Chapter 65 - Accepting The Feelings

The metallic taste of the blood seemed like the sweetest thing she could have ever tasted. Jiang Ying Yue was more focused on savoring the taste instead of quenching her hunger.

She felt Wang Shu's arm tightening around her waist while he rested his forehead against her shoulder, making her experience the shudders that were running down his body.

In a normal case, her feeding would have hurt a lot. The pain used to be mostly unbearable for anyone whether a human or supernatural, but since these men were her mates, instead of pain they only experienced pleasure whenever she fed from them. 

Seconds turned into minutes and with each passing minute, she felt her bond with Wang Shu opening up to let their emotions mingle together and create a sweet sensation. 

She could hear his racing heart, feel the pleasure that he was experiencing, and most importantly, she could tell that he didn't hate her, not even a little bit.

A sigh of satisfaction left her lips as she slowly pulled back her fangs but not before enjoying the taste of his blood for one last moment. Her tongue followed next, licking his wrist to not only heal him but also to give his body a taste of pleasure that her tongue could bring him.

She didn't let go of his hand, instead, she entangled her fingers with his and pulled his hand to rest on her lap while she herself let her body relax in his embrace.

It took Wang Shu a few moments to pull himself together. His body was still under the charm of pleasuring tingles that the girl just made him experience. He had never felt something like this in his life before meeting her. 

He always used to think that no woman could make his heart move. That he would never pay attention to the opposite gender in such a way but here he was, completely helpless when it came to dealing with the girl in his arms. It was more like he did not want to deal with her, instead of he could not deal with her. 

He moved his head a little but didn't pull away from her shoulder. The sweet and refreshing scent that belonged to her was making his body relax which felt too good.

"You should not feed from others." Jiang Ying Yue was taken by surprise when she suddenly heard him whispering next to her ear. While his warm breath that caressed the bare skin of her neck made her focus waver for a second but the bigger part of her brain was still focused on his words.

"Ah... What I mean is that... you should not feed from anyone else other than the four of us. You are not allowed to." Wang Shu explained his previous words but immediately looked away as he could not make himself look into her eyes. 

On the other hand, Jiang Ying Yue was once again left completely surprised. His stopping her from feeding from anyone else but him could not be as shocking as him allowing her to feed from his brothers and Silver. It was almost like he was accepting her connection with the three of them as well as with him.

Still, she decided to not celebrate too quickly and asked in a soft voice, "Why? What's wrong with me feeding from others? It's not like I can always depend on you guys to hang around me and provide me with blood every time I become hungry." 

"You can." His reply was immediate but the suddenness left Jiang Ying Yue both surprised and confused a little bit.

"You can come to us whenever you need to feed. I'll be always here for you..." Wang Shu gulped as he realized the last sentence that he just spoke. It's not like he didn't mean it for real but saying it out seemed like he was allowing her to take the position of 'someone special' in his life. Did he even need someone special in his life? He didn't know the answer, not yet.

"... I don't know how things used to work in your previous world but here... what we just did is such an intimate thing... That's why you are not allowed to approach other people if you need to feed." He finished explaining and saw as a small smile appeared on her lips. Did he say something funny?

"I can always feed from women." She responded in a low voice, that little smile still playing on her lips. She was probably laughing at the way he was suddenly acting so protective about her. 

He tried to not object but then the image of some random woman experiencing the softness of his girl's lips on her skin made him feel irritated. Men or women, no one was allowed to experience something so beautiful with Miss Jiang as long as it was not him or his brothers... and that Silver man too.

A sigh escaped his lips as Wang Shu realized that his thoughts were going in a completely wrong direction. He had even started calling her as his girl. Was something wrong with his brain? 

It took everything in Jiang Ying Yue to not laugh at the miserable state of the poor Prince. Yeah! He was a prince too. What a kuch she had. In the end, she still ended up getting entangled with these three men. 

She softly rubbed her thumb against his palm as she felt him getting stressed a little bit more. Her idea worked because she immediately felt him relaxing against her.

"I know that you are having trouble understanding your feelings towards me. Being connected to someone with a soulmate bond can make anyone go insane with the sudden ups and downs in their emotions. But it's quite easy to handle." 

She stopped for a second to collect her thoughts before she continued, "Our bond isn't completed yet. It means that you are still not bound to me for eternity. If you start feeling like you need space to think about everything, just take your time. I'm not here to force any of you guys to become my bonded mates. In the end, I'll accept your decision and will respect it." 

She immediately felt his hold tightening around her before she felt his face coming to rest against her shoulder crook. 

"It doesn't feel bad... being with you like this." Here it was! He finally said those words that he was having a hard time accepting himself.

***

When Jiang Ying Yue and Wang Shu emerged out of the study, they found the rest of the three men sitting outside in the courtyard around a stone table.

To the former's surprise, the three of them seemed to be enjoying each other's company as they chatted about something.

"What are you guys talking about so happily?" Jiang Ying Yue asked as she approached the table, immediately pulling the attention of the three men towards her and the Second Prince beside her.

"You two seem to be glowing. What were you doing inside there? Why is no one explaining anything to me?" Wu Xie complained as he eyed his second brother suspiciously before turning them towards Ying Yue.

"I just explained that she needs blood to stay alive and also the reason why needs blood. How can you say that no one is telling you anything?" Silver questioned as he glared at the Third Prince.

"Master Silver, do you seriously think that you were talking in human language? I'm sure not even Brother Shan understood your words." Wu Xie quickly responded as he gave a small scoff while recalling all the weird words that the silver-haired man just used to describe Miss Jiang's situation. 

"Though I really didn't understand some of the words, I still get the overall situation. Maybe if you were focused here instead of finding out about what's going on in the study, you would have understood some of it too." Qing Shan commented as he slowly sipped the freshly brewed tea.

"Brother Shan..." Wu Xie was not prepared for his eldest brother to disclose him so brutally. How could he not worry about the situation inside the study when they all were chased out of the study, leaving only his Second brother alone with the girl. What could be so important that those two needed to be left alone?

"Don't keep standing. Come here." Wang Shu suddenly spoke up, pulling everyone's attention at him as he moved closer to Jiang Ying Yue and helped her to sit on the empty seat beside Wu Xie. 

Jiang Ying Yue could feel Silver's eyes trained on her and she knew that the man was curious to know exactly what happened inside the study that made the Second Prince act so attentively towards her. 

Even she was surprised to see him openly caring for her. Though he just accepted inside the study room that he did felt positive about their bond, she was not prepared for him to suddenly become so open about his feelings towards her.

And as she watched him pour tea for her, she did acknowledge that she was looking forward to her future encounters with the Second Prince.