Reclaiming Angelica by Wynn Zena

Author:Wynn, Zena [Wynn, Zena]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: erotic romance, Shape-shifter, Multicultural, vampire, paranormal
ISBN: 9781623002602
Publisher: Loose Id LLC
Published: 2013-03-10T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Fifteen minutes, an hour? Raul didn’t know how long he prowled around outside. He hurt. He’d always believed one day he’d find his mother and say…what? I thought you loved me? If so, how could you just walk away from me like old furniture that you no longer needed? Or maybe he’d beg her forgiveness for ruining his parents’ marriage? Whatever the case, it no longer mattered, because she was dead.

Dead.

In the grand scheme of things, did knowledge of his mother’s death change anything? No. That acknowledgment settled his queasy gut but did nothing for the hollow feeling in his chest. Slowly Raul made his way back inside to hear the rest of what his uncle wanted to say to him.

Uncle Joey waited until he was seated before continuing. “You know, son, I’ve never liked speaking ill of the dead, but it’s past time you knew all of it. When the situation with your parents first happened, you were too young for us to fully explain. And later…well, you seemed to have adjusted so completely to your parents’ abandonment that none of us wanted to bring up painful memories. I’d always intended to revisit the issue when you became older, but whenever I tried to ease into the subject, you blew me off. Max finally convinced me to leave it alone. However, I’m guessing by your reaction tonight that was a mistake. I should have pushed the issue, not let it go.”

Raul shrugged. “For the most part I had, adjusted, that is.”

“But you blame yourself for your parents’ breakup and your father’s death.”

“Because it’s my fault. Poppa told me not to tell Momma what he could do, that it was a secret. I told. You saw what happened as a result,” Raul stated.

Uncle Joey said some uncomplimentary things regarding his father’s ancestry under his breath that Raul pretended not to hear.

“You know, your father wasn’t the only male in this family to mate with a human.”

Shock replaced guilt as Raul jerked his head up from contemplating his feet and made his uncle the focus of his complete attention. He opened his mouth to pepper his uncle with questions, but Joey held up a hand, forestalling him.

“You just listen now. You can ask questions after,” Uncle Joey instructed.

Raul bit back his questions and waited.

“I know because of your father you’ve got the belief that mating between shifters and human are doomed to fail. Maybe even forbidden, but that’s simply not the case.”

He leaned forward, ready to dispute his uncle’s claim. Uncle Joey lifted one dark eyebrow, nailing him with a look that said clearly as words, “Hush.”

Raul subsided.

His uncle tapped a calloused forefinger on the family Bible lying on the table between them. “The good book says a mate is ‘bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh.’ That means she’s a part of me. Lying to her is like lying to myself. It will kill the love, destroy the relationship.”

“Where’s your mate?” The question burst out of Raul, unbidden.

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