Chapter 299

"I'll always be your family, but the truth is.... who you are is why I got to live .... Do you understand what I'm saying?" He falters, and through the mess of my head and the muggy thoughts colliding, one truth I already know rings clear. Sense prevailing, logic kicking my ass. "Because my mom was a part vampire... and that somehow saved you." I blurt it out, whimpering, wishing none of this was true, but his tense stiffening tells me that's not right exactly. "No... I mean, she was, but...... your father, Lorey. Your biological dad. He's the son of the high lord. Your dad's one of them." His words have the same effect as cutting me down where I stand, and even though my brain doesn't compute it, my body reacts just the same, and my legs give out. Crumbling but his grasp on me tightens, he holds me up and to him as I break all over again. Nausea choking me, and I wretch and sob simultaneously, unsure how else to respond. I'm not part vampire, diluted from my mother's side. I'm half of