Little Suckers Bite Too (San Francisco Vampires #6) (Vampires of San Francisco series) by Jessica McBrayer Page A

fuck can they make these claims? Besides, who better to mother a half-vampire than a vampire?” I am in shock and hurt. “Do they have a chance?” I look between Lily and Diel. “Diel?”
    Diel takes my hands and sits next to me.
    “They might have a case on the royalty argument but our buying this house should squash that. On whether you are a fit mother or not they don’t stand a chance. Besides, Dr. Hildebrand can testify about how you’ve been up until the baby is born and also that a vampire is the best mother for our child. That vampire being you.”
    “Thank you, honey, but I’m still freaking out. Do you have good lawyers? And a realtor?” I ask knowing he must. He’s always prepared.
    “Yes. I need to make those calls now so we can get everything in place before my parents’ next attack. Is it okay if I go to the study to do that?”
    “Of course, whatever you need to keep them away. Lily and Helena will stay with me,” I say, pushing him up and away so he will hurry.
    “I love you so much,” he says and kisses me long and hard.
    “I love you, too.”
    “Go, Diel. Save your wife and baby,” Lily says gently. “Hannah will be safe with us.”
    “Thanks, Lily.”
    “Helena,” I say softly. She blurs into the room.
    “Are you okay, is it the baby?” she asks with concern.
    “No, I’m fine. Well at least physically. We just wanted more company, especially with the news that Diel just delivered.”
    “Yes, that was shocking news and I am always happy to spend time with you, sweetling.”
    “Thanks, Helena. What do you think about all this?” I ask.
    “I think that it’s nonsense. You are a wonderful mother already and Diel is proving he will be a wonderful, capable father as well as a teacher for your son. He will know the ins and outs of Hell before he is five.”
    “She’s right, you know. You will be wonderful parents. The royalty part is what scares me. I don’t know any of the laws down here,” Lily says.
    “Me either. I’ll have to trust Diel on this, which I do,” I say.
    “Me too.” Lily gives me a smile that says she will be with me no matter what happens. She’s got my back.
    “Can you help me to the bed? I want to lie down for a while. I need to process and rest.”
    “Sure thing, ganja mamma. Do you want me to go?” Lily asks while she helps me get up and stands close while I waddle to the bed. Yes, I waddle. This baby is huge.
    Lily pulls back the blankets before I get a chance to.
    “Thanks, sistah. No, I’d rather you stay as long as you’re quiet. Do you have something to read?”
    “Give me a sec and I will get my iPad. I thought I might spend some time waiting down here so I brought it.” She settles me and flashes out of the room and back in a matter of ten seconds. I barely register she is gone.
    I snuggle down into the huge bed and soft pillows. True to her promise, I don’t hear a thing from Lily. I am so mad right now, but trying to keep it together. Millicent and Doxie have some awful nerve. How dare they? This is Diel’s and my baby. Period. I will not go down without a fight that’s for sure. It’s not in me.
    I don’t know how much time has gone by when I feel Diel’s soft but firm lips caress my forehead. I look and Lily has discreetly left. I smile up at my mate, my husband, the father of my child and he kisses my lips.
    “How did your phone calls go?”
    “They were amenable to my offer on the house. I’ll have to dip into my little hidden treasures but we won’t have to touch our investments. It pays off, living for so long and being a Demon who can find things,” he says with a wicked grin.
    “We can afford it though, right?”
    “Babe, we could buy ten houses on what I have stashed. And then there are our investments. Between the two of us, we have over seventy hundred and fifty million in those alone.”
    My shock must have shown on my face.
    “A decent amount of that was yours, honey. Why so shocked?”
    “Sebastian has