"I had a plan. A nice, and simple plan.," confessed the vampire, a faintly disappointed smile playing on his lips. "Seduce you, sleep with you," he paused momentarily, choosing his words with care. "Manipulate your feelings so that you’d never turn on me." he finished, giving a nervous, self-deprecating chuckle.

This twist of events was far from what he had anticipated. His evening was supposed to follow a different script, and his relationship with you was not meant to evolve in this manner. But now, Astarion found himself unable to continue denying the depths of his feelings for you.

"It was easy.," he confessed, his voice barely above a whisper. "All you had to do, was fall for it.. and all I had to do.." Astarion paused again, his gaze intense. "Was not fall for you."