Hot, sweet blood filled his mouth, overwhelming Chase to the point that stars began to dance in front of his eyes. Nothing had ever tasted so sweet. No one had ever brought him as much pleasure as his little mate.
Chase drank until he felt he had taken enough to cement their bond and then licked the wound closed and leaned back. He brought his arm up and bit into it until his own blood flowed freely and then pressed it against Taylor’s mouth.
Taylor’s eyes widened as if he had just realized what Chase was doing, but it was too late. The man’s soft inhale ensured that Chase’s blood got into Taylor’s system. The moment Chase felt a tickling at the back of his head, white light flashed, and he exploded into ecstasy.
Chase tossed back his head and roared out his release. His pulse pounded as he felt the knot at the end of his cock thicken and take hold inside Taylor’s tight ass. Movement became nearly impossible. Chase just gently rocked his hips back and forth as he stared down at the man that now owned him.
His mate.
Chapter 6
Justin groaned and covered his eyes as they fluttered open. “Lights,” he whispered, hoping someone would lower the lights. They were so bright he was blinded. His eyeballs ached.
The light seeping in past the arm he held over his eyes suddenly turned dark. Justin slowly lifted his arm and opened his eyes, and then lowered his arm to his chest.
“Hey, how are you feeling?”
Justin turned to see a man with sunlight-blond hair sitting next to him. His brown eyes were filled with worry, which Justin found strange considering he didn’t know the man.
“Hello,” Justin said.
The man smiled, and Justin suddenly had the idea that someone somewhere would find the man extremely attractive when he smiled. He just wasn’t Justin’s type.
“I’m Danny.”
“Justin.”
“You have quite the bump on the back of your head.”
“I do?” Justin raised his head a fraction of an inch and felt around the back of his head, wincing when his hand brushed over a small raised bump on his scalp. Wha— “Rufus.”
“Rufus?” Danny asked.
“Some idiot at the diner that thought I was trying to take Flo from him.”
“Flo? Who’s Flo?”
Justin chuckled lightly because anything more than that made his head throb. “The waitress at the diner. I was just being nice to her, but Rufus got jealous. He attacked me when I left the diner, warned me away from her. Funny thing is, though, I think Flo is involved with Sal.”
“Sal?” Danny sounded so confused.
“I think he’s the cook.”
“You think?” Danny’s eyebrows drew together. “I thought you knew these people.”
“Nope.” Justin had the urge to chuckle again but held it in when Danny began to look at him strangely. “I just went into the diner to get something to eat. I never met any of them before in my life.”
“Wow.” Danny pushed his hair back with his hand, blowing out a soft breath. “I think you might even be more screwed up than I am, and I really didn’t think that was possible.”
The laughter Justin had been holding in burst out of his mouth. He didn’t have a clue who Danny was, but he was pretty sure he was going to like the guy. Danny was hilarious and obviously said whatever came out of his mouth.
“Well, well,” said a strong, deep voice from the doorway. “I see you’ve awoken. How are you feeling?”
“Uh…” Justin swallowed hard when he got a good look at tall, dark-haired, domineering man. Wow, did they feed people entire sides of beef around here? “I’m good, thank you.”
“This is Dominic, my mate,” Danny said as he beamed up at the man as he came to stand next to Danny.
“Prince Dominic Xavier Lucian Ruelle”—the man bowed—”at your service.”
Justin’s eyebrows peaked when he saw two white fangs peeking out over Dominic’s lower lip. Oh hell. It looked like his luck had just gotten worse. Maybe he should have stuck with Rufus. At least the backwoods man hadn’t had fangs. All he had had was a big beefy fist and a bad attitude. “You’re a vampire.”
Dominic frowned and glanced down at Danny for a moment, and then back up at Justin. “Yes, I am.”
Oh boy.
“Do you know Prince Zacarius Ivinovav?” Please?
“I do.”
“Are you friends?”
A small smile began to perk at Dominic’s lips. “We are.”
Justin blew out a deep, relieved breath. “Oh, thank the gods.”
“Why is this so important to you?”
“Because you’re a vampire.” Duh. “If you aren’t friends with Prince Zacarius, then I am in a lot more trouble than I thought.”
Dominic’s dark eyebrows drew together as his forehead wrinkled into a frown. “I’m not sure I understand.”
“Prince Zacarius is sort of my future brother-in-law.” Was that the way to explain his relationship to the prince? Prince Zacarius was mate to Devlin, Chase’s brother. Even if Chase didn’t claim Justin, he could still claim the prince as family. Maybe that would keep this guy away from him. “I figured if you knew him, and you were friends, you wouldn’t drain me dry.”
Dominic stiffened and stood straight as a rod. Justin suddenly had the impression that he had offended the prince, and that was very bad. “We only feed on blood donors. It is against our laws to take from those that do not wish it.”
“Yeah, just for the record, I don’t wish it.” Justin wasn’t sure if he was offending the prince further, but he had to make the fact known that he wasn’t on the menu.
Dominic’s frown deepened as if the vampire prince was even more confused than before. “Why on earth would we use you for a blood donor?”
Was that an insult? “Because I have blood?”
“But you are a vampire. We do not generally drink from other vampires unless we are mated to them, as I am to Danny.”
Justin’s eyes widened, and then he began to laugh. “A vampire? Me?” Justin laughed harder, wrapping his arms around his
