Saucy Lips.

Victoria was stunned. She did not expect this guy to counter her back. What she did not know was that Bones countered her to hide his own embarrassment. How could he, the proud cold hunter just let this girl exploit his folly?

He walked back to his room and closed the door, only then did he let out a breath of relief. If he had a heartbeat, it would be like a horse now. He dressed up in the usual black attire. Came out of the room and found that Victoria was blushing a bit. He asked, "Why are you blushing?"

The blood princess said, "You are very sexy and big." her words made Bones regret his question instantly. The man did not accept defeat. he said, "There are some blood bags in the cold vault under the kitchen top. The code is 5164. You can have it. I will be late." with that said he walked outside the house quickly.

Victoria smirked as she witnessed him leaving. She mumbled after she sensed him off the floor, "I will have you under my crotch sooner or later, Willian."

Her gaze wandered around the place. She was going to live here so she was going to at least explore the living room and the kitchen. The rest of the rooms were banned to enter by Bones. She did not want to anger him and who knows what he had stored inside?

The first thing that caught her attention was a big portrait of a lady. She was very beautiful. Victoria was engrossed in it the moment she laid eyes on it. It was as if the lady will suddenly come to life. Victoria looked around and only found this painting in the whole decor that had colors in it. Her gaze fell on a corner of the painting there was no artist signature.

But she did found a little palm imprinted. the cogs worked together and she guessed the portrait to be done by Bones, and the person in the painting was Vika Smiths, his mother. As the blood princess gazed at the painting she felt warm in her heart as if she knew Vika for a long time.

Without knowing she started to smile and even talk to the painting. Suddenly a voice interrupted her, "Don't gaze in the eyes of the painting." the voice was not cold as usual, but Victoria recognized it. Bones was the person who just spoke.

She turned back and found that his clothes had some slash marks and his skin was red underneath. She asked with concern, "What happened to you? Are you okay? Who did this?" not caring about his cold behavior. The girl came up to Bones and gently caressed the marks on his body.

Bones did not shun her away like usual. He said, "Recently the magical creatures have become restless. It happens every time the lunar solstice is close. Tonight some sylphs appeared in the vicinity of the city. One of them was hard to pacify and this happened. Well, it is already healed. You should go to bed. It is late." with that said, he walked to his own room.

Victoria sighed as she looked at him closing the door. The man did not push her away, but he did not let her close as well. A man longing for love becomes very fragile and delicate. One mistake or forceful push and they break apart. Bones had a similar situation at the moment. he longed for warmth, and knew that Victoria could give him that warmth, but who could he accept it so easily?

In his room, Bones had a similar train of thoughts. 'Why did you let her this close? Have you not suffered enough in the past? Wake up. The only salvation you can have in this life is revenge on those who took away your mother from you. Remember your goals.' he laid in his bed gazing at the ceiling blankly as he hypnotized himself.

While outside Victoria also returned to her room, she was also motivating herself not to give up and be patient. She had one advantage in her favor. Bones was half a human, his emotions and morals have been instilled in his mind and soul by his mother, who was a human.

She was a lady who loved and lost it all. She taught her child to be down to earth, and humble. The reason Bones is so cold is all to safeguard himself. Just like how his mother closed the door of her hearts for the world world, even Alucard, the one she gave up everything for.

Victoria was a girl who could interpret human emotions very well. Thanks to her mortal education and also vampiric skills. When she was born she was gifted with a skill called charm. All vampires may be fast and strong but they were not all the same. Even Oleksiy Vlad only got this skill after centuries of aging.

As a vampire age, they gain more skills and grow strong. With all these facts sorted inside Victoria's mind she fell asleep, as for the mystery of the painting, "She decided to ask Bones in the morning."

...

After five minutes, Victoria opened her eyes she sighed and mumbled, "Why does his macho physique revolve in my mind?"

She sat up in her bed and walked out of the room. She spotted Bones in the kitchen, he seemed to be cooking, he wore nothing but a pair of boxers. Victoria pinched herself and winced. She sighed, "It's real, I fell in love with a nudist." as she thought inside her mind.

She cleared her throat and asked, "Bones, what are you doing?"

The man turned to look back at her, Victoria changed her clothes before going to sleep. She was now wearing satin pajama. Her curves and edges were highlighted in all their glory. Bones could not help but caress her body with his gaze. The girl also did not mind as she was doing the same to Bones.

Suddenly a beeping sound attracted them. Bones quickly picked up mittens and took out a roasted chicken carcass from the over. A faint aroma spread throughout the area. Victoria asked, "Are you going to eat alone?"

This was her way of asking, can I eat with you? Bones nodded and said, "You can have a bite if you want to." he ripped a leg of the chicken dipped it in the cause he made and extended it to Victoria.

The girl was a princess you know, when has she ever ate food like this? That too, having another man feeding her. Yet she unconsciously opened her mouth and took a bite of the meat. The tender and juicy meat fell in her mouth and as she chewed on it juices gushed out.

She was engrossed in the taste, she took the whole thing from bones and ate it in fervor. She sighed when she was done with it. She raised her head and saw Bones staring at her. The man slowly landed in and kissed the corner of her mouth. He whispered in her ears gently, "You had some sauce there."

Victoria was shocked. She sensed a beat in her dead heart. In her mind, she screamed, 'Thank god for saucy lips.'