Amanda Ashley - [Children of the Night 02] by Night's Touch

Author:Night's Touch
Language: eng
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Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 25

Vince stared at Cara’s father. It was all he could do to keep from laughing. They were vampires, both of them, yet DeLongpre glared at him like a character out of a gothic novel, asking the hero about his intentions—except that Vince was no hero, and he had no right to court DeLongpre’s daughter. Other than the sizzling physical attraction between them, they had nothing in common and no hope for a future together. He knew it, and so did DeLongpre.

Vince blew out a deep breath. “I love her.”

“Does she know what you are?”

“Only what you told her.”

“Except that she didn’t believe me.”

Vince shrugged. “Is that my fault?”

“Your whole relationship is built on a lie.”

“I know that. Don’t you think I know that? I want to tell her, but…”

“You’re afraid you’ll lose her.”

“Yeah.”

“And you can’t exist without her.”

Vince nodded. “Why do I get the feeling you’ve been down this road yourself?”

“I loved Brenna the moment I saw her, but I never pretended to be anything other than what I am. If you love Cara, you owe her the truth before things go any further.”

Vince swore softly.

DeLongpre’s eyes burned into him. “You know I’m right, don’t you?”

“Yeah.”

“So you’ll tell her?”

“When the time is right.”

Anger rolled off the other vampire. “And just when will that be?”

“How the hell should I know? I don’t like…” Vince cut his words off in midsentence as Cara and her mother reentered the room.

“What don’t you like?” Cara asked, sitting beside her father.

“The way the playoffs are going,” Vince lied smoothly. “My team’s losing.”

Brenna looked at Vince sharply as she sat down, her expression telling him she had heard the entire conversation between Vince and her husband, and that she agreed with Roshan.

Cara glanced at her father and then at Vince. “All right, what’s going on? What aren’t you telling me?”

Vince shook his head. “Nothing, darlin’.”

“We should go,” DeLongpre said, rising. “We didn’t mean to intrude.”

“You’re not intruding,” Cara said. “You’re my parents. You’re welcome here anytime.”

“Thanks, sweetie,” Brenna said, also rising, “but I think your father’s right. We just wanted to come by and make sure you were okay, and you are, so we’ll see you Monday night, all right?” She took her husband by the hand. “Come on, Roshan, I think we’ve interrupted their date long enough.”

Cara walked her parents to the door and kissed them good night. She watched them walk down the path and disappear into the darkness, then closed the door behind them. “All right,” she said, returning to the living room where Vince waited, “what’s going on?”

“Nothing, darlin’. Your father just wanted to know what my intentions are.”

“Your intentions toward what…oh!” Embarrassment flooded her cheeks. “You don’t mean he was asking about your intentions toward me?” She pressed her hands to her cheeks. “How could he?”

“He’s just worried about you,” Vince said, drawing her down onto his lap. “Nothing for you to be upset about.”

She glared at him. “You can’t be serious! He’s always trying to…to…”

“To what?”

“Run my life!” She wriggled off Vince’s lap, too upset to sit still.

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