Sometimes -- and this didn't make it any easier -- but sometimes you had to make sacrifices in order to reap the benefits at a later date.
There had been a definite connection made, the previous night. It had required a bit of coaxing, of course, and as much as he would claim that his intentions were pure, he was every bit as greedy as the next man when he had a mind to be.
He dozed, not quite asleep not quite awake, as he listened to Stefan move about the room.