Blood Contract(Wolf Creek Pack 8)(40)
“Dominic?”
“Yes, chéri? ”
“Is it true what Sully said?”
“Yes.”
“Why don’t you want me to know?”
Dominic dropped one of his arms and rubbed the back of his neck.
“It’s not that I don’t want you to know, chéri. I just want you to choose me because that’s what you want. Not because you feel sorry for me.”
Danny’s heart started beating faster. He hid his hands under the sheet when they began shaking. He was so nervous his stomach was clenching. “But you do want me to choose you?”
Dominic’s mouth was hanging open when he swung around. “Of course I do.”
“Then I choose you.”
“Danny, you don’t—” Dominic pressed his lips together.
“Don’t what? Know everything?”
Dominic nodded.
“Did you mean it when you said you loved me?” Danny prayed that he hadn’t imagined those softly spoken words.
“Yes,” Dominic whispered without hesitation.
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“Then that’s all I need to know.”
Dominic took a step forward then paused like he wanted to go to Danny but was afraid to. “You got so upset when I told you.”
Danny shrugged. “You thought I was cattle.”
“No, I didn’t,” Dominic protested vehemently.
“Yes, you did. You said so.”
Dominic’s forehead wrinkled as he frowned. “When?”
“I heard you with my own ears,” Danny said. It still hurt to think of what Dominic had said. “You said ‘Danny is not going to be ruling the coven beside me, Sully. He’s my blood donor, nothing more,’
remember?”
“Oh jeez, Danny.” Dominic rubbed his hand down his face. “You misunderstood what I meant.”
Danny gaped. “How can you misunderstand that?”
“I simply meant you would not be ruling the coven, Danny. That’s not your responsibility. It’s mine. You have other things you want to do with your life, like finish your education. It’s not your job to run the coven.”
“Fine.” Danny clenched his fists. He could understand that part.
He didn’t really want to run the coven anyway. That was a vampire thing. “But how do you explain away me being nothing more than your blood donor?”
“Because, right then, you were nothing more than my blood donor. I had hoped for more, and I thought we were working toward that, but you suddenly decided to stop speaking to me. I figured that was your way of telling me that you didn’t want to be anything but my blood donor.”
Danny groaned as he rolled over and faced the other way. So many opportunities lost because of one simple misunderstanding. If Dominic had just explained what he had said, none of the last miserable days would have ever happened.
“Danny, are you okay?”
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Danny shook his head when he felt the bed dip behind him. He could feel tears starting to gather in the corner of his eyes. He dipped his head and reached up to wipe them away, hoping that Dominic didn’t see them. They were embarrassing.
“Do you want me to let you go, Danny?”
“Hell, no!” Danny rolled over and glared up at Dominic. “I’m just tired of everyone making decisions for me without telling me. Just once, I would like it if someone gave me all the information, biased or unbiased.”
Dominic’s chest heaved as he dropped his eyes to stare down at his hands. “I’ll tell you what I know, but even I don’t know everything.”
“Fine, then tell me what you do know, and we’ll figure the rest out as we go along.”
“Somehow, during our time together, a bond was started between us. I don’t know how it happened or when. I just know that it started.”
“A bond like you have with Sully?”
“Yes and no.”
Danny arched an eyebrow. Dominic chuckled, his face flushing.
“Yes, it’s kind of like that bond, only more.”
“More?”
“We’re mates, Danny. In my world, that holds more distinction than even one of your human marriages. Our souls merge together, as do our life threads, when we mate. Our lives would be intertwined forever. You would live as long as I do.”
“Does that mean I can speak to you mentally like Sully can?”
“It does.”
Danny smiled.
Dominic chuckled. “That really bothers you, doesn’t it?”
Danny felt his face flush as he looked down at his hands.
“Maybe.”
“Danny, not every vampire has the ability to speak telepathically.
I’ve never heard of another vampire being able to communicate in this