The Dhampir

NICO

So much blood. Why was there so much blood? I licked the wound and it closed, but it still seeped blood. Was she too weak? I should have waited.

“Darina?” She lay still, corpselike in my arms. “Darina, talk to me, dammit.” I placed my cheek against her nose. Her breathing was shallow and her heartrate slow. I picked her up and moved her to my bed.

“Sal! Come to my room. Now!” I shouted into my cell phone. Moments later he knocked on my door and I let him in.

He took one look at my face. “What the fuck did you do, Nico? Is she dead?” He rushed over to her, turning her head to look at the wound on her shoulder. “Did you bite her? Oh, fuck! Is she going to turn into a werewolf like you?”

I growled at him, he had to move away from my mate. “No, I marked her. I don’t know why the mark is still bleeding and she won’t wake up.” I was near to panicking. This was exactly why I didn’t want to do it in the first place. I didn’t know what would happen to a human being marked. If she died, I’