“Dom—”
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“You’re glowing, Danny.”
Danny’s head snapped up. “What?”
“Your neck, chéri.” Dominic pointed to the spot on Danny’s neck where the emblem was located. “My claiming mark, it’s glowing.”
Danny’s eyes widened as he lifted his hand and rubbed the spot.
“It’s hot.” He swallowed hard as he racked his brain for anything he might have heard, anywhere, that would explain why the mark on his neck was glowing and hot to the touch. He was coming up completely blank. “Dominic?”
“It’s okay, chéri.”
“How can it be okay?” Danny cried out. “I’m glowing.”
Danny’s eyes nearly popped out of his head when Dominic chuckled. Didn’t his mate understand the severity of the situation?
How could he possibly find it amusing? He was fucking glowing!
“Look, love.” Dominic pointed down at the floor a few feet away from them.
Danny frowned as he looked down. His frown slid away as his eyebrows shot up in shock. The vampire that had attacked him was unconscious, or dead. Danny wasn’t sure which. But he was sure that there was a deep-red rash around the man’s mouth. His lips were blistered, too, like the vampire had been badly burned. He wasn’t moving.
“Is he dead?” Danny whispered.
“If he’s not, he’s going to wish he was. His fangs are gone.”
“How?”
“Strangely enough, they look like they melted away.”
Danny rubbed at the mating mark on his neck again. It was no longer hot, but it also didn’t feel like someone had just bitten him either. The skin was cool and smooth, as if nothing had happened at all. Danny shivered. He was starting to get really freaked out. What if Dominic could never drink from him again? Dominic would die.
Since they were mated now, Dominic could only feed from him. What would happen?
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“Do-Dominic?” Danny’s voice wavered as he thought of the possibility that he would never be able to feed his mate again or experience the pleasure that came from the intimate act. “What if…”
Danny swallowed hard. “What if you can’t—”
“Don’t even say it!” Dominic snapped as he swung around to look at Danny.
Danny blinked. “But—”
“No!” Dominic grabbed Danny and pulled him up against his chest. “This happened for a reason, whatever it was. We were meant to be together, and I refuse to think anything else.”
“But—” Danny cried out and struggled to get away when Dominic suddenly grabbed his hair and tilted his head to one side.
Danny’s eyes widened as he watched Dominic’s mouth open, his fangs extending as he leaned toward Danny’s throat. “No, Dominic, please, you don’t know what will happen. Dominic!”
Danny’s words dwindled away when he felt Dominic’s fangs sink into the soft skin just below his ear. A single tear rolled down his cheek as pleasure flushed his body, the feeling of sadness and bliss warring against each other inside of him with each draw of blood from his body. When Dominic finally extracted his teeth and licked the bite closed, Danny was almost afraid to look at him, afraid of what he would see.
“Look at me, chéri.”
Danny shook his head, squeezing his eyes tight.
“Please?”
Danny felt Dominic’s hand under his chin, raising his face.
Concern for Dominic won over his fear, and Danny opened his eyes.
The air in his lungs rushed out when he found Dominic looking a bit flushed from drinking blood but otherwise unharmed. His hand trembled as he reached out to cup the side of Dominic’s face.
“You’re okay,” he whispered in wonder.
“I am, love.” Dominic grinned. “In fact, I’ve never felt better.”
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Danny blinked. “Neither have I.” Danny was telling the truth. He felt wonderful. Every ache and pain he had suffered at the hands of the attacking vampire was gone. He didn’t even feel a pulled muscle or an itch. He felt invigorated and revitalized, full of life.
Dominic grinned as he brushed his fingers over the mark on Danny’s throat. “I think that this is more than just a simple mating mark, chéri. I think that the ritual we went through really did make your life-giving blood just for me.”
“Huh?”
“Remember what the prince said. May the blood you share give life to each other, and may the power of both keep you safe.” Dominic leaned over and stroked his tongue over the mark on Danny’s neck, making him shudder in pleasure. “Your blood gives me life, chéri, and it keeps you safe.”