SEVENTY-SIX

CALEB/DOMINIC POV

I try to find my way through the darkness. I have been going crazy. I haven't been able to talk to Dominic for some time and I wonder what is going on, as he has never blocked me out like this. He has never sent me into the darkness and kept me there. Just as I have never knowingly done that to him, we have always had an understanding between us, even when we were hunting and when we found her our mate...

I then see a small sliver of light. It starts low and then gets brighter and brighter. Wanting to be out of the darkness, I blindly move into it. I begin to stir as I feel the bed I seem to be laying on dips and I hear a sweet female's soft voice,

"Go back to sleep, my King. You need the rest."

Then it hits me 'The Need' I feel so thirsty I need to feed, I need blood, I turn over, wrap her in my arms whispering along her neck allowing my fangs to lengthen, not really caring if I scare her or not,

"No, I don't need rest. I need you."

I don't think I just react as I