Gray carefully put me down, but his arms stayed around me. He held me possessively and stared at the faery. “I have done nothing but love her and get her to fall in love with me.”
Quinn frowned. “Did you? Tell me something, Kelsey. Did he tell you the truth about himself?”
“Yes, he did.” I didn’t get why everyone was so against me being with Gray. He’d been upfront and honest about his parentage and I’d accepted it. We were adults. It was our decision as far as I could see. “I know he’s half demon. I don’t see where it’s your business. It’s between me and Gray. Stay out of it.”
He shook his head. “I can’t do that because I don’t believe he’s told you the whole truth. Has he told you that he’s been feeding you fertility drugs?”
Gray gasped behind me. “That’s a lie.”
“It’s not a lie, Kelsey,” Daniel said with sympathy. “Dev caught it this afternoon. All he had to do was touch you to know someone had been playing with your fertility.”
“It was faint the night you came into the club, but it’s quite powerful today,” Quinn agreed.
My hands tightened around Gray’s arms. I wasn’t about to believe it. “I have that ring thing. I can’t get pregnant.”
Dev shook his head at my naiveté. “The drugs he has been using on you are far more powerful than anything a doctor can give you. That device is supposed to stop ovulation, but I promise you’re ovulating right now.” He turned his attention to Gray. “What did your father promise you if you produced a child with a Hunter? Was he willing to let you go in exchange for a powerful child?”
“I didn’t give her anything,” Gray said.
“It would taste like peppermint,” Dev pointed out.
I turned and looked at Gray. “It was Syl.”
“Kelsey, I didn’t tell him to do that,” he said, practically begging me to believe him.
I took a deep breath and reached out for his hand. I couldn’t…wouldn’t believe he would knowingly do that to me. He loved me. I knew he loved me. “I know, baby.” I turned back to Quinn. “Am I pregnant?”
“No,” the faery said, “But it wouldn’t have taken him long. And you didn’t answer my question. What did your father promise you for impregnating a Hunter?”
“Answer the question, Lieutenant. Don’t bother lying. We know you met with your father.” Dan gestured for a man to come forward. It was the guy with the Northeastern accent. He walked forward, several black and white photographs in his hand. When he held them up, I saw a picture of Gray in the T-shirt and sweats he’d worn the morning after we’d first made love. He’d gone jogging and stayed out for a long time. Now I could see plainly he’d met someone.
The man in the picture with Gray was powerfully built and dressed fashionably in a pinstriped suit. There was a vague resemblance between the men. They had the same build, the same nose, and similar strong jawlines. There were several pictures and Trent held them up for all to see. In one, the two men were arguing, but as the photos continued, Gray seemed to calm down and listen. In the last picture, Gray and his father were shaking hands.
“What do you do, Trent, follow me around?” Gray growled.
Trent shrugged. “It’s a hobby. Stop stalling and answer the question. What did he offer you? You should know that I have tapes of the conversation. I could let her hear the whole thing.”
Why wouldn’t I want to hear it? It was plain on Gray’s face that he didn’t want me to hear it. Panic threatened and I could feel the beast…no, she’s a wolf…I could feel her starting to twitch again. I turned to him and stared into those deep blue eyes. I loved those eyes.
He closed them like he couldn’t bear to look at me anymore. “An extra thirty years.”
Donovan whistled. “That’s impressive. He must want that child very much.”
“He thinks you’re planning a war,” Gray replied and I heard the pain in his voice. “He thinks you’ll break off contact when the vampire/demon contracts expire.”
“It’s a good plan,” Quinn admitted. “He takes out a demon hunter and perhaps gets one of his own to train. Maybe he could even convince Kelsey to play for your side. She would be extremely effective at killing vampires. It’s a good call. Tell me, what were you planning to do if she didn’t get pregnant?”
“I’m not on their side. I wouldn’t fight beside my father. Never. As to the rest of it, I’m gonna find a way out,” Gray stated with implacable will.