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Chapter 157
She nodded in agreement, but said nothing as she listened attentively.
“The attackers last night were after my son,” I said. “So, if you take this position, you will not only be his nanny, you will also be his protector.” I looked directly into her eyes. “To be honest with you, I had my doubts about hiring you at first, but after witnessing how you handled yourself last night in the fight against The Outsiders, I became convinced.” Then, I leaned closer. “And what I’m about to say I will say only once. In offering you this position, I am trusting you with my son’s life. If anything happens to him while he is under your care, I will hold you personally responsible. Understood?” She nodded. “So, are you still interested in the position? I will pay you handsomely. Kellen here can tell you that I am good to those who are loyal to me.”
Kellen nodded in agreement, listening, with his muscled arms propped
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“Let’s meet your new babysitter, shall we?” I asked.Jase clapped his hands.When I opened the door, Adeline was standing on the other side, carrying a bag.One of the bodyguards was going through it. “She’s clean,” he said to me, and then went back to his post. Kellen had a team to switch out, so there could be a guard posted by our door at all times.“Thank you, Gregory,” I said, then turned to Adeline. “Sorry about that, but we cannot be too careful.”“I understand,” she replied.“What’s in the bag?” I asked, curious myself.She smiled. “Actually, it’s my Nanny Kit. I have books, cars, toys … lots of things that will help me to keep him entertained.” Then, she looked at Jase in my arms. “Hi, little guy! My name is Addie. What’s yours?”“Jase,” he said hesitantly. He was a bit shy, b
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A moment later, we pulled down the Las Vegas strip. I never tired of the sensory overload, even during the day. We drove past the tall, white Tropicana hotel and MGM Grand, flashing images of famous actors on their billboard that were soon to appear. Then, we passed the Atria hotel on the left, a huge skyscraper building with an equally huge billboard flashed brightly. Next, we passed the huge, circular building of The Las Vegas Weekly on the right as palm trees swayed with the sultry morning breeze, lining the center of the road. One of my favorites was the Paris hotel on the right, complete with an Eiffel Tower replica. Caesar’s Palace was on the left, their billboard flashing neon along with the Mirage hotel, and the flashing lights of the famous Casino Royale were on the right. A few moments later, we pulled in front of the Southside Medical Hospital.As soon as the limo pulled to a stop, Lorenzo jumped out and held his hand out for Leila, as Javier opened my door.
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I nodded. “Leila asked Elias to help her develop the cure in exchange for giving his father partial credit. She’s planning on asking you to help her, too.” I took a deep breath, not quite sure how to ask. “Amy, if Leila can’t do it, if she can’t work to find the cure, can you?”Amy’s eyebrows pulled together. “Why do you ask?”I said nothing.“You want to take the cure. Why?”I nodded. “Amy, it’s the only way that I can protect my family …”“Protect your family?” Amy asked in disbelief. “By being human?”I took a deep breath. “Amy, I don’t want this life for them! For Leila! For my family.” I stood and walked to a corner of the room, placing my hands on my hips to calm myself, and then turned back to her. “I don’t want this kind of life for them. The only way to protect them is for us to disap
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Amy knelt down on the floor beside her chair and held her hands. “Leila, as you know, preeclampsia is an elevation of the expectant mother’s blood pressure and an excessive amount of protein in the urine … and you have both.” Leila nodded, taking a deep breath. “It’s a hypertensive disorder, but can be quite serious if left untreated.” Leila nodded again, regaining her composure. Amy rose and opened a hidden refrigerator, threw two blood bags into the microwave, and then clipped the straw that came from one and handed it to Leila. She immediately started drinking it down. “Leila, I’m going to start you on magnesium sulfate, which will help prevent you from going into seizures. It’s good that you’ve been taking prenatal vitamins, but you are to start taking them twice a day: one in the morning and one at night. As you know, prenatal vitamins are very strong, but because this is a dhampir pregnancy, taking them twice a
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“Let’s go get something to eat before we go home,” Leila said. Beside me in the limo, she reached over and squeezed my hand.I turned my attention from the window, absently watching the scenery go by, and looked at Leila. “No.”Leila sighed. “Lance, you can’t treat me like I’m glass.”“Leila, you heard what Amy said,” I said, returning the hand squeeze. “You need to rest.” I turned my attention back out the window.Leila sighed. “Charles, take us to Maggiano’s Little Italy.”I sighed as I shook my head. It was a wonderful Italian restaurant, and I hadn’t been there in a while. Any other time, I would have been delighted. But now …“Yes, ma’am,” Charles said, and then looked at me in the rearview mirror for approval. I gave him a slight nod.Leila shook my hand, forcing me to look at her. “I haven’t
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We were both quiet during our meal, and I really didn’t taste it, although I knew the food was exquisite. It was a lovely afternoon, but it was time to start heading back.“Shall we?” I asked, having already paid the bill.Leila nodded, dabbing at her lips with her napkin.“Man, you were hungry!” I said, reaching out to help her up. “I am definitely going to have to start feeding you more often.”Leila laughed. “It was delicious.”I smiled. “Then, I’ll have to order take out from here more often.”“That would be lovely.” She swayed a bit as she got to her feet, but I steadied her.Actually, I had planned to have all of our meals catered for a while … at least until after the baby was born, if not indefinitely. “Shall we?”I kept my arm around her waist, helping to steady her, as we headed out the front door where the limo was
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“Well, little man,” I said, walking down the hallway and into the penthouse, “it looks like it’s just you and me.”I set Jase down onto the floor, threw three blood bags into the microwave, and made us both a glass of iced tea. A moment later, there was a knock on the door. When I answered it, Kellen was on the other side, wearing his signature blue jeans, white T-shirt, and jacket and sneakers.“Hey, guy,” I said, stepping aside. “Thanks for coming.”“Addie said that you wanted to see me,” Kellen said. “What’s up?”I walked over to the microwave and pulled out the blood bags. Kellen sat down on one of the club chairs, and Jase crawled up in his lap. I poured a blood bag into a sippy cup for Jase, and the other two into long-stemmed glasses for Kellen and me. Carrying the two glasses, I crossed the room and handed Kellen one of the glasses as I sat down on the couch adjace
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I ran quickly through the penthouse, leaving Leila and Jase sleeping, as I flung the front door of the penthouse open. “Stay here with Leila and Jase! Let no one enter but me!” I yelled to Channing and Blake, standing outside the door.“I’ll go with you!” Channing yelled.“No! Do not leave Leila and Jase!” I said over my shoulder. “Stay with them! Protect them at all cost!”They both nodded, on full alert. Unwilling to wait for the elevator, I ran down the hallway to the stairwell and down them as quickly as I could. I pushed the door open, and Gregory saw me running through the back of the castle. He nodded to Cal, another vampire bodyguard, and they both followed me quickly out the door. Guests stepped back, startled, as I rushed into the courtyard, but moved along. I looked around, but my ghost was gone.Seeing nothing out of the ordinary, Gregory asked. “Mr. Steel, what’s wrong?”
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