“If he comes for me, or my mate, or my pups, I will end him,” Ferenc growls. “If he attempts to open the vault, I will end him.”
“He won’t open the vault. It’ll will stay where it is as long as I’m alive.” I fix him with my usual gaze. “And I have a mate who is with child. Why would I want to risk any harm to them from my brother?”
It’s true to my cold, dark soul. I can say such words when I know what Damek demanded of me. Of the deception I am maintaining whilst he continues to circle, to push to attempt to break in. I know what he wants. I know he will continue toattempt to get it until such a time he is successful or he is at an end.
In the meantime, he will continually be a thorn in my side.
Ferenc holds my gaze. The pup resting on his shoulder stirs and whimpers, distracting him enough I can glance at Viktor.
The stony gaze I get back tells me everything I want to know. He had to tell Ferenc after the incident at the gallery. His loose tongue will not go unnoticed.
“I will not let any harm come to you or your pack from my brother, Ferenc. You have my word.”
“If I didn’t already know your word was good, mostly, I wouldn’t take the word of avampire,” Ferenc rasps.
“Mostly?”
“You weren’t exactly honest with me about yourbrotherbeing the rogue vampire,” he says, shifting the youngster to his other shoulder. “If you want the assistance of pack Kobór in the future, I’m going to need you to stop being such a vamp.”
“Did I or did I not come to your aid in London?”
“You had your own motives.”
“I did.” I glare at him. “And I didn’t need to spend my time rescuing you from the Monster Force after you got yourself tangled up in it.”
Ferenc rolls his eyes.
“Answer for everything. Spoken like a true vamp.”
The pup is restless now and Ferenc gets to his feet. “This one needs a feed,” he says.
“Ferenc.” I stop him as he walks past me towards our mates. “I have given you my word. This situation with my brother will not continue, and your pack will be safe.”
“I should hope so, for the sake of your mate as well as mine.”
Lucy
“I’m so happy for Eliza.”I say as the little pup in my arms sucks happily on a bottle.
“I have to say, I was astonished she’d applied to the university here, to study metallurgy of all things,” Grace says. “She’s going to do a master’s degree to complement her first degree in chemistry.”
“Wow,” I reply. “I’ve been a bit out of the loop with the group chat, clearly.”
“You’ve been busy.” Grace eyes my stomach. “I have to know…really…is it…Dominik’s?”
“Vampires can’t have children, you know that,” I scoff. “They turn humans into vampires. That’s sort of always been the way they…well…breed for want of a better word.”
“So?” Grace trails her gaze down me.
“So?”
“Who is the father? And just exactly when were you going to tell me all about you, your bump, and Dominik?”
All at once, I both seethe at Dominik for putting me on the spot with Grace, but at the same time, I welcome the opportunity to rip off the band-aid and get it over with.
“The father was some bloke I met on a one-night stand. A drunken fumble I can hardly remember, so much so, I almost blocked it out, meaning I’m far more pregnant than I thought.”
“That doesn’t sound like you, Lucy,” Grace says.
