Chapter Six

H enry woke slowly, blinking his eyes several times before they finally opened. He was warm and for the first time in days, he felt okay. No, he actually felt good. Stretching, he paused when he realized there was someone else in bed with him. Rolling his head on the pillow, he stared into the dark eyes of the man next to him.

Sitting up, he watched the stranger watch him. No, this man wasn’t a stranger, not in the biblical sense. They’d fucked at the club. He was the one who had passed on whatever he had to Henry.

“How the fuck did you get into my apartment?”

The man gave him a sadistic smile, then disappeared. Henry scrambled back, blinking rapidly, unable to comprehend what had just happened. He landed with a thump on the floor, then almost screamed when the man reappeared next to him.

“I’m only going to say this once, because I can’t be bothered to repeat this to you.” He pointed to his chest, “My name is Gray and I’m a vampire and unfortunately for me, you are my mate.”

Henry continued to stare up at the man, then shook his head, his mouth falling open. Nothing came out, but he couldn’t move or do anything. His mind had stopped working.

The other man sighed heavily, rolling his eyes. “Henry, yeah?” Henry somehow managed to nod once at the question. It had been a question, hadn’t it? “I’m Gray.”

“Gray.”

“Yes, that’s right, Gray.”

And now the man was speaking to him like he was a child and that snapped Henry out of his stupor. Scrambling to stand, he glared at Gray. “How did you get into my apartment?”

“Need another demonstration, do you? Was the first one not good enough?” Gray disappeared, then reappeared on the opposite side of the bed. Holding his arms wide, he said, “Ta da!”

Henry stared at the spot Gray had been standing, then over to where he was now. “Teleportation?”

“Wow. You know words with more than one syllable. I am impressed.”

Henry didn’t respond. He wasn’t going to engage in whatever Gray wanted. “Please leave.” Being civil in this situation would be better.

“Oh, I wish I could, but unfortunately for both of us, we’re fucked.”

“Once and you didn’t use protection. I had to get checked out because—”

“Vampire.” Gray pointed to his chest. “Can’t pass any of those human diseases so you’re safe.”

Henry pointed to Gray. “Insane. Deluded. Out of my apartment now or I’ll call the cops.” He spread his legs, steadying himself in case Gray attacked him. He needed to be ready for anything.

“Go ahead and call them. I’ll just disappear when they arrive. You know, like I just did.” Gray suddenly appeared next to Henry, causing him to stumble back. “Boo.”

“Fuck off,” Henry snapped. “How old are you? I’ve seen children behave more mature.”

Gray growled. “I have a human mate—”

“Henry. The name is Henry, so use it.”

“I won’t use your name even when we’re fucking.”

Snorting, Henry moved away from the insane man in front of him. “Like that’s going to happen again and I’m in a relationship.”

“Really? Yet there you were in the club, spreading your ass for me to fuck.”

“Open relationship, which we’re both happy with, and you weren’t that good of a fuck. Not for me to want to return for seconds.” Okay, he was lying about that. Gray had rocked his world, but no chance was he telling the deranged lunatic that.

“Now we both know you’re lying.”

Arching an eyebrow, Henry grabbed his cell and held it up. “Get out or I call the cops.”

Gray snarled, fangs flashing, and Henry swallowed. They sure looked real, and when Gray appeared in front of him again, Henry barely held back his scream. He scrambled with Gray when Gray grabbed his shoulder and neck and pulled his head to one side.

Henry’s eyes widened as Gray bit him, then his body shuddered. That shouldn’t feel good, but it did. His body trembled when he felt the bed against his back, and he moaned when Gray palmed his dick. He lay, his body heating up until he exploded and cried out.

He barely had time to come down from his orgasmic high before Gray grabbed him by his hair and snarled in his face. Henry swallowed, seeing blood, his blood on Gray’s fangs. “You’re mine and no one else’s. I hate it, but it is what it is. No one touches you. No one. The casual boyfriend fucks off or I’ll deal with him.”

Gray stood and Henry stared at him, his body tense, waiting to see what he would do next. The man thing was clearly unhinged, and Henry had to be careful how he dealt with him. Ignoring the come drying in his boxers, Henry sat up slowly and watched Gray glare at him.

“I need some time to adjust to all of this,” he murmured. “It’s a lot to take in.”

“Do what you have to.”

One second Gray was standing watching him and the next he was gone, leaving Henry alone in his apartment. He didn’t move one single inch, waiting in case the madman returned. When it became clear he had actually left, Henry slumped forward, running his hands through his hair.

What the fuck had just happened? Had it really happened or was he still ill and this was all a hallucination? Lifting his hand, he ran the tips of his fingers over his neck, feeling two raised bumps where Gray had bitten him. Swallowing, Henry sat up and stared at the wall in front of him.

His mind was blank. He didn’t move. He barely breathed until he scratched his abs. Closing his eyes slowly, Henry breathed deeply for a minute, then snapped them open when the front door opened.

“Hey Henry. It’s me. How are you feeling?”

