ou?" Sam asked, his eyes going wide in

er man, he would have died shortly after, but not you. I asked the nurses, and they said you'd been fighting with everything you had for three days after the fight.

tly agreed with a nod; his eyes narrowed slig

said that your will to live, and your will to continue to fight, was eerie and unheard of at that tim

inue a life of loneliness," Sam said wi

want a woman to keep me company. I wanted a brother, an ally, a scoundrel such as I to roam about this earth alongsid

d we are now the rulers of vamp

guess

∞

s later

ght as I watched the woman and her husband walking up the front steps to their house, turning off

the living room, making me growl softly. 'Perhaps if you couldn't care for a child, you should have

th a sigh. I could hear her slamming down a dish on the countertop as she and Rober

n dialed Sam's number instead, listening to the sound of

rson to continue the bloodline! Why do you

of it. From the sound of the discussion, he's winning the de

e can do about it, is there? Damien, what are yo

mans," I said as I got out of the car, slamming the door closed a little harder than I meant

ned silent as he listened to me walking towards the house, waiting until I knocked

Robert jogging down the stairs. I stopped myself from rolling my eyes when I heard him pushing

very

said as he opened the doo

g; I'm offering

offeri

ing that as I readjusted my tie, waiting for him to move to the side s

ed, narrowing his eyes at me before looking over h

ll on my suit, making their way down until they met my sho

oss from them, doing everything I could not to growl as I

what's it

ause of monetary issues, yes? Less the medical bill

who widened her eyes with a shrug. "I don't know, one hundred thousand!" He added with a

ns, and you will not miss a single doctor's visit." I said as I stoo

ave the baby? Why?" Jennifer gasped after a few moments of silence,

ou are already pregnant with. You will not have to pay a single medical bill, and if you need anyt

bled out as she stood, crossing her arms over

hat's four hundred, and more than enough to resupply your house with months'

as I turned around to glare at him, looking do

ack and forth between the couple for a long few moments, making sure they both felt my soul-burning glare before saying anything more

ifty thousand?" Sam asked as he

usand times two,

hild to term? Jesus. I'll get the money

he feeling that he will spend it on spirits instead. Send a guard to escort her to the grocery store and mak

r bloodline, and that child will be the only one to keep you from turning recreant. I know this,

in hell that I'm going to raise a child." I challenged as I drove towards the

man drinks like a fish out of water, so rehab isn't the worst idea, but thi

aken. I do not know why this is so hard for you to understand, Alastair, but I am not rais

king loathes children. I am only saying th

wanted kids, and though I know that I cannot have any, I still want kids. So, it is not children that I loathe. It is children raised with no manners that I canno

me the moment the elevator doors opened, snorting in amusement

has some semblance of a maternal instinct, that much I could tell. I do not know how strong it is, but the moment I walked into the house, sh

of the child?" Sam asked as he sat across from m

sigh as I looked across the desk to Sam, who was watching me curiously. "The contract should be enough to force Jennifer into taking the utmost care in her pregnancy, but on the

we burn these identities, I will make sure that the contract and any traces of it are destroyed as well. Don't worry