Gabriel's Mate

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Author: Tina Folsom
vampire blood.”
    “How much?” Gabriel asked, even though it didn’t matter. He’d give her as much as she needed. However many pints of his blood she wanted, he would happily supply it.
    “I don’t know yet. I’m afraid we’ll have to wing it.” The doctor gave a shrug.
    Gabriel unbuttoned his left sleeve and shoved the fabric back to his elbow. “I’m ready.”
    “When did you last feed?” the doctor asked, concern etched in his face. Suddenly he was all focused, his flippant attitude gone.
    “A few hours ago.”
    “Good.” He waved Gabriel to the other side of the bed. “Get onto the bed and sit next to her. I need you to open your vein. I’ll hold her mouth open, and you’ll have to start dripping the blood into her.”
    Gabriel nodded and did as the doctor asked. He sat next to her on the bed. Willing his fangs to extend, he pierced his own wrist with them. Droplets of blood instantly appeared.
    In the background, he heard the door open and close. Samson had obviously decided not to watch. Gabriel didn’t care—he didn’t need his boss’ approval. This was his decision to make. His case. But Gabriel knew full well that this was not merely a case for him—this woman meant more. He didn’t know why, but he trusted his instinct enough to know what he had to do. And his instinct had never failed him.
    Keeping her alive was his mission now.
    ***
    Maya was cold. A shiver racked her frame. She tried to curl into a ball to preserve her body’s heat, but all her muscles felt stiff and unresponsive to her brain’s demand. She felt paralyzed.  When she sensed a movement next to her, she realized she lay on a bed. As the mattress depressed next to her, heat reached her. Whoever—or whatever—was next to her provided warmth, and she craved it.
    Trying to move the millstone holding down her chest, she fought against the heaviness of her body and shifted herself ever so slightly to her left. As if the heat source knew what she wanted, it came closer, and a moment later it pressed against her side. Suddenly warmth flooded into her, and she let out a contented sigh.
    But the moment she tried to take a deep breath, her lungs stung from the effort, and a bolt of pain shot through her body. Pressure built in her lungs as they were unable to expel the carbon dioxide. She felt like drowning.
    She opened her mouth to force herself to cough, to push out the used air, but before she could do so, she felt a hand at her mouth holding it open. Then drops of warm liquid hit her tongue. She wanted to scream. But all she could do was to swallow before the liquid would drown her.
    The more she swallowed, the more liquid entered her mouth. She couldn’t taste anything, but she knew it wasn’t water. It was thicker, almost creamy. And to her surprise it eased the pressure in her chest. Then she knew it was medicine. Somebody was giving her medicine. So she opened wider and arched toward the source of the liquid.
    “Slowly, slowly,” a deep voice cautioned.
    Softness touched her lips. Warm skin—and from it came the liquid that eased her body’s pain. She didn’t care what it was, didn’t even want to speculate. All she knew was it was helping. Greedily, she sucked, wanting more and more before somebody would deny her and stop the flow. She had to get enough before there was no more.
    The more she drank, the more aware she became of her own body and the source of heat next to her, the way it cradled her, protected her. Now that the burning pain in her body started to subside, she recognized the heat source as a man’s body, a very large man’s body. Who was he?
    Her eyelids felt as heavy as an iron door; nevertheless, she tried to lift them. She succeeded just enough to see the shape of the man beside her—the man whose wrist she was still drinking from.
    Shock coursed through her. He hadn’t given her medicine—he’d fed her his blood!
    Maya tried to pull away from him, but her body wouldn’t obey. It stayed
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