Tall, Dark & Heartless (Pyte/Sentinel #3)(48)

Not only would she have to worry about this Master coming after her, but every power hungry Master in the world, because he knew without a doubt that word of her transformation would slip out. Either vampires who wanted a new Master or thought she would be able to change them, make them more powerful, would spread the word or the minions under this Master's protection would give away the information in hopes of being rewarded with immortality. The only way to avoid all the unwanted bullshit that would follow was to get her strength up and get her the hell out of here and fast.

He had to get away from her. If he couldn't get away from her then he'd have to go back to treating her like nothing more than an old obligation. Ignoring her for the majority of the time had worked for him and made it possible for him to be away from her. He needed to get back to that point, to the point where she didn't matter. He moved to go after her and force her to take blood from him, something he wasn't exactly eager to repeat, when he smelled a new set of vampires nearing the door.

With an annoyed sigh, he walked back over to his section of the wall and sat down. He threw Danni a look of warning, but she missed it since her face was now buried in the far corner of the room. Fine, whatever, as long as she didn't give away what they did, then she could have her f**king tantrum. He didn't care.

Thankfully she didn't make a move as their food was brought in and left in the middle of the room. He didn't spare her a glance as he walked over to his cooler and began the process of overfeeding. They didn't have time for this shit. If she didn't want to feed then that was more than fine with him. He'd overfeed now and take care of the problem of the chain. Instead of putting this off for a couple of days to give her a chance to grow accustomed to her new situation, he was going to get her out of here now.

As long as they were still putting all their hopes on Danni they wouldn't try to hurt her to stop their escape, hopefully. Then again if she took a hit that knocked her out they would think that she was dead and wouldn't come looking for her. It wasn't something that he wanted her to experience, but if it helped with their escape then she'd have to suck it up and deal. In the long run, the pain and terror of being put into a void where only pain and fear could be found was a small price to pay if it bought her some more time.

It wasn't until he downed the last drop of his sixth bag of blood that he realized that something was off. A slow warmth soon spread throughout his body as his skin tingled in awareness. He tried to shake off the odd sensations, but it was useless. His heart raced in his chest and his breathing quickened. His eyes shot down to the empty bag in his hands. He brought the bag up to his face and inhaled deeply. When he didn't smell anything he frowned.

The bagged blood he ingested had been laced with something, what exactly he wasn't sure at the moment, but it was more than obvious that they were up to something. Shit! They needed to get out of here, now.

He took a deep breath as he reached for his foot, praying like hell that whatever they'd laced his blood with wouldn't slow down his healing rate.. If he had to he'd create a distraction for as long as he could so that Danni could escape. Hopefully, she'd have enough sense to go into hiding. Then again, the woman was stubborn, he thought with disgust as his grip tightened around his foot. He took another deep breath to prepare himself for what was to come when Danni's scent hit him.

Ah, shit, he thought as his balls tightened up and the head of his c**k tingled as he caught a hint of feminine scent, a scent he'd been working damn hard to ignore. Not taking Danni when she was practically begging for it had been one of the hardest things he'd ever done, but he hadn't wanted to cross that line, hadn't wanted to let go of the memory of the little girl who used to mean everything to him.

But it had been damn close.

He'd never wanted a woman more than he'd wanted Danni. It wasn't difficult to figure out why. She was beautiful, sexy and while he normally preferred women who were soft and pampered themselves in expensive perfumes and covered their bodies in silk, he couldn't deny the way Danni's no nonsense attitude and toned body left him burning.

He wanted to f**k her so badly that he actually ached with need. He was barely aware of anything else going on around him as her scent intensified, causing his c**k to fill with blood. If he didn't get away from her, he was going to do something stupid like f**k her.

"Are you going to sit here daydreaming or are you going to move your ass?" Danni demanded, breaking through his lust filled haze.

He forced himself to focus on the woman kneeling in front of him. It took him a minute before he realized that she was holding up the broken end of his chain. His eyes shot down to the metal cuff still secured around his leg and the piece of twisted metal link that had once secured the cuff to the chain.

What the hell.......

"I wasn't sure it was going to work, but when I saw you trying to twist the chain off," he had? "I thought I'd give it a shot. I guess two Pytes are better than one," she mused as she stood up only to pause, sniff the air, and frown down at him.

"They drugged the blood," he said through gritted teeth and praying like hell that she'd just let it go.

With a shrug she did just that.

Chapter 18

"Stay behind me, Danni," Caine said, surprising her. Not that she was exactly shocked by his attempt to protect her, she wasn't. What shocked her was his willingness to go along with her plan and escape before she learned to master her new skills and get her strength up. He'd seemed pretty adamant about waiting and truthfully she'd been willing to go along with his plan.