Take My Hand [Brac Pack 28] by Lynn Hagen Page A

harmful morning sun.
With a heavy heart, Raven glanced at Darcy’s bedroom door and then shut his.
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    Darcy stretched, yawning as he glanced at the empty space next to him. He wasn’t used to waking up with anyone next to him. So why did he feel so disappointed when he saw that Raven had left his side sometime during the night?
    Logically, Darcy knew that Raven couldn ’t get caught out in the sunlight. Well, he didn’t really know, now did he? What did he technically know about vampires?
    Garlic?
Stakes?
Holy water?
Sunlight?
Who the hell knew? He sure didn’t. Darcy was only praying
    sunlight was what drove Raven from his bed. Pushing his disappointment aside, Darcy got up and began to get ready for his first day of work. He had to impress Cody in order to keep the job. It wouldn’t be hard, but he wasn’t sure how stringent Cody was about prep cooks.
    Darcy winced, feeling sore in all the right places. One thing he did know, Raven knew how to knock the kinks out of Darcy’s back. The man was a dream in bed. He snickered to himself, remembering how Raven had worked Darcy’s body, making it go nuts. He finally knew what it was like to be with another man, and Darcy was addicted now. He wanted to run across the hall and jump into Raven’s bed, begging the man to fuck him again.
    “ Get your hand off of your snake, Darcy. Roman is waiting on us downstairs whenever you’re ready,” Sterling called from the other side of Darcy’s bedroom door.
    “ Almost ready,” he shouted back, grinning. Sterling was something else.
Glancing in the mirror, Darcy saw that he didn’t have one scratch mark on his face. Whatever Raven had done to him last night, it worked. The large gash was gone. Not even a scar remained. Glancing at his shoulder, Darcy saw that there wasn’t a mark there either, and his collarbone felt fine.
He needed to talk to Raven though. Darcy needed to know if he would become a vampire now. With all the great sex Raven had given him, Darcy had forgotten to ask.
Darcy grabbed the extra toothbrush from the bathroom drawer and brushed his teeth, washed his face, and then saw that there was a fresh shirt sitting on the closed toilet seat.
Raven had remembered.
Darcy pulled the T-shirt over his head, grabbed his shoes and laced them up, and then headed for the bedroom door. He looked back at the bed, images of Raven taking him last night playing in his mind.
Too bad he had only one night here. Would Raven ask him to stay now that he said they were mates? Darcy wasn’t sure and too intimidated by all the large men running around this house to ask. They had already been generous enough by letting him and Sterling stay the night. Darcy didn’t want to wear out their welcome.
Trotting down the creaking wooden stairs, Darcy met Sterling at the front door. His brother stood there staring up at Riley, grinning like a loon. What the hell? “I’m ready.”
“Riley said he would run us into town,” Sterling said as he walked out the door behind Riley. Darcy was a little puzzled at the way Sterling was acting around Riley. The man was quiet, and wore a grim face half the time Darcy saw him, but Sterling didn’t seem to notice Riley’s sour mood.
“Don’t forget me,” Steven said as he jogged down the steps.“Seth is getting a ride into town from Chance.” Steven walked past Darcy, a smile on his face.“Which means he’ll be late.”
Just how many people in this house worked at the diner? Darcy headed outside, climbing into the backseat of the truck. Steven sat next to him, and Sterling sat up front. He watched his brother the whole ride into town, listening to Sterling talk Riley’s ear off.
“Do you like working on a ranch?” Sterling asked.“I think it would be cool to work around all those animals. I like animals, although I’ve never had one of my own. Darcy would never let me have a pet. Can you teach me how to ride a horse after work?”
Riley grunted, cutting his eyes at Sterling and then