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~Nadira~
“How long ishe going to be unconscious?” Nadira paced the floor near the couch whereCooperlay.
“I should have knocked him out with my fist!” Adrian growled, pissed that Coopershothim.
“Well, he warned you! You should’ve listened!” she reprimanded Adrian as he rubbed his shoulder where Cooper’s bullet hit him. When they arrived back home, she had to be the one to dig the bullet out of his shoulder. Once the bullet was out, Adrian’s body began to heal immediately. He would barely haveascar.
“How much did he see?” Nicu demanded, storming into his office with his infamous scowl onhisface.
“He saw Toma kill the rogue,” Nadira said softly, biting her lipnervously.
One glance at Nicu and she knew that he was pissed at her. She had left the mansion without telling anyone, unprotected, and with a human. She already got chewed out by Toma in the SUV on the way home; she didn’t think she could handle getting yelled atagain.
“What were you doing in the park after dark with the human?” Nicu asked, sitting down behindhisdesk.
“We were on a date. We just went for coffee and were going for a walk,” she answered, plopping down in one of the oversized recliners. “It washarmless.”
“A date? Where did you meet this human?” Toma inquired from his side of the office. He leaned against the wall by the window, waiting for heranswer.
“The other day at the diner when the girls and I met after work. He’s a nice guy, he’s a cop,andhe’s—”
“Human.” Nicu cutheroff.
Cooper groaned from the couch. Nadira rushed over to him. He winced as he tried to sit up. “Be careful, Cooper. Don’t sit up to fast,” she said softly, slowly helping him tositup.
“What happened?” he asked, blinking his eyes at her. “Wherearewe?”
“You’re at my family’s home.” She sat next to him on the couch, gripping his hand. She felt horrible that he had been dragged into this. Their date was going great until Toma just had to kill a rogue vampire in front of them. She didn’t know how she was going to explain to him whathappened.
“How the hell did we get here? The last thing I remember is—” he stopped, looking around the room, noticing her four older brothers intheroom.
All of them were dressed in their black attire they wear when they were out patrolling for rogue vampires. The Olaru brothers were warriors and looked every bit the part. Toma, Adrian, and Teague were positioned around the room, still armed with their weapons. Nicu moved from behind his desk to stand in front of his desk. She gripped Cooper’s hand tighter, not knowing what her brotherwouldsay.
“Mr. Cooper, my name is Nicu Olaru. You’ve already met Teague and Adrian and our other brother over there is Toma,” Cooper nodded to eachbrother.
“Nicu….” Nadira stopped what she was about to say when his gaze flickered to her. She swallowed hard, mentally kicking herself for interrupting him as his hardened eyes moved back toCooper.
“There has been a misunderstanding tonight,” Nicu startedagain.
“There was no misunderstanding. Your brother Toma killed a man in front of me. He decapitated the man that he was engaged in a fight with.” Cooper stood up; his body stiffened as he looked around the room. “I am a police officer and I am obligated toarresthim,”
“Tell me, Detective Cooper, how much do you know about our dear sister?” Nicu asked quietly, changing the subject. Nadira’s anxiety grew because she knew that a quiet Nicu was the most lethal sideofhim.
“I know enough,” Cooper responded coolly, not backing down from Nicu. The temperature in the room seemed to drop a fewdegrees.
“Nicu! No, please don’t do this! Not now!” Nadira rushed to Nicu, pleading with him not to tell Cooper that she was a vampire. In the short time they spent together, she had really come to believe that he was her Fated Mate. She wanted to tell him on her terms, since she knew that humans were not aware of vampires. She wanted to break the news gently to him for fear of how he wouldreact.
“Move, Nadira,” Nicu said, pushing her towards Teague who gently held her back from Nicu. “You may think you know enough, Mr. Cooper, but I assure you, she is quite different than your average humanfemale.”
“I’ll do it!” She cried out, breaking free from Teague. She quickly moved in between Nicu and Cooper. She stared up into Cooper’s beautifultrustingeyes.
“What is he talking about, Nadira?” he questioned her, looking around at the large men intheroom.
She swallowed hard, glancing at Nicu whose stone-cold glare made her quickly turn back to Cooper. “He’s right, Cooper. I’m a little different,” she paused. “I’m a little older than you think” shebegan.
“Ok, so what are you thirty?” he asked, confusion cloudinghisface.
