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That had been put on hold when he started getting sick. Danny had just lost interest. All he had was his blood. If Dominic no longer needed his blood, he would no longer need Danny.
“Dominic?”
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“Once we’re fully mated…” Dominic grimaced. “If you will mate with me, then I’ll be unable to drink from anyone else for the rest of my life.” Dominic looked up at Danny, apprehension clear in his vivid blue eyes. “If I drink from anyone else, it will kill me.”
Danny started to growl at the idea of Dominic dying, until the man’s words really sank into his head, and then his jaw dropped open in shock. “I’m the only one that can feed you?”
“If we become mates, yes.”
“And if we don’t?”
“Then we don’t.” Dominic’s eyes dropped away again. “Until our bond is complete, you can still say no.”
“Tell him the rest of it, Dominic.”
Danny jumped in surprise when someone spoke from across the room. He leaned up and glanced over Dominic’s shoulder to see Sully sitting in a chair by the door. He looked like he had been there awhile.
He also looked disheveled and exhausted.
“Are you okay, Sully?”
“I’m fine, squirt. Just a little tired.” Sully smiled weakly then waved his hand at Dominic. “Make him tell you the rest of it.”
“The rest of what?” Danny glanced back at Dominic. “Dominic, what’s he talking about?”
Dominic smiled and planted another kiss in the palm of Danny’s hand. “It’s nothing, chéri. Sully is just being overly dramatic, as usual.”
“Damn it, Dominic,” Sully shouted as he jumped up from his chair and stormed across the room. “Tell him the damn truth before I do, and we all know what a smooth tongue I have.”
“No!” Dominic snarled.
The sound of Dominic’s raised voice freaked the shit out of Danny. When Dominic suddenly rolled over and hissed at Sully, Danny just laid there and stared at him. Had he ever seen Dominic this angry? “Will one of you tell me what in the hell is going on?”
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“Nothing, chéri,” Dominic said as he rolled back over, his features softening as he looked at Danny.
“It must be something or Sully wouldn’t be freaking out over it.”
“It’s nothing, really.”
“Dominic,” Sully growled. “I mean it. Tell him or I will.”
“No!” Dominic shouted as he turned to face Sully again. “Danny will decide to mate with me or not, but I will not have his decision influenced because he feels sorry for me.”
“Dominic,” Sully said, “you will die.”
“Sully,” Dominic growled, “I’m warning you.”
Danny reached over and smacked Dominic on the back of his head. Dominic yelped and turned to look back at him, rubbing his head. “What did you do that for?”
“Sully is your friend. He’s just looking out for you.” Danny narrowed his eyes at Dominic. “Now stop arguing, and tell me all of it. If you want me to decide something, then I need to know everything. Don’t act like my father. That’s how I got into this position in the first place. Remember?”
Dominic pressed his lips together. Danny rolled his eyes and looked beyond Dominic to where Sully stood glaring down at Dominic. “Well, since he doesn’t seem to be able to find his tongue, you’d better tell me.”
“The bond between you two has already started.” Sully crossed his arms over his chest. His shoulders slumped as if some of the fight had gone out of him. “Whether you mate with him or not, it’s too late for Dominic. He’s already mated with you. There’s no going back.”
Danny could feel his hand trembling as he turned to look at Dominic, but the man wouldn’t look back. Dominic just hung his head. “What does that mean?”
“If you deny him, he’ll die. He is no longer able to drink from anyone else.”
Danny glanced back at Sully. “I’ve never denied him my blood.”
“He needs more than your blood, Danny. Dominic needs you.”
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Danny shivered in apprehension. What in the hell did he know of mates and vampires? Sully could be feeding him a pile of shit a mile long and he wouldn’t know the difference. “Why?”
“Enough!” Dominic snapped as he rolled off the bed and stood up.
He pointed to the door. “Go, Sully.”
“Dom—”
“I said go.” Dominic’s rough tone brooked no argument.
Sully sighed deeply then turned on his heel and walked out of the room, leaving Danny and Dominic alone. Danny laid there on the bed, waiting for Dominic to say something, anything. When he just walked over to the window and leaned his hands against the frame, staring out through the glass, Danny’s heart began to sink.