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“I’m going to the high school as a new student,” Arman said.
“Me too,” Stasio said.
“Though going to school doesn’t appeal to me in the least, if Stasio is in, I’m in. Besides, a woman might be able to talk to Fiona when you guys could be seen as more of a threat,” Jasmine said.
“Like I said, I’m joining you also,” Caitlin said. “It would be great if we could become Fiona’s new best girlfriends.”
Levka swore. “I’m supposed to be Ruric’s older brother. I can’t go to school.”
“We’ll protect Caitlin,” Ruric said.
“Absolutely. All of us were watching her back during the overthrow of the old Scottish League,” Jasmine said. “Besides, I’m a vampire assassin. I can help. With Caitlin’s special skills, she can too.”
Arman knew Levka wasn’t happy about the turn of events at all. He didn’t blame him, but Levka had decided to be the big brother for this mission and Ruric had already explained that to Fiona and her friend so there was no changing their minds unless?—
Levka snapped his fingers. “I’m just one of you. I’ll change their memories of that moment when Ruric said I was his older brother.”
“You can do that with Fiona’s girlfriend because she’s human, but Fiona is a hunter,” Arman reminded him. “So you won’t be able to change her mind.”
“I’m going. I’ll come up with something else then. Ruric, get us enrolled in school,” Levka said.
Not in a million years did Arman think he and his friends would be going to a high school as students.
Ruric was on his computer, clacking away at the keyboard. “Okay, what assignments does everyone want to take?”
“What classes is Fiona in?” Arman asked.
“You can’t be in all her classes,” Jasmine warned. “We should split them up so some of us are in each of her classes.”
Ruric smiled. “I’m on it.”
* * *
“You’re not related to my nephew, Avery Wilder, you know,” Regina said again to Fiona, as if the words hadn’t sunk in, which they hadn’t.
Fiona’s legs felt like they’d turned to boneless chicken, and she leaned against the doorjamb into the kitchen. Could her great aunt be losing it? Sure, she had the new face and not a bad body for being an older person, but there was nothing to turn back the aging brain.
“Yep. My nephew was the town drunk. The only good thing he ever did was got plenty of life insurance to take care of you and your brother. But he wasn’t your father.”
Fiona barely made it to the kitchen chair and slumped on the black velvet seat.
“Your mother, well, how can I put this delicately?”
Fiona’s heart thundered. Her mother couldn’t have had an affair with another man.
“I don’t blame her at all. Avery was a difficult person to live with whether he was drinking or not. And Tobias, well, you’ve got to admit he’s a charmer.”
A charmer. Fiona’s stomach churned with nausea. “You’re not saying?—”
“He’s not your uncle. He’s your father. We just didn’t know how to break the news to you.”
Fiona really didn’t believe this. “And Justin’s father?”
“No. Justin really is Avery’s son. You’re Justin’s half-sister. Which means you and I are still related, if you have the notion we’re not."
“Not by blood.”
Regina cast her a hint of a smile.
