Impaling my Heart: Vlads story (Annalese and the Immortals Book 2) Read Online Free PDF Page A

brick though, so let's wait until after the council meeting, ok?"
    Annalese was still in shock, she couldn’t believe she had gotten pregnant. She had just assumed with Vlad never having children before that he couldn't. "Um yeah wow, is it too soon to tell me what I'm having? I hate saying it." The old Turk said nothing, laying his hand on her middle and staying silent. The look on his face made Annalese think he was having some deep conversation with the tiny fetus. He smiled, removing his hand.
    "Can ye tell Mehmet?" Lachlan was tense in anticipation.
    Still grinning he spoke to them," This baby is a very happy child, knowing how it was created out of so much love. I was told to expect violet eyes like daddy and red hair like you Annalese." He was intentionally trying to drive her crazy, she knew that for sure. Mehmet loved to toy with people, humans especially.
    "God Mehmet, yes or no!" Annalese was about to really loose it.
    His grin had turned into a cackle, Mehmet was enjoying himself absolutely. "Ok enough fun for me, you are having a girl, and she says to tell you she loves you and cannot wait to meet her daddy. Are you going to be able to keep this to yourself Annalese?"
    A girl, oh wow! Dresses and pigtails and tea parties and a million other things she couldn't think of now. "Yes, I'll be fine. Let's go get the Prince of Wallachia so we can finish this chapter and we can all start anew." She took Lachlan's hand, interlacing her fingers in his and walked through the garden to the house to escort Vlad to the council meeting.
    They went by limo, Annalese curled up next to Lachlan but held hands with Vlad. A second mate, by law. How would she ever make this work? Could she give them both what they needed? Enough time for each of them, and another baby. Vlad’s baby, a daughter. Annalese even had a few names in mind. Vlad’s mother was Lillian. So Annalese had thought maybe Lily or Lyla. Oh holy shit fire, if they could just get through the council, everything else would fall into place.
    The council room looked like a courtroom. They sat in what could be described as the gallery. Vlad took the "defendant's" chair. A table set up front and center. Everyone stood as the five members of the council filed in. After they sat, so did everyone else, aside from Vlad.
    "Vladislaw Basarab Dracul, you have been summoned tonight to show cause why we should dissolve your mating and side with you. We have already spoken with Sophia prior to this hearing. We have her testimony, would you like to speak or let us pass judgement now?" Vlad took a very deep, cleansing breath, slowly exhaling and then addressed the council.
    "Whatever Sophia told you is probably fairly accurate." That got a few raised brows from the members. "I loved her, I still do but not the way I should. That is impossible, I love another. How is that possible you ask, well I myself am not even certain, only that I do. My only explanation is that during our bonding ceremony she would not drink from me. Sophia did take my blood, but from a chalice, not a vein. Because of that I believe we never fully bonded. It is the only answer that I can give to you. As for the other, I love her heart and soul. She is beyond perfection and I am humbled by her every day."
    They all sat in silence while notes passed back and forth. "Vladislaw why was the council not informed of the blood rituals at the time?" Asked Cyrus, who was in charge of the council.
    "It never occurred to me that it was an issue,” Vlad testified, “She took it so I never thought it was a problem."
    More notes went back and forth, and there were whispers among the panel. "Now that you've found another, you will need permission to take a mate again. Tell the members why we should grant you such permission."
    Vlad was deciding how to answer. He wasn't sure he was ready to tell the world about their love triangle. It was an odd situation that worked for them. Then he straightened his suit jacket, stood tall