"Of course," Erik says with a tight smile.

It does his soul some real good to see the brightness returning to Pyotr's eyes. If this is what will give the man some zest for life again then, so be it. The arrangement isn't really that disagreeable at all. Except for...

"Yes. Soon. But must I drain you dry? I could drink you until you're weak and dizzy and let you experience that for an entire night. Is it really death you crave or balancing on the knife's edge?"