DRIVEN

Chapter 31

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Killian could tell there was something wrong with his friend, he was being unusually quiet, he'd thrown jabs at him in order to elicit a response from him but it seems he just wasn't in the mood.

Damien was lost in thought thinking about the events of the night before. He had no idea what overcame him in the first place for him to go see her In her room.

And he could see now that he went a little too far with the taunting and that's why he was blessed with a punch to the cheek, damn she hits like a bull. The thought of that forced a laugh out and he failed to cover it on time.

The sound of a throat being cleared snapped him out of his thoughts and he turned towards where the sound emanated from.

Killian was waiting for him with an amused look on his face.

"my guess is your present mood has something to do with your visit to a certain vampire last night"

Damien's head snapped so fast towards Killian's direction that he could swear his neck must have broken somewhere.

" Where did you hear that from? "

"Oh come on your highness, we both know nothing stays hidden for long within this walls and plus I think the king going to see his vampire mate very late in the night and then instructing the guards to leave for some hours while they spent some time alone is newsworthy or don't you think so".

Damien kept mute and that prompted Killian to continue asking his questions.

And judging by how quiet you are this morning, I'd be right to say something happened last night between you and the vampire and you're not telling me, so what is it?, come on spill it out.

Damien poured some wine in his glass and sat to drink

"what makes you think something happened ".

" that's meant to happen definitely cause I'm very sure If you truly went to her room at night , it wasn't to discuss gardening or sword fighting. Hell, I'm not even sure there would be any discussions. I'm pretty sure you'd both be too occupied to remember that the lips are used for something different from what it was used for last night. right my king? ".

Killian had a stupid smirk on his lips as if he knew a secret that no one else did.

" I have no idea as to what your saying Killian, I only went there to get her opinion on some matters of importance".

Damien tried to defend himself by putting on a straight face but it wasn't working, Killian could see right through his lies.

" alright let's get this over with, what really happened last night Damien.

I'm pretty sure it's not what I have in mind ".

"Well, I couldn't get any rest last night because of the mate bond, and I decided to pay her a visit, I had an inkling there might be some talks here and there if the guards were there so I asked them to give us space, she was a bit welcoming at first but then I went too far and I said some hurtful things and then everything went downhill from there and I got a punch to the cheek".

he turned and shows the right cheek to his friend.

Killian's eyes went up in shock and then he couldn't help it, he doubled up and started laughing. He laughed so hard his stomach hurt and he clutched it.

"I'm so sorry but this has to be the funniest thing I've heard all my life, she punched you?!!!, damn she deserves more credit than I give her ".

He turned halfway and met his friend's cold stare.

" So what happened next ", he was more than eager to hear.

" There's nothing to hear, I stopped her from escalating things and then I left the room, that's it ".

" if I didn't hear it from your mouth then I sure as hell would never have believed it That's tough luck bro".

"What can I say, she's a spitfire".

" So what are you going to do about her now ? ".

" I don't know about that for now Killian, I'm just going to wait, you know give her sometime before I go back in to test the waters ".

" Let's hope this time things work out".

" I've got to go train the elite warrior squad right now, want to tag along? ".

" sorry but I have to prepare for a delegation from Badok which will be arriving tomorrow evening to discuss trade matters".

yeah that's right, I totally forgot about that. Well I better leave you to it then, see you later, have fun organizing".

He tosses a boot at him which he narrowly misses as he hurries to exit the room.

"missed me, better luck next time! ".

"you can count on that".