make?”
For a minute, he didn’t say anything which only increased her current state of unease.
When he did speak, nothing could’ve prepared her for what he said.
“Your father is alive, Kat.”
“No, my father is dead, Alec. Now, are you going to answer my questions about Mina?”
Alec’s lips formed a grim line. “Your father isn’t dead.”
The words rocked her to her core. All her life she had wished that she could have known her father, that she could have a relationship with him. To know that it might actually be a possibility now was shattering.
But one thing still troubled her.
“How do you know that?”
“Because he’s the reason I’m here.”
Her mouth fell open. “What?”
“Your father asked me to watch over you,” he explained.
Kat looked away.
Was it possible that he was telling the truth?
After all, she didn’t know much about her father…just bits and pieces her mother had let slip. She had always wanted to learn more about him, to know what kind of man he was, but every time she asked her mother would close off. In the end, the answers she sought always seemed to cause more pain than they were worth, so she abandoned the search.
“ If he’s alive, why didn’t he just come here himself?” she asked.
****
Alec had known that the question would come. He had hoped to have more time, gain her trust before he had to reveal the truth about her origin. Still, he also knew that there was only one way to answer her question.
With the truth.
Lying to her now would only make her more vulnerable, vulnerable to Damien or anyone else who wanted to take advantage of her. He couldn’t allow that.
It was time for Katarina Montague to know who she really was.
“Your father is a vampire, Kat.”
Chapter 16
“Come in.”
The command was offered in a terse voice.
Closing her eyes, Genevieve steadied herself before opening the door. A nude brunette lay sprawled across the bed to the right. Bite marks marred the skin of her thighs. Gen’s gaze lifted to focus on Damien who was pacing back and forth in front of the window.
“You called?”
His head snapped up, his gaze sharp. “I need a tracker,” he ordered briskly.
One eyebrow arched. “For?”
He let out a low growl. “You damned well know what for,” he bit out angrily. “If Alec thinks he can march into my club and take what is mine he is mistaken. I will kill him first.”
She wet her lips nervously. “I don’t think getting a tracker involved is the best solution,” she reasoned.
He stopped pacing to glare at her. “And as I’ve reminded you time and time again, I don’t care what you think. “
She shook her head as she threw up a hand. “I wouldn’t even know where to look.”
“Don’t lie to me, Gen ,” he warned. “You won’t like the consequences.”
“Damien,” she began carefully. “Trackers rarely come out and introduce themselves. They are trained to hide. It’s what they do best.”
He was across the room before she could finish her sentence. His hands gripped her arms as he leaned in, an evil grin sliding across his mouth. “I also know that you are aware of everything that happens in this city…even the things that happen in the shadows. And if you don’t find me a tracker quickly, I will end you.”
Her gaze lifted to meet his. “I won’t declare war on the Senex, Damien. It’s a fool’s mission.”
He reached up to caress her cheek, but the gentle motion held an air of malevolence. “I’m not declaring war on them,” he replied evenly.
She pursed her lips. “Alec…” she began.
“Is nothing more than one of their trained dogs,” he finished for her. “They won’t start a war to save one animal.”
She swallowed nervously. “I’ll see what I can do .”
He leaned down to place a chaste kiss on her lips. “Good girl,” he said, releasing her to walk back to
For a minute, he didn’t say anything which only increased her current state of unease.
When he did speak, nothing could’ve prepared her for what he said.
“Your father is alive, Kat.”
“No, my father is dead, Alec. Now, are you going to answer my questions about Mina?”
Alec’s lips formed a grim line. “Your father isn’t dead.”
The words rocked her to her core. All her life she had wished that she could have known her father, that she could have a relationship with him. To know that it might actually be a possibility now was shattering.
But one thing still troubled her.
“How do you know that?”
“Because he’s the reason I’m here.”
Her mouth fell open. “What?”
“Your father asked me to watch over you,” he explained.
Kat looked away.
Was it possible that he was telling the truth?
After all, she didn’t know much about her father…just bits and pieces her mother had let slip. She had always wanted to learn more about him, to know what kind of man he was, but every time she asked her mother would close off. In the end, the answers she sought always seemed to cause more pain than they were worth, so she abandoned the search.
“ If he’s alive, why didn’t he just come here himself?” she asked.
****
Alec had known that the question would come. He had hoped to have more time, gain her trust before he had to reveal the truth about her origin. Still, he also knew that there was only one way to answer her question.
With the truth.
Lying to her now would only make her more vulnerable, vulnerable to Damien or anyone else who wanted to take advantage of her. He couldn’t allow that.
It was time for Katarina Montague to know who she really was.
“Your father is a vampire, Kat.”
Chapter 16
“Come in.”
The command was offered in a terse voice.
Closing her eyes, Genevieve steadied herself before opening the door. A nude brunette lay sprawled across the bed to the right. Bite marks marred the skin of her thighs. Gen’s gaze lifted to focus on Damien who was pacing back and forth in front of the window.
“You called?”
His head snapped up, his gaze sharp. “I need a tracker,” he ordered briskly.
One eyebrow arched. “For?”
He let out a low growl. “You damned well know what for,” he bit out angrily. “If Alec thinks he can march into my club and take what is mine he is mistaken. I will kill him first.”
She wet her lips nervously. “I don’t think getting a tracker involved is the best solution,” she reasoned.
He stopped pacing to glare at her. “And as I’ve reminded you time and time again, I don’t care what you think. “
She shook her head as she threw up a hand. “I wouldn’t even know where to look.”
“Don’t lie to me, Gen ,” he warned. “You won’t like the consequences.”
“Damien,” she began carefully. “Trackers rarely come out and introduce themselves. They are trained to hide. It’s what they do best.”
He was across the room before she could finish her sentence. His hands gripped her arms as he leaned in, an evil grin sliding across his mouth. “I also know that you are aware of everything that happens in this city…even the things that happen in the shadows. And if you don’t find me a tracker quickly, I will end you.”
Her gaze lifted to meet his. “I won’t declare war on the Senex, Damien. It’s a fool’s mission.”
He reached up to caress her cheek, but the gentle motion held an air of malevolence. “I’m not declaring war on them,” he replied evenly.
She pursed her lips. “Alec…” she began.
“Is nothing more than one of their trained dogs,” he finished for her. “They won’t start a war to save one animal.”
She swallowed nervously. “I’ll see what I can do .”
He leaned down to place a chaste kiss on her lips. “Good girl,” he said, releasing her to walk back to
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