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

choking out his words. "Annalese, is it…?" He couldn't even finish his sentence, Vlad’s voice escaped him.
    Annalese addressed the council, “May we be excused for a few moments? I need to speak with Vlad, I can return if you need." Annalese left her seat and grabbed Vlad’s hand and pulled him to the door as all council members nodded to her request. Leading him outside to have some privacy, "Vlad, I'm sorry. I had a plan on how I wanted to tell you and this was not it." His head hung down, he knew Lachlan was going to be a father again. They were probably already choosing names. Vlad was sure there would be no second mating after this bombshell.
    "Give me your hand big guy," she took it so his palm would be on her middle. "Tell me what you feel?"
    Vlad closed his eyes and let his senses work, then after a few minutes he spoke. "A girl, you are having a girl."
    Annalese shook her head, "No Vlad." He looked at her like she was losing it and did his eyebrow raise.
    "No is a word I seem to hear a lot lately, and I do not like that word. I felt a girl Annalese. Is there something I do not understand? Please explain it to me. I feel this whole thing must have dulled my senses."
    This was going to be her favorite moment ever, getting to tell Vlad about the baby. "I am not having a girl. We , as in you and I are having a girl. Vlad, meet your daughter." His eyes filled with tears, Vlad tried so hard to hold them back but they spilled down his cheeks. He dropped to his knees, aware they were being watched, but not really caring. The entire council along with Mehmet and Lachlan stood just thirty feet away, watching the scene unfolding before them.
    "How?" Vlad choked out, the words stuck in his throat. "I tried for so long with Sophia. I wanted a baby so badly! Are you saying it wasn't me, this is really my daughter?" He was still on his knees, his hands on her middle. Vlad laid his cheek on her belly and just cried.
    "Yes baby, this is really your daughter. Mehmet said she wanted to meet her daddy, and to expect your eyes and my hair."
    "Oh fuck!" He was still sobbing, this was the miracle he had hoped for, prayed for over the years, and it had finally happened. "Gods, thank you. Annalese thank you." Vlad was still on his knees, hugging her, kissing her tummy ever so softly.
    "Aye Cyrus, doona ye think ye have seen enough? Sign off and let me take me King home." That was it for the council. Lachlan went over to where Vlad and Annalese were. "Aye T, congratulations dad. Now ye want to get up before yer reputation is truly destroyed."
    Vlad gave his nod and stood. Silently they made their way back to the limo. They had been riding for some time before Vlad decided the silence was killing him. "This is why you needed Mehmet." It wasn't a question, just a stated fact. "Lachlan, why would you do this for me?" That was the question; the one Vlad desperately needed an answer to.
    "Aye, well T, t’was only right. I've told ye before, I may have loved her first, but that doesn't mean she doesn't love ye too. And it makes our family complete. Now we were always a bit unconventional, so why the bloody hell not. T'will make everyone happy, including me self. Anathing that makes her happy ye know. Just enjoy it. Plus yer having a baby. That should make you verra happy. Yer daughter spoke to Mehmet, maybe she will talk with her daddy." Vlad placed a hand on a sleeping Annalese's middle and closed his eyes. He didn’t open them for quite a while, but the smile on his face told them he was communicating with his daughter. His eyes finally opened, still sporting the Cheshire cat grin. He kept his hand firmly in place and just kept grinning.
    "So T?" Lachlan asked his King.
    "Well, I would like to sit in the library, by the fire, with a bottle of that emergency booze and then I will tell you both what my daughter said to me. At the moment I would just like to revel in the fact I am going to be a father." And that’s exactly what he did.