Revelation (League of Vampires Book 5) by Rye Brewer

Author:Rye Brewer [Brewer, Rye]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2017-11-07T16:00:00+00:00

27

Anissa

I could hardly believe my eyes. Of all the places I would expect to run into Fane, this had to be the very last.

“I’ll be right back,” I breathed in Felicity’s general direction, already making a beeline for Fane.

His eyes widened when he recognized me, but he didn’t attempt to avoid my catching up to him.

“What are you doing here?” I asked, caught between pleasant surprise and suspicion.

What business could he have in Hallowthorn Landing? I thought he spent most of his time in that strange, in-between realm where it was always night, and the dead had been sleeping for hundreds of years. Maybe thousands.

He didn’t answer my question—instead, he asked one of his own. “Where is Jonah?” He sounded as though he were accusing me of something, like it was my responsibility to keep track of him at all times.

As it turned out, I knew the answer to his question. “He was taking care of a security issue at another location the family has,” I rattled off.

“Issue? What sort of issue?”

“I honestly don’t know. He didn’t share that with me—I don’t even think he knew at the time.”

He frowned, looking sterner than ever.

I wondered what I had done to make him that way—was it a matter of not liking the girl his son had chosen? I remembered the tension between the two of them over Sirene’s baby. Maybe that was it. He was taking out his frustration with Jonah on me.

“Are the two of you still split up?” he asked.

I gaped at him. “How did you know about that?”

“I have ways of knowing things—I like to keep tabs on my children, now that they know I’m alive.”

What would the Bourke children think if they knew that? For all the pushing away he tried to do, telling them it would make life easier and safer for them not to be associated with him, he couldn’t let them go. I decided to keep his secret between the two of us.

“As a matter of fact, we’re not split up. He asked me to marry him.”

His expression softened. “He did, did he?” When I nodded, he asked, “And you said…?”

“Would you like to attend the wedding?” I asked by way of reply.

His smile was kind, genuine. “Nothing would make me happier, Anissa.”

I wanted to hug him, but I thought twice about it. He didn’t seem like the hugging type.

While he was in such a good mood, I thought I might as well press my luck. “You never did answer my question. Really, what brings you here?”

His eyes moved back and forth, like he was looking for some way out of providing an explanation. I recognized it after seeing it from Jonah so many times—and I gave him the same look I normally gave his son.

He sighed. “It’s important business which I’d rather not discuss with just anyone.”

“I’m not just anyone,” I reminded him.

“You’re my son’s fiancée.”

“Not just that. I happen to know a lot about what you’re going through right now. Isn’t that

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