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manner. It seems to be something that just naturally occurs in my family line. You won’t be able to speak with Sully.”
“I don’t want to speak with Sully.” Danny snorted. “I wanted to be able to speak with you.”
Dominic chuckled. “And if we’re mated, you will.”
“Wait.” Danny slapped his hand against Dominic’s chest. “I thought we were already mated.”
“No, chéri. The process has been started, but it’s not finished.
There are a few more steps that need to happen first.”
“For example?” Danny swallowed hard at the feral grin that crossed Dominic’s face.
“I get to claim you and finally find out if that ass of yours is as perfect as I think it is.”
Danny swallowed. “Oh hell.”
Danny’s eyes widened as Dominic stretched out on the bed beside him and stroked the side of his neck. It was probably the softest caress Danny had ever felt in his life, and yet it held the most intense power.
“I’ll bite you here, Danny, like I have in the past, only this time, the mark won’t fade. It will heal, but it will always be there, marking you as my mate.” Dominic tugged on the collar around Danny’s neck.
“You wouldn’t even have to wear this anymore. Everyone would know that you were mine.”
Danny’s eyes widened as he covered the collar with his hand.
“No, I like my collar.”
“I told you that it was yours, Danny. If you want to wear it, then wear it. That’s up to you.”
Danny sucked in his bottom lip and chewed on it. “Will people still treat me like a blood donor, because I have to tell you, it’s not a real happy place to be.”
Dominic stilled. “What do you mean?”
“You vampires are a haughty lot.”
Dominic’s eyebrows shot up. “Haughty?”
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“You treat blood donors, people that give you the blood you need to live, like cattle. You even call them cattle. I’m not saying you have to put us on pedestals or anything, but it wouldn’t hurt you to be nice every now and then. None of your coven would even speak to me.”
“It’s not allowed, Danny.”
“Why the hell not?”
“Because it’s not.”
“That’s not good enough, Dominic,” Danny snapped. “We’re people, just like you. How would you feel if we were mated and someone treated me like cattle?”
“I’d kill them,” Dominic growled. His eyes darkened, threatening to turn red.
“Well, that’s exactly how I’ve been treated in your home, and you honestly want me to mate with you and go back to that? I may love you, but I’ve lived in a house where I was treated like shit before. I won’t do it again.”
“You…” The corded muscles in Dominic’s throat moved up and down as he swallowed. “You love me?”
“That’s beside the point, Dominic.”
“That’s very much the point,” Dominic said as he leapt at Danny and rolled with him across the bed until they settled on the far end, Danny sitting on top of Dominic. Dominic snaked a hand around Danny’s neck and pulled him close. “That’s the most important point.”
Danny’s eyes rounded when Dominic claimed his lips, and then he groaned as his eyes fell closed. Kissing Dominic was like kissing a shooting star. It sent Danny’s senses straight into outer space.
“Dominic,” Danny panted as he reluctantly pulled away from Dominic’s lips. “We still need to talk.”
“We will talk, chéri, I promise.” Dominic’s eyes pleaded with Danny. “Just let me claim you first.”
Danny bit his lip for a moment as he stared down into Dominic’s eyes. “You promise we’ll talk?”
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“Yes! Anything,” Dominic shouted. “I’ll give up the coven if that’s what you want. We can travel the world and see everything. We can do anything you want.”
Danny dropped his head against Dominic’s chest. While he appreciated Dominic’s enthusiasm, Danny wanted to make sure that Dominic understood where he was coming from. He refused to live in a home where he wasn’t comfortable, but he also knew that Dominic was needed as the prince of his coven.
“Your coven needs you, Dominic. I understand that, and I would never come between you and the coven. But things need to change.
It’s not okay for blood donors to be treated like cattle. If we mean so little to you, then why is it you can’t live without us?”
“Danny, I’ve never thought that way, you have to believe me.”