Henry jumped up and ran to the bathroom, shutting and locking the door behind him. He quickly turned the shower on and jumped inside, jerking when the ice cold water touched his skin. “In the shower!” he shouted.

He didn’t need Jess right now. His casual boyfriend was the last person he needed to see. He shoved his wet boxers off and scrubbed the come away, then tilted his head to one side so the water could rain on the bite mark. He touched it again and he could barely feel the raised bumps.

The knock on the door made him jump, and he turned the shower off and grabbed a towel. “One minute!”

“I’ll be waiting in bed for you.”

“Shit,” he murmured. The last thing he wanted to do was fuck Jess, and that was strange. Jess and he had a great sex life, so his dick not reacting at all had Henry wondering if what Gray had said was true.

Unlocking the bathroom door, Henry opened it and smiled at Jess, who was naked and on his bed. Jess opened his arms and grinned. “Get over here. I haven’t seen you in days. Lose the towel, babe.”

Henry took a hesitant step toward Jess, then another. He knew how this would end. Him on the bottom with Jess fucking him hard and deep, and he loved sex, so why wasn’t he rushing over there? He dropped the towel as he neared the bed and grunted when Jess sat up and pulled Henry onto the bed next to him.

Rolling on top of him, Jess took Henry’s lips in a deep kiss, then lifted his head. “Missed you.”

Henry nodded, then returned Jess’ kiss, hoping his body would react. His dick did twitch, but he wasn’t hard like he would normally be. Jess noticed and leaned back, staring down at him. Then moved down to settle between Henry’s thighs. Henry watched Jess lick his dick, then suck the head into his mouth, moaning softly. Jess knew what he was doing, and it didn’t take him long to get Henry hard and ready.

A wet finger probing his ass had Henry arching up, all thoughts about Gray fluttering away. Gray who? When two fingers slid inside, he moaned again and spread his legs wider, but there was still a disconnect. It was like he was there but not, and Henry couldn’t understand why he was feeling this way. He wanted sex, but he didn’t at the same time. His body reacted to the things Jess did to it, but there was a distance between them, and Henry couldn’t understand or even explain it.

If Jess stopped and left, Henry would be fine with that and that in itself was unusual. Henry couldn’t find the words to explain how his body felt. He wanted sex, but again, he didn’t. What the hell was going on with him? Why was he behaving this way?

Three fingers stretched him wide, and Henry shuddered when they brushed his prostate. It felt good, but there seemed to be something between him and the way his body felt, like a filter. When Jess rolled over him and slid inside, Henry arched up. Now maybe his body would fully be engaged.

He wrapped his arms and legs around Jess, holding him as Jess moved above him. Henry kissed him, moaning when Jess changed the angle and hit his prostate. He didn’t loosen his grip on Jess, his body floating in pleasure, but it was still there. This distance that had Henry questioning why he was doing this, but it didn’t stop him.

When Jess came, Henry let his arms and legs fall to the side and said nothing as Jess slid free and lay next to him. Henry hadn’t come, and he lifted his head, watching his erection wither away. Maybe Gray had been telling the truth, and that was something Henry didn’t want to think about.

Jess stood and went to the bathroom to dispose of the condom, then came back and lay back on the bed. “What are you doing for the rest of the day?” He smiled at Henry in a way Henry knew. Jess wanted to spend the day in bed fucking, and normally Henry would be right on board with that, but one glance at his dick told another story.

“I have to go to work.”

“I thought you had today off?”

“I did.” Henry needed to think quick. “One of the guys phoned in sick, so I said I’d help out.”

“Come on. I haven’t seen you in days and I want to spend time with you. I changed today so we could spend it together.”

“I’m sorry. I should have said something, but it slipped my mind. I haven’t been feeling great myself but I’m better now.”

“Yeah, I meant to ask how you were.”

“I’m good now, but I have to shower and get ready for work.”

“We could have a shower together.” Jess stood with his dick already hardening, and Henry swallowed. Hard. His body was not happy with that at all, so he gave Jess a small smile and shook his head. “What?”

“I have to be quick.” He made a show of looking at the clock. “I don’t have time.”

“When have you ever said no to sex?” Yeah, Jess was right to ask that, because Henry never turned down the opportunity to fuck.

“I know, I know, but this one time I have to even if I don’t want to.” Henry looked Jess up and down and leered at him. “I have you and here I am saying no. Can’t believe that’s actually happening.”

“Neither can I! Come on Henry. We can fit a quickie in.”

“Not right now. Get dressed while I shower.”

Jess narrowed his eyes at Henry. “You’re seriously saying no?”

“This one time. That’s all.”

Jess shook his head and grabbed his jeans off the floor. “Fine. When do you get off work?”

“Ten, I think.”

“We can go out and hit the clubs, then have some fun.”

“Sure we can.” Henry plastered a smile on his face and watched Jess finishing dressing. Once he was done, Jess left and Henry fell back on the bed, sighing heavily. “Fuck.”

Fuck Gray. What the fuck had the man done to him?