Kate

Kate POV

After Alexander feeds on me, I sit beside him like a loving daughter waiting to meet her brother for the first time. Erick walks into the house with Andrew, Cassie, and Macon coming in behind them. I do not stand to greet him. I sit silently beside Alexander. Erick squints his eyes at me. He knows what I have done. He is not happy, but he knows why I did it, I am sure.

Macon stands in front of me, looking me over. “Sister,” Macon says to me slyly with a hiss. If he is trying to intimidate me, it is not going to work. I have dealt with far worse than him in my life.

I look to Erick, who reaches out to take my hand. I stand beside my new husband. I look back to Macon. “Macon, did you come all this way to kill me?” I ask him. Macon reaches out to touch me. “Don’t!” Erick yells. Macon retracts his hand. “I only want to see you, that is all. I do not know what this old bastard told you, but I assure you that I mean you no harm,” Macon says.

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