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“Everyone, meet Belle’s dad.” Gasps ring out behind me; Alexander’s gaze meets mine and the ominous look he gives me sends chills down my spine.
“Hide my daughter, they are coming for her.”
Chapter twenty-nine
Belle
CallieandIarepeering out the window of my bedroom and watch as the guys approach the two men, Callie gasps at the sight of the uninjured man.
“Do you know him?”
“Y-yea, he is my bio-moms boyfriend, Vince.” My gaze strays to the other man and when he lifts his head, something inside me pulls. He’s a large man, his square jaw is taught with tension, his black hair is a mess, from here his eyes look black. A shudder runs through me, something about this man seems so familiar. “They’re asking why they are here––Oh, shit!” I turn to Callie to find her eyes on me and whatever she has just heard, has her in shock.
“What is it?”
“I think we should–uh–come on.” I follow her out of the room and out the front door, I have to jog to keep up with her, the guys all turn toward us and before we can get within ten steps of them, Cairo rushes forward and plucks me from the ground, I have to wrap my arms and legs around him or risk falling. I look over his shoulder and don’t miss how my three brothers move to block the two men’s view of me, I pull back and stare down at Cairo.
“What’s going on.” He moves his hands to grip me on my ass and squeezes.
“I told you to stay inside!” He grits out through clenched teeth. I keep struggling in his hold, he tries to grip me tighter but has no choice but to stop or risk dropping me. He places me on my feet and gets right in my face, his grip on my waist is bruising, I flinch, and he immediately releases me and steps back. “I’m sorry––I didn’t mean to––.”
“I’m fine!” I try to reassure him, but he isn’t having it.
“Did I hurt the bean?” My mouth hangs open in shock.
“Did you just call our baby abean?” I bite out. He rubs the back of his neck and nods, he looks so unsure and it’s so cute. “I’m sure the baby is fine; you have to stop man handling me––.” I don’t even get to finish that sentence before he is crowding me and gripping the back of my neck, applying enough pressure to cause me to crane my head back and look up at him.
“Never beauty, being gentle with you isn’t an option. I do however promise not to handle you roughly anywhere that can injure ourbean.” I roll my eyes heavenward; we are not calling our baby a bean for the next however many months!
“Fine, now can you tell me why Callie said I should be out here, or why you are making sure to keep me hidden?” His face remains neutral, no flicker of emotion at all.
“Can I lie to you once more?” He tries to smile but it looks pained, I place my hands on my hips and scowl at him. “Fine, one of the guys is Vince, he is Davina’s right hand man or lover or whatever the fuck you want to call him. The other guy, well that one is complicated.”
“Uncomplicate it then.” I know that his apprehension has something to do with the other man and it’s making me uneasy, especially when he releases me and takes a step back.
“The other guy is…Alexander, your father.” I don’t react, I honestly don’t know how I’m supposed to react to that statement. I thought I would feel anger toward the man who gave me up, but I don’t, am I curious about him? Yeah, I am, but that’s as far as I can feel right now.
“Is he here to help find Sky?” My question must throw Cairo, he frowns down at me but has a skittish look in his eyes, like I’m about to explode or something.
“Uh, maybe, I don’t know. Are you okay?” I nod.
“Can I meet him?”
“Soon, he’s injured so we have to sort that first and figure out a few things.”
“Like?”
“One, how he found us, two, why is Vince with him and three, how the fuck an original vampire ended up injured.”“Okay, I’ll wait inside.” His face is scrunched up and clearly, I have shocked the shit out of him, but I don’t have the energy to fight right now. All I want to do is find out from Alexander where Sky is, save her and then go home…but, where is my home now? I’m about to have a baby and I know Cairo said we would go back to his lands, but what about my family, I’m going to need them when this baby comes. I sigh as I drop down on the couch and rest my feet up on the coffee table, I thought having visions gave me an edge, but clearly I was wrong.
As I sit here and wait for the others to join me, my nerves start to go haywire, what if meeting him sparks a vision? A ton of bricks settle inside me, how could I have been so fucking stupid! How did I not put this together sooner, Alexander Maximoff is a vampire––an original vampire to be exact. He’s my father which means…I’m a fucking vampire! Holy shit, my heart is beating erratically, how the fuck am I vampire? I don’t drink blood and I don’t burn in the daylight. I know Cairo said that they can go in the sun, they just get sunburnt fast, but I don’t burn, I tan! I stand and start pacing the living room, is this why Cairo didn’t tell me who he was to me? Do my brothers know or am I the last to figure this shit out? I stop pacing and stare down at my flat stomach, is my baby a vampire?
Oh, sweet baby Jesus!
Is my baby going to be a mutant half breed?
“What’s wrong sis?” I snap my gaze up to see my brothers entering the house, followed by the Reeves siblings, Cairo, and the two men. They both turn toward me, and I swallow loudly, all the noise around me is muted as I scan over the man with the dark eyes that almost seem black, his gaze runs over me.
“Am I a vampire?” I blurt, my question is met with silence, I spy Cairo out the corner of my eye walking toward me. When he reaches out I back away, he frowns at me, and I shake my head. “You never told me once, you never helped me connect the dots when you dropped the daddy bomb.” I turn to look at my brothers. “Did you know?” Cass drops his head, Hunter looks at the roof, but Blake meets my stare and I see remorse––They knew.
