Happiness tickled my tissues, I was fighting a smile that was forcing its way to my lips, threatening to expose the little lie that I had created. The lie that I was asleep while, in reality, I was wide awake, listening to my father, expressing his emotions with just my eyes closed to make it more believable.
I could feel it. The tender love, the care, the worry, and the adoration that he had for me. Those feelings were conveyed in his fatherly kisses on my forehead. He loved me. He didn't adopt me as an asset ... I was important to him. I was not just an asset to the kingdom.
"I hate the vampires, too. We share that in common." When he said those words, I wanted nothing but to wake up and give him a big bear hug.
" Never let anything happen to you again, Princess. Otherwise, I can
