bonded, remember? You summoned me. I felt your fear and your pain, and then... well, I came for
you.”
Snod was startled, all too aware of his thoughts shortly before the vampire’s miraculous arrival. “I
summoned you?”
“You were thinking about me, very strongly. That’s all it takes sometimes.” The vampire was
positively smug. “Don’t even try to deny it.”
Snod glared.
“Fine,” the vampire said with a smirk, reaching for the first aid kit. “You don’t want my blood, that’s
your loss. I can at least patch you up—”
“Don’t touch me,” Snod said sharply, sitting up and trying to scoot away from him.
The vampire flashed his fangs as he drawled, “Really? After everything we’ve been through? I save
your life twice, but now all of a sudden, I’m an unholy monster again?”
Snod’s insides churned. He remembered all too well what they had shared together. He also recalled
how vile it had left him feeling once the glow had faded. He again said nothing, his silence speaking
volumes.
“Everything you need to clean up is in the kit,” the vampire said flatly, face blank. “There’s food and
drink in the kitchen if you want it.” He blinked away, reappearing with a pair of pajamas and
dropping them on the table. “Clean clothes if you want to change.”
Snod watched the vampire suspiciously, trying to remind himself that even being near this creature
and allowing it to live was forbidden.
But he was being so nice...
And he was still so very beautiful.
A surge of lust ignited deep inside of Snod that he tried to ignore. He was surprised when he saw the
vampire’s eyes suddenly flutter and his lips part as if responding to what he was feeling.
“You have food?” Snod quickly asked. “For what, all of your victims?”
“For my friends,” the vampire replied dryly, now acting as if nothing had happened. He did crack a
tiny smile, unable to resist teasing, “You know what those are, right? Friends?”
“Yes,” Snod growled ferociously.
“You’re so easy to piss off,” the vampire snorted, standing up and clapping his hands together. “And
as much as I would love to keep watching you make grumpy faces, I have to get ready for work. Stay
