Blood Contract(Wolf Creek Pack 8)(11)
Dominic slumped back against the pillows and closed his eyes against the glaring light in the room. His head throbbed as tendrils of
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pain wove around his skull. He didn’t even have the strength to lift his hand and massage his temples.
“Dominic?” Sully whispered.
“I’m here,” he replied mentally.
“You used up all your energy, didn’t you?” Sully asked.
“Does he need blood?” Danny asked.
Dominic’s eyes popped open when he heard Danny speak. He looked worried. His dark blond eyebrows were drawn together, wrinkling his forehead. The mattress dipped as Danny sat back down.
Danny was still shaking, but he was sitting down. Dominic’s mouth dropped open in shock when Danny held out his arm.
“I don’t exactly know how this is done,” Danny said, “but you can have what you need.”
Dominic could feel the fear racing through Danny. He knew the man was trying to be brave when all he really wanted to do was run.
Dominic had to admit he was impressed. He hadn’t run into many humans that had Danny’s sense of honor.
“Ask him if he is sure, Sully.”
“Dominic wants to know if you’re sure, Danny.”
Danny’s lips parted as his head swung around to look at Sully.
“He didn’t say a word.” Danny’s head snapped back around. “You didn’t say a word. Your lips never moved.”
Dominic’s lips curled up in amusement as Sully chuckled. He nodded at Sully. “Tell him.”
“Dominic can speak to me telepathically, Danny.”
If anything, Danny’s mouth seemed to drop open even more.
“You’re psychic?”
“He’s not psychic exactly,” Sully explained. With each word Sully spoke, Dominic could see Danny’s eyes widen. “We’ve been together for many years. We have a bond that allows us to speak in this manner.”
Dominic was intrigued when Danny’s eyes suddenly darted away and his face flushed. “You’re lovers?”
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“Not hardly.” Sully started laughing hysterically.
Dominic rolled his eyes. He’d no more sleep with Sully than he would a woman. The man was more like his brother than anything.
He’d never even looked at Sully like that.
“No, no, Danny,” Sully quickly said. “Dominic and I have never been lovers. I tend to like my lovers with a few more bits and pieces than Dominic has. But we’ve been friends for a very long time. Our close association allows us to speak telepathically.”
“Oh,” Danny whispered. His dark blond eyebrows drew together, and he chewed on his bottom lip for a moment as he met Dominic’s eyes. “Is that why I can’t hear you? Because we just met?”
Dominic nodded.
“You don’t have a bond with Dominic,” Sully added.
Dominic cocked his head to one side when Danny’s eyes darted away again. The emotions flowing off of Danny were resignation, and, strangely enough, sadness. Dominic wasn’t used to human emotions. His kind didn’t feel things like humans did. He had no clue how to make Danny feel better.
“Take my blood if you need it.” Danny held his arm out again.
“Really, it’s okay.”
Dominic could feel his gums itch at the prospect of tasting Danny’s sweet, addicting blood once more. He wasn’t sure what he should do. The last time Danny had been unconscious. This time, he was awake and fully aware of what was going on.
“What’s wrong?” Danny asked as his arm slowly lowered to the bed. “I thought you needed it desperately.”
“He does,” Sully answered for Dominic. “He’s just not sure how to take it from you.”
“Don’t scare him!”
Sully shrugged, looking unrepentant. “He might as well find out now.”
“What does that mean?” Danny asked as he looked from Dominic to Sully. “You use a needle, right?”
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Dominic groaned, wishing he could palm his face as Sully shook his head. His longtime friend was not going to explain this correctly.
He could just feel it.
“Okay, Danny. Here’s the deal,” Sully said. “I’m going to lay it all out so you can get the freaking-out part out of the way, and then Dominic can feed.”
“Feed!” Danny shouted as he scrambled off of the bed. “What the hell do you mean feed?”
Dominic growled. Sully looked as though he was having too much fun with this. If he were at full strength, he’d kick the vampire’s ass from one end of the mansion to the other. “Knock it off!”
Dominic could tell Sully was trying to hide the smirk that threatened to emerge. His friend always did have one twisted-ass sense of humor.