Page 66 of Prince with a Chance of Darkness

Jonathan stood there looking dumbfounded too. “Is my mate pregnant?”

“Speak in little sentences, he’s having trouble with this,” I said to Marcy, enjoying razzing my brother-in-law.

“Yes, Jonathan,” Marcy said. “Your mate is pregnant. With twins. Girls.”

Jonathan vaulted over the end of the table like an Olympic athlete and was to my sister in the blink of an eye. He went to one knee next to her chair. “Don’t panic.”

He clearly knew her well.

She started to panic.

He moved closer and kissed her lips chastely. “I love you. This is a good thing.”

She glanced at me fast.

I smiled. “He’s right. It’s a good thing.”

She calmed slightly and clutched her husband’s hands for dear life.

Seward shook his head. “I’m still wondering when it was Bram had another daughter and how he doesn’t know about her.”

I lifted my hand as if it were a classroom and Bram was the teacher.

Bram’s gaze met mine. “Yes?”

“One, I was serious about the pizza. I’m hungry. Feed me. Two, I think your wife might be telling youshe’spregnant,” I said.

Marcy’s smile managed to get wider. “Mina gets me. We’re going to be such great friends. So are our little ones.”

I snorted. “Mylittleone is seventeen and not so little anymore.”

She caressed Bram’s chest, all while he looked a bit faint. “Tempi is going to be wonderful with the little ones, but I meant your other little ones. Your other two girls.”

“Uh, I think you’re confusing me with Willa.” I pointed to my sister. “She’s the one who is pregnant again. Not me.”

“For now,” said Marcy.

I gasped. “What does that mean? I’m done having babies. I’d have to be having sex for that to happen. News flash, I am not having any sex.”

“Want to be?” asked Austin with a waggle of his dark brows, earning him another swat from his father.

Henry stood, his hand finding mine. “Mina, is that something you want? More children?”

I eased my hand from his, disliking everyone staring at me. And I was in no way ready to discuss having more children with Henry of all people. “Why are we all here, Bram? What is this emergency meeting about?”

Seward had to elbow him because the man was too busy staring at his wife’s stomach like it might bite. Ironic, since he was the vampire in the situation. Bram didn’t budge.

Seward grunted. “Dracula and The Weird Sisters are coming to town. They may already be here.”

“They’ve come before a lot of times,” said Austin’s father. “What is with the panic now?”

I had the same question. Why was everyone freaking out now about some old dude showing up if he’d been making frequent visits to the area over the years?

“Yes, they’ve come here before,” said Lucian as he strolled into the room. “But a warning about this time came from a trusted friend. With Dracula comes great darkness.”

“Again, I ask, how is this different?” asked Austin. “And don’t you count as a great darkness?”

Every man who had been sitting stood, all eyes on Lucian. I didn’t love the guy or anything, but he had saved my sister’s life in Romania, even if it did leave her a wolf-shifter, and he’d protected my niece two weeks back.

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