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His face paled for a moment, and then became a mask of anger. “You lie!”
“No, I don’t, Rex.”
I was afraid to move, afraid to even breath for a moment. When the room remained quiet, but full of crackling tension, I finally stepped forward, “Rex, what she says is true. I saw him. I saw him fall upon his own stake as the sun rose.”
Rex stared at me in disbelief. “She’s making you say that.”
I shook my head, “No, Rex, she isn’t. Your father wasn’t well. We don’t know exactly what was wrong with him, but he took his own life. He did it in the sunlight so incase he missed the stake to his heart, he would burn. I watched him, tried to get to him in time, but I wasn’t able to. I was ten feet from him when he pierced his heart and turned to ash before my eyes. No one made him do it, he did it himself.”
Rex looked shredded as I spoke, but then he turned vengeful eyes on Kristin, “You compelled him to do that, didn’t you? You made him kill himself.”
“What? No, I most certainly did not. I wasn’t even around. I was traveling, had been traveling for over a week. I had nothing to do with his death, Rex. I was gutted when I felt the bond snap, and his life force leave him—utterly gutted. I loved your father very much.”
“You’re a fucking liar. I will never believe that he took his own life, never!” Without another word he raced from the room and Kristin dropped her chin to her chest.
“Well, that was fun.”
“Jesus, Lena. I never wanted him to know about that, but I don’t think I had a choice but to tell him.”
“I think you’re right. He needed to know. Look, I’ll talk to him later and calm him down. I’ll let him see the memory, then maybe he will believe me.”
She gave me a small smile, “Thanks. Look, I think I am going to go crawl in bed. It’s been a long day and I have a feeling the weeks is going to be another week of hell.”
“Yeah, I think you might be right. Go get some rest.”
She disappeared into her room, and I let myself out. I was tempted to go find Rex now, but I think he needed some time to digest the information before I gave him the visual to go with it.
With my own heavy sigh, I let myself into my apartment wondering what the next weekend was going to bring.
Chapter 29 – Hugh
Admitting that I reallydidn’t want to die was hard, but once I had admitted it to myself, I felt a little bit better. If Kristin was willing to bring me into her world, and let me be a part of it, that was good. It was almost like my life was clicking firmly in place, and a part of myself began to relax.
I knew that things would be tough, and there was a lot that I would need to learn but knowing that I was going to be learning from her was good. It only made sense to accept her proposal of a mating. If things didn’t work out with us, then I would be free to go to someone else. Would I want to? Or would Kristin and I be happy together.
I knew I liked her, a lot. Would I come to care more for her? Possibly love her? Did that even matter in their world—my new world to come?
I thought a lot about it over the next week. Kristin had told me that there would be some opposition to me mating with her, and I saw that firsthand during the impromptu meeting she had called last week. There were those that didn’t believe that I should be part of their breed, much less mated to their Mistress.
On Friday night, I stood in my apartment and stared around me. All of my stuff would be moved to the hotel. Kristin had told me that I could have my own apartment if I wished for it, or I could share hers. I was tempted to take her up on her offer of having my own place, but if I was in for a penny, I was in for a pound. Might as well make as much of this as I could. The best way to learn would to be immerse myself in it and in her.
Ryker and Conner were waiting for me in the living room when I stepped out with my suitcase. I was bringing just enough to get me started. They would collect the rest of it and bring it later.
I had told my boss that I needed some time off to deal with a few health issues. I had a couple of weeks to figure out the best way to come back and explain what had changed. I had no doubt that they would be as shocked as I was. In the meantime, I would become the best reborn vampire that I could be.
