”

“I didn’t want Julian to know.” “Know what?” I can’t miss the way Bran’s shoulders rise with a heavy breath, the way his chest expands and he closes his eyes. He’s reluctant to answer. “Know what, Bran?” “That the thought of him taking you away from me makes me want to murder things.”

“Grilled cheeses are the best. When the cheese gets all gooey and the bread crusty and—” Something occurs to me. “Hold on. Is that why you call me mouse?” He glances at me over his shoulder. “I’m shocked it took you so long.” “Honestly, I am too.”

“I will always be a little sadistic and you will always be breakable and so devastatingly beautiful it makes me ache.”

"I am your knight," he goes on. "Your protector. I'll even be your vampire boyfriend if it pleases you. And while I don't think you fully understand what you've gotten yourself into, I am yours, in all of my bloody glory."