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I slammed my fangs into the side of his neck and prayed I was doing the right thing.

Chapter Twenty-Nine

Benji

Ithought that when I’d closed my eyes, it would have been the last time I ever saw Damyr’s face. So when I opened them to a bright light that burned the backs of my retinas, relief like nothing else flooded through me. The second thing I felt, was a large warm hand wrapped around mine.

Damyr lay in the bed next to me, his eyes fixed on my face. There were some dark circles under his eyes, and he looked like he hadn’t slept in days.

“Hi,” I said, my voice cracked and hoarse.

“Hi,” he replied. I winced. His voice was so loud. “Sorry, you’ll get used to that.”

“Used to what?”

Sorrow filled his gaze, and he stroked a finger along my jaw. “What do you remember?”

I thought back to what happened. I remembered the car wreck, Silas and the coffins. I remembered Silas aiming the gun and the pain as I jumped in front of the bullet. “Did I die?”

“Almost.”

Butterflies fluttered in my stomach. “Did you turn me?”

He nodded. “I had to, or I would have lost you and I wasn’t ready for that. Not when I’d just found you.”

I thought I’d be mad, but actually I didn’t feel anything other than acceptance. “To be honest, before the car wreck, I was thinking I’d probably make this decision anyway.”

Damyr’s face lit up. “Really?”

“Yeah. I’d accepted that what I felt for you, whilst unhealthy, still felt right. I just wasn’t sure that I was quite ready to become a vampire, but I guess Silas made that decision for us. Where is he by the way? Did you kill him?”

“No, I didn’t. He’s in the basement.”

“And what about Vlad?”

“He’s fine. Turns out, Silas had planned to make me watch him tear him apart so there was never any silver in the syringe, just a sedative.”

I rolled over and curled into Damyr, content to be wrapped in his embrace. “Good, I’m glad.” I really would have been sad if the big guy had died. I definitely counted him as a friend and would have missed him if he wasn’t here anymore.

“So where does that leave us?” I asked, my nerves feeling like the edges were fraying.

Damyr took a deep breath and let it out slowly. “Well, it will take you some time to adjust to your new life, but I’m hoping that you still want to be with me. That I can teach you and help you learn how to be a vampire.”

“That sounds perfect to me.” And it did. I wanted to spend the rest of my life with this man who barraged into my life with a gun and a kidnapping. It was crazy, but I knew I was right where I wanted to be. I was home.

“Good,” Damyr said as he placed a kiss on the top of my head. “Now go to sleep and get some rest.”

“Stay with me?”

“Benjamin, nothing would ever drag me away from you. You’re mine and I am not letting you out of my sight ever again.”

Absolutely fucking perfect.

***

A week later and I was already zooming around, trying to sneak up on Vlad and failing miserably. I was definitely learning to hone my skills though. According to Damyr, I’d taken to being a vampire like a duck to water. He was probably biased, and I was merely doing okay, but I didn’t care. I was loving my new life. The only thing missing was Maya and finishing my residency. Damyr had finally fired their previous Doc, and I was filling in for now. I thought I would have found it difficult to be around blood but because I was Damyr’s mate, the only blood that I went crazy for, was his.

We hadn’t mated yet, but I was ready. I was going to surprise him tonight. I had already told Vlad to clear Damyr’s schedule, and he’d looked at me with a knowing grin. I didn’t care if everyone knew what we were doing, I wanted the world to know he was mine. Guess his possessiveness was rubbing off on me.