The door to the drawing room opened. Serana looked in to see Stefan sitting by the fire engrossed in a book he had picked up from the book shelf. He looked up as he saw Serana. He beamed at her. Serana beamed in return.

"Are you alright?"she asked.

"Yes," he said. "I was just reading this book. It's most intriguing."

He showed her the cover. It read, 'The Immortal Blood'.

Serana beamed at him, exposing her fangs.

"What were you and Valerica doing?"he asked.

Serana entered the room and kissed him from behind before taking a seat next to him by the fire.

"Mother wanted to show me something,"she said. "Something for our wedding."

"Lovely," he said.

"But you can't see it until the day," she explained. "It's bad luck."

"Understood,"said Stefan.

She got up and sat on his lap, she then put her arm around him and kissed him deeply. They sat in silence together, staring into the fire. Serana rested her head on his shoulder, their eyes met and she kissed him once again. He stroked her hair and touched her face gently. It was addictive, feeling her cold body against his. Serana kissed his neck, scratching his skin with her fangs once again.

"Stefan," she whispered scratching his neck with her fangs. "I'm hungry."

He reached down and began to draw his iron dagger.

"No," she said. "I'm hungry for you."

She kissed him once more. Deeply and more forcefully. Stefan ran his fingers through her hair and down her back slowly. He kissed and bit her neck gently. Serana made a small noise of pleasure.

"Stefan," she whispered desperately. "Stefan."

Their lips met and they kissed lovingly again. He kissed her face and moved down to her neck. He kissed her collarbone and moved down to shoulders. Serana threw her head back and closed her eyes.

Her long hair billowed behind her. He kissed her collar, moving down her neck slowly towards her chest. Serana ran her fingers through his long, red hair. He moved up to her her face and kissed her passionately once again.

"Serana," he whispered. "Serana."

"Yes my Stefan," she replied.

"We shouldn't," he said.

"Why?"asked Serana as she fumbled with his armour.

"We're not married," he replied. "We should wait."

Serana unbuckled his armour and kissed his neck her fangs grazing his skin.

"I've waited a thousand years for you," she whispered firmly. "I can't wait any more."

Stefan ran his hands down her back. He moved them around her waist and fiddled with the buckle at the front of her armour. He then opened her armour and crept his hand up her bare, white skin. His hand cupped her breasts. Serana made a small noise of pleasure as his warm hand made good with her cold skin. He kissed her neck lovingly as he touched her.

Serana adjusted her position so she was straddling his waist. She kissed him deeply and forcefully. He moved his lips down her torso, kissing her cold skin lovingly. Serana grabbed his head and pulled on his long hair.

"Stefan,"she cried softly. "Stefan."

He moved his hands down her back. His warm hands and lips caressing every part of her cold flesh. Serana could feel his heartbeat increasing rapidly.

"Oh goodness," she gasped. "Your heart is beating so fast for me."

In one movement he took hold of her waist and stood up. Serana wrapped her legs around him and fixed her arms around his neck. She was kissing him intently as he carried her from the chair and lay her on the fur rug in front of the fire. He lay her down and mounted her. He kissed her slender body lovingly, slowly moving down her chest to her stomach. Serana made a small noise of intense pleasure.

Their lips met and he kissed her again. He pulled her up to the sitting position and ran his fingers through her tousled hair. Serana pulled off his under shirt. She kissed him again as he lay down again on the fur rug. He pulled off her boots and he clumsily removed his own with his feet. He then looked into her eyes as he lay on top of her.

"Nervous?"he asked.

Serana could see that he was sweating. Little beads of sweat glinted in the light of the fire.

"No," she whispered. "You?"

He kissed her reassuringly.

"No,"he replied.

Serana pulled him closer to her and kissed him deeply once more. The fire burned brightly, casting elongated shadows of their amorous activities across the large drawing room walls.