Page 10 of I Dated a Golden Vampire
He paused.“You did.I recall that you did.”
She sipped at another juice and made a face.
“You don’t like it?”
“Lots of acid in a mango.”
“Slide it over.”
She slid the glass over, and he took it, drinking from the place her mouth had been.“You are right.Very acidic.”
Cabree asked, “So, how do your teeth work?Do they puncture and hold the wound open while the tissue bleeds?”
He blinked.“Yes.”
“So, you have just lost the enzymes to break down tissue.”
“You know a bit about this.”
“Just a bit.A friend of mine does research with actives.”
He nodded.“But you have escort training, just no practical application.”
“The time to ask that would have been before you signed the contract, but yes.”
“Why?”
“The drinker who was supposed to be my first date mistook my layered clothing for an enlarged body, and he joked with his friends that I would give him high cholesterol.I took offense and nullified him as a candidate.”
Denog blinked.“He said that?”
“He’s in a bonded quad, but he is the only drinker that they had to start me on.”
“I see.”
“Yeah.I know.I am petty as fuck.He didn’t know what I tasted like, so he can be forgiven for his lack in judgment.”
“But your feelings are still hurt.”
She shrugged.“At home, the longer I go between donations, the colder I feel.The reflex is to put on more clothes, so yeah.I look puffy.”
Denog chuckled.“But here, it is warm, so you need less concealment.”
“Yes.”She finished her pineapple juice and then sipped at her water.
“So, are you going to look at me or continue to drink everything at the table?”
“I am debating it.”
He snorted and got to his feet, extending his hand to her.She sighed and followed protocol, letting him guide her to her feet.He offered her his arm, and she slid her hand around his elbow, taking in the island clothing he was wearing at that point.She honestly hadn’t noticed that he was wearing a wrap around his hips and a loose vest of a matching fabric and nothing else.She was wearing more fabric than he was.
His skin was warm, and she wanted to curl up against him, so proximity would not have to be forced.
The two lap sitters saw him moving toward what were obviously his private quarters.They came toward them, and one reached out to touch him, and he growled.
“But, Lord Denog?You said you couldn’t sleep without us.”She used a babyish tone, and her friend nodded in response.
Cabree answered her.She used her best seductive tone.“He is not planning on sleeping.”
