Gold Digger

"What do you think?" Vladimir asked as he stood there thrumming with uncertainty.

"So you are saying this is my room?" Esmeray inquired with an arched brow.

"Yes and if you don't like anything you can change it in this chamber and even in the castle. It's now your home. You can do anything you seem to like." Rubbing the back of his neck, Vladimir gave her a nervous smile which was a new sight. During the time she had lived with Vladimir, he had been many things but nervousness wasn't one of them. He was cold, aggressive, manipulative, blunt, and nasty yet anxious wasn't one of them.

She was his bride and the way Esmeray had found him crying for a bride he had never met, had made Esmeray long to be his woman. She had thought the first thing Vlad would do after finding his bride was to put his mark on her in a sexily barbaric manner like Vampires usually did. But he acted totally out of character with her. During their tour of the castle out of the corner of her eyes she saw him tryi