Virlaq Kingdom

4

"Alright, so we need to get everything done before 3:00 because that's when my sister gets out of school and we need to greet her at the door," Nick was saying in the limo. He was still wearing his casual outfit, but Don the butler was now them in a pristine suit.

Silver sat next to Nick, who, surprisingly, didn't try to scoot closer to him and kept a casual distance.

"Hey, Mr. Donald, how have was your sleep?" Silver asked. He respected the man immensely for putting up with a castle of vampires for so long.

The butler looked up from his pager, slightly surprised, "Um, fine, thank you, Master Silver,"

"Oh, you can just call me Silver," he smiled, "How long have you been working for the royal family?"

"About ten years," Donald answered, "Ever since the king found out his son was so reckless, he thought he needed a stricter butler."

"He's more like a babysitter," Nick chimed in, "He barely lets me go anywhere, especially now that I'm over 20 and need someone to marry."

"But now, Prince Nicholas has you, Silver," Donald smiled.

Silver rolled his eyes, "I'm flattered, but I don't intend to marry your prince."

"Not yet," Nick waggled his eyebrows, "Besides being a vampire, what don't you like about me?"

"You're too forward, and I'm still convinced you just flirt with every cute thing you see on the street," Silver answered. Nick leaned back in his seat.

"Too forward, eh?" he blinked down at his hands, "Alright, I can change that," he said and looked over at Silver with a smile.

"I'm still not marrying you," Silver narrowed his eyes, "Sorry to disappoint, Mr. Donald."

The butler just gave out a long hum of amusement and turned back to his phone. Silver then turned to Nick, "So what's first on the agenda?"

The prince sighed, "We're going to my animal house."

"You're what?" Silver's eyes widened.

"I have a house for my pets," He answered, "They have maids, but I like to visit for a few hours."

"You have pets?" Silver leaned forward, incredulously. "And you don't, like, eat them"

Nick's eyes widened before let out a hearty laugh that Silver would never admit sounded really adorable.

"You think I eat my pets?" Nick cackled, "Did you think I would eat you too? I wouldn't keep pets if I was just going to eat them. That's called livestock, not pets."

"Well, I just can't imagine you with a pet either," Silver scoffed, "Do have like dogs or something?"

"I have a few dogs, a few cats, a bird, and a fish," he explained, "And I love them all too much to eat them."

"You have animals? But that's so...cute," Silver shook his head, "But you're not cute."

"You don't think so?" Nick winked and poked the side of his cheek, "I think I'm pretty cute," he giggled. He literally freakin' giggled.

In truth, Silver found the prince extremely cute. And really hot most of the time, but he wasn't about to admit that. Telling the prince he was cute wouldn't make him any closer to getting out of the castle. He didn't care if that was how royalty worked, he wasn't going to marry someone he had just met. And he most definitely wasn't going to be turned into a vampire.