She took him by surprise as she stood and turned to face him despite his presence over her and the proximity of their lovely lower bits. Taking into account her own response to him commanding her to use her words, this seemed to be in a sharp contrast to her stated desire. At least, this would seem to be the case for the uninitiated and dull few men who couldn't read between lines and wouldn't bother to learn more about Lily in the time they'd spend with her. Briand wasn't surprised by any notion that such an action would run contrary to her words as he knew just by the contact of their skin that her heart didn't desire something purely physical. He was surprised by how bold she could be. How she acted despite his own advances and actions. This princess could be a formidable enemy one day if he wasn't careful. She certainly didn't lack any will in the face of a monster as powerful and twisted as himself. That, or he wasn't doing his own reputation justice. She had an effect over him, that was for certain. Either he wasn't being himself, or he's let her inside not only his literal Cathedral of the Damned but perhaps even the figurative walls of his own heart. In essence: Maybe she enabled him to be the man he couldn't show anyone else?
In either case, the result was the same. They rather enjoyed each other's company. As she took to her tippy toes to kiss him, he grasped her perfect hips in his giant palms as his fingers also gripped around her wonderful curves. His hold on her was at once both intimate and controlling as he pulled her lower body against his own and wouldn't allow her to leave her tippy toes even as she finished their kiss. His face remaining close to her own even if the shade of his hair obscured everything despite his evil eyes. "What do I want?" He pondered the question before responding. "I have either the ability or resources to take, make, or do whatever my creative intuition demands. And yet it rings hollow. These walls. My ambitions for the future of my kin. Empty. I know I must want these things, but I know I don't want them with every last fiber of my being. There remains doubts. As though there is a nagging feeling in my chest that I can't shake." He bite his lip and narrowed his eyes. "Forgive me, my Princess. I don't mean to evade your question. Let me make this a little more direct." He stepped forward, making her sit on the table as he gave her a really deep kiss of his own with his hands on her lower back. As he pulled back, he watched her eyes closely. "Before I found you I didn't know the first thing about what I was missing. And now that I have you I struggle to keep myself from biting you or scaring you. I can't keep myself from needing you." There were undertones playing on his hunger despite his eyes and tone clearly weaving his words together to spell 'Love'.
He cherished her for more than her heritage or her good looks. A creature of his age and experience dancing around the concept of not killing her should have been evidence enough of that. He's closely interwoven with the upper class humans and he's seen beauty before. He's ancient. She was different and the look in his eyes now was unique for her. Just as she is for him.