Drinking my fill I watched Galen grow dizzy from blood loss. I drank like a vampire and closed my bite wound with a flick of my tongue and shoved his arm away from me."The Goddess is asking me if you have been seeded. I told her yes to give you some lead way," Eva chortled within my mind and I grinned slightly as I dabbed at my lips. "Can we leave now?" I asked rudely and Selene eyed me curiously and said, "of course." I felt disgusted with her cheerful disposition and stood glaring at them both. Selene grabbed both our hands and didn't tell us to close our eyes so when we reappeared outside of Xavier's house I vomited. "Already getting baby sickness," she quipped and I glared at her as she skipped up the stairs to knock on the door. I didn't correct her by saying it was just vertigo from the transport and crossed my arms. I turned to look out at the forest surrounding Xavier's house and out across the field of cattle in the direction of the portal to the vampires. I curled my lip

I ran up the narrow stairs with red tears flowing down my cheeks unchecked. I wiped them away as I stormed through the living room toward the kitchen. I ignored my father as I focused on the refrigerator and grabbed a bag of cold blood and bit into it with bitterness. I turned and leaned against the counter, my chest heaving as I drank. "Did something stupid happen to infuriate you?" Nikolai asked with a raised brow. I nodded my head as I finished draining the entire bag."Yeah, males are sore losers,'' I grunted and went to sit across from my father. He joined his long fingers under his chin and grinned at me."Please enlighten me, dear child." I exhaled deeply and explained to him that I had rage I needed to expel and wished to sword fight to release my tensions. Nikolai nodded and waved for me to continue."I beat Micah and Lucian came in to fight and I beat him too. Then Lucian got all pissy, turning red-eyed and growling for me to leave…what bullshit, I wasn't even tired yet or

I felt rejuvenated once back into the vampire's realm and crossed my arms at the two talking about my dad."Where did he go?" Both Micah and I asked Lucian. Lucian looked concerned as he explained what he had seen and presented to Nikolai about our mother."I believe Selene is the one who murdered her because Maria signing and dating those documents on the same day her mutilated body was found is a bit too coincidental," he said staunchly and I frowned. We all turned to see Nikolai entering Lucian's room and looking relieved."Thank goodness you made it through before the portals were closed," he said in anexhausted breath."Did you confront the Goddess?" Lucian asked curiously and Nikolai frowned and shook his head."I tried but she kept disappearing on me, damn crafty bitch," he muttered."Who is responsible for the portals being closed?" Micah questioned our father as Lucian turned to me. He could tell I was an emotional wreck. His arm snaked around my waist as his mouth neared my

I felt empty and told Lucian that he could leave me while I took a shower once again."Will you be alright? If you need anything, yell for me," he insisted firmly and I nodded. I removed my shirt and went to stand in the shower in a complete daze. Turning the water on I didn't even 9flinch at the cool water splashing against myself. "You are going to be alright, dear and so is your body. I'm working extra hard to heal everything quickly for you, including your complex emotions," Eva whined in my mind."Why do I feel so gross and at a loss," I muttered in confusion."Because the child was still a piece of you and you are feeling that loss. Just because it was put there by Galen doesn't mean that a part of you didn't help create it," she growled softly and I chewed on my lip and asked her internally about Lucian's comments from earlier."Do you think it's possible that he knocked up my aunt and they were going to wed because of that and she lost it like me?" I questioned sourly and Eva

The blonde-haired female was kissing me and I indulged her for a moment before shoving her away from my person."Nia is my mate and I told you I am not interested in your wares," I growled bitterly. Inaria wiped off her mouth and grinned at me with her yellow eyes full of spite."I did what was asked of me. Now I can leave this horrid place without my overbearing uncle," she said cryptically, making my eyes narrow. Micah came storming into the room and continued toward me."What did you do, Lucian? Nia ran off and is missing!" He shouted angrily. I glared at the yellow-eyed bitch and reached out for her. Grasping her arm I dragged her out of Nia's room as I shouted for her uncle Nash. Micah followed after me. Micah pulled on my arm to get my attention."Whatever you did, Nia witnessed it and ran out of the house very upset. I went out a little while after her to talk to her and she was gone," he growled firmly and Inaria chuckled."Selene has gotten her then and I will be rewarded han