sucked out of the room with that one statement. Her fingers clenched on his arm, his words punching into her chest with an almost tangible force. “What?”
Instead of answering her, he turned back toward her brothers. “I’ll let you take your sister, but if you ever come into my place uninvited again, you won’t be walking out.”
Melina clutched his arm, desperate for answers, to understand what had happened between their two families. But he stepped away from her, severing their connection.
The action pierced her like a silver dagger through the heart. Though she wanted to stay, to force him to talk to her, she knew it wasn’t the time or the place. She had to diffuse the situation with her brothers before it reignited.
Shaking off the arm, Carlos—the only one of her brothers who had been completely silent except to shout her name when they’d stormed the condo—tried to wrap around her shoulders, she stalked down the hallway that led to the front door. “You’re paying for all these damages,” she said under her breath as she yanked the door open. At least going downstairs didn’t require a biometric scanner.
She couldn’t believe the assault her brothers had just launched on Kiernan’s place, but what really stunned her was his admission about Miguel killing his brother. The almost stricken look on his face taunted her.
A hollow, bereft feeling settled in her chest as she stepped inside the elevator. As soon as she talked to her brothers and worse, her father, she and Kiernan were hashing things out. She might have run from what he made her feel once, but that was then. Now things were different. He’d pursued her for months and he didn’t get to make her want and feel and start considering the possibility of letting him into her life then turn away from her because of her family and their stupid vendetta. She refused to let that happen.
Chapter 5
Melina sat in her father’s study reeking of smoke—thanks to those stupid flash bang grenades—and, of course,
vampire
as she waited for her Alpha to interrogate her.
She’d ignored her brothers on the way home, even Carlos, which she felt a little bad about. They’d always been closest, but right now she was livid at her overbearing pack. Worse, she knew they were going to use the attempted kidnapping to keep her under lockdown. She was all for safety and precautions, but she didn’t want her veterinary practice to suffer and she didn’t want to live like a prisoner. If she hadn’t used so much energy using her healing powers before she would have been better prepared to defend herself. She might not be the strongest in the pack, but her brothers had taught her to defend herself.
The heavy oak door opened then closed behind her. Melina didn’t turn from her seat in the high-back chair in front of her father’s desk, but waited for him to take a seat across from her.
Surprising her, her father, all six feet three inches of him, sat in the matching brown high-back chair next to hers and shifted her seat to face his.
His green eyes, so much like her own, were unreadable. Finally he scrubbed a hand over his face. “God thinks it’s funny to have given me a daughter like you.”
For a moment, pain pierced her soul until he looked up, a smile on his normally hard face. Before she could speak, he continued. “Are you trying to kill me by going out with Kiernan Doyle? Or worse, start a war?” There was a dark, serious note in her father’s voice she usually only heard when he was dealing with the rest of the pack.
“We have more important problems than me dating a vampire, Dad. Someone—wolf shifters—tried to kidnap me earlier tonight. I was really drained after a few surgeries today and wouldn’t have been able to fight off my attackers. If it hadn’t been for a
vampire
, I wouldn’t be here.” She left out the part about drinking his blood. Definitely not something he needed to know.
Her father’s eyes narrowed. “Did you
Instead of answering her, he turned back toward her brothers. “I’ll let you take your sister, but if you ever come into my place uninvited again, you won’t be walking out.”
Melina clutched his arm, desperate for answers, to understand what had happened between their two families. But he stepped away from her, severing their connection.
The action pierced her like a silver dagger through the heart. Though she wanted to stay, to force him to talk to her, she knew it wasn’t the time or the place. She had to diffuse the situation with her brothers before it reignited.
Shaking off the arm, Carlos—the only one of her brothers who had been completely silent except to shout her name when they’d stormed the condo—tried to wrap around her shoulders, she stalked down the hallway that led to the front door. “You’re paying for all these damages,” she said under her breath as she yanked the door open. At least going downstairs didn’t require a biometric scanner.
She couldn’t believe the assault her brothers had just launched on Kiernan’s place, but what really stunned her was his admission about Miguel killing his brother. The almost stricken look on his face taunted her.
A hollow, bereft feeling settled in her chest as she stepped inside the elevator. As soon as she talked to her brothers and worse, her father, she and Kiernan were hashing things out. She might have run from what he made her feel once, but that was then. Now things were different. He’d pursued her for months and he didn’t get to make her want and feel and start considering the possibility of letting him into her life then turn away from her because of her family and their stupid vendetta. She refused to let that happen.
Chapter 5
Melina sat in her father’s study reeking of smoke—thanks to those stupid flash bang grenades—and, of course,
vampire
as she waited for her Alpha to interrogate her.
She’d ignored her brothers on the way home, even Carlos, which she felt a little bad about. They’d always been closest, but right now she was livid at her overbearing pack. Worse, she knew they were going to use the attempted kidnapping to keep her under lockdown. She was all for safety and precautions, but she didn’t want her veterinary practice to suffer and she didn’t want to live like a prisoner. If she hadn’t used so much energy using her healing powers before she would have been better prepared to defend herself. She might not be the strongest in the pack, but her brothers had taught her to defend herself.
The heavy oak door opened then closed behind her. Melina didn’t turn from her seat in the high-back chair in front of her father’s desk, but waited for him to take a seat across from her.
Surprising her, her father, all six feet three inches of him, sat in the matching brown high-back chair next to hers and shifted her seat to face his.
His green eyes, so much like her own, were unreadable. Finally he scrubbed a hand over his face. “God thinks it’s funny to have given me a daughter like you.”
For a moment, pain pierced her soul until he looked up, a smile on his normally hard face. Before she could speak, he continued. “Are you trying to kill me by going out with Kiernan Doyle? Or worse, start a war?” There was a dark, serious note in her father’s voice she usually only heard when he was dealing with the rest of the pack.
“We have more important problems than me dating a vampire, Dad. Someone—wolf shifters—tried to kidnap me earlier tonight. I was really drained after a few surgeries today and wouldn’t have been able to fight off my attackers. If it hadn’t been for a
vampire
, I wouldn’t be here.” She left out the part about drinking his blood. Definitely not something he needed to know.
Her father’s eyes narrowed. “Did you
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