Tall, Dark & Heartless (Pyte/Sentinel #3)(42)

Why that made him smile, he didn't know, but it did. "Is that all?" he asked, chuckling ruefully as he dropped his hands from her face and took one of her hands into his and gave it a gentle tug, leading her towards the mattress.

"Is that all?" she repeated in disbelief. "Shouldn't that be enough? It's really disturbing," she said, allowing him to lead her for a moment. "What are we doing?" she asked as they neared the mattress.

"Feeding you. I'm sorry I should have realized that you were hungry. The sooner we get you fed, the sooner you should be able to shift your eyes and teeth back to normal," he explained in a soft whisper, knowing she would be able to hear him perfectly, but the vampires on the other side of the door wouldn't.

Although a vampire's hearing was stronger than a human's it was a great deal weaker than his. If an Alpha shifter were posted on the other side of the door they'd be screwed. Since Alphas retained their abilities in human form they'd be able to hear everything going on in this room, but they would have scented the change in Danni the second his blood mixed with hers. The vampires on the other hand wouldn't smell a goddamn thing. To them he smelled human and wouldn't realize that he was different until his eyes shifted or his fangs dropped. Then again, if they tried to feed from him they'd get a rather nasty surprise as his blood slowly and painfully killed them.

"How do I drink from the bag?" she asked as he gestured for her to get on the mattress.

He ran his eyes over her na**d wet body and cursed himself for not wrapping her in a towel first, but that would have ruined the image that he was trying to create. Having her na**d was for the best, he decided as he hooked his thumbs in his wet boxer briefs and shoved them down, glad that he was no longer sporting an erection, well not much of one anyway.

Danni's eyes widened as his free foot stepped out of the underwear. She scooted back on the mattress, her eyes landed on his crotch and widened impossibly further. Of course, the damn thing decided that it liked the attention and decided to say hello.

"You can't drink from a bag, Danni, because it will give us away. You're new and there's no way you'd be able to pull the bag away fast enough to cover the evidence of what you did if someone came walking through that door," he explained as he moved to kneel on the bed, deciding that it would be best for everyone if he pretended that his c**k wasn't hardening and reaching out for her.

It was a little unnerving that his body was reacting to Danni this way. He'd known her since she was a little girl and until recently it had been difficult for him to think of her as anything but the little girl that used to hug his leg, giggling as he walked her to school. Judging by the way his body reacted to her, it damn well knew she wasn't that little girl anymore, but he forced himself to ignore the hunger she was stirring in him. They had a lot more important things to worry about at the moment other than how badly he wanted to bury himself in her body. That thought made him inwardly cringe. His body might be on board and his mind was getting there, but it was still very strange for him to be thinking about her like this.

"What are you suggesting?" she asked, eying him warily as he reached out and grabbed her ankles. With a slight tug and a rather impressive stream of curses from her, he had her on her back and glaring up at him.

"You're going to have to feed from me and we're going to have to make this look like we're ha**ng s*x to cover it," he explained casually as he moved to hover over her only to find himself shoved back by a well placed foot on his chest.

"We are not having sex!" she hissed quietly.

He nearly rolled his eyes at that. "I said look like, Danni. You really need to pay attention," he explained rather patiently, he thought as he grabbed her ankle and moved her foot away from his chest. "It's the only thing that I can think of to cover up what you'll really be doing."

"Look," she said, nervously licking her lips as her eyes shot desperately to the cooler, "we really don't need to do this. As soon as I hear someone coming I'll pull the bag away and look the other way until I feel my face go back to normal."

She was nervous. His little Danni was finally afraid of something, he realized with a shit eating grin that he didn't even bother to hide. When she spotted his grin and scowled in his direction he couldn't help but chuckle.

"What's so funny?" she demanded as she tried to move away from him, but he grabbed her foot and gave it a good yank that had her falling on her back before he pulled her closer and once again moved over her.

"I just never thought that I'd see the day when Danni Jorgenson would be scared," he said, loving the scent she gave off when she was angry.

"I'm not afraid," she bit out between clenched teeth even as she sent a hopeful look in the direction of the cooler.

"Really? Then what's the problem?" he asked, carefully lowering himself on her and mindful of the damn erection that wouldn't go away. It was something he could ignore. He'd learned long ago how to ignore his body. It was the only way he could survive f**ked up situations and keep his mind intact. It had certainly come in handy a time or two, now being one of those times.

His mind barely registered how good her wet warm body felt beneath his as he positioned himself on his elbows above her and moved his head to the right to block the view of anyone who entered the room. He held himself perfectly still as he waited for her to feed. After a few minutes it became more than obvious that she wasn't going to feed so of course he goaded her into doing it.