Chapter 61

ALEXANDROS Xavier rests his chin on Ophelia’s shoulder, his blue eyes glued to my face as he listens, enraptured. It is unlike him to be so curious, and this side of him intrigues me. “So the fates of elementai and vampires are bound. But how?” he asks. I run my fingers through my beard and suppress a heavy sigh. I never intended to reveal this part of myself to them, having foolishly convinced myself that my past had no place in my future—and, until now at least, it had been irrelevant. Still, this is not a conversation I am prepared for tonight. But when Ophelia catches my eye and smiles, I am reminded how much all our lives are about to change. My boys need to know everything. The whole story. Everything except Lucian. I lack the strength necessary to answer the inevitable questions that will arise concerning him. I blow out a breath. “Elementai are the only creature strong enough to bear vampire children. That is why they were hunted to extinction and why no vampire has been born i