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“You can live a full life with MS there are plenty of...”
“We don’t want a full life.We want three lifetimes maybe MORE.”Gerry snapped.
Sarah took a calming breath.“Gerry do you have MS too?”She faked concern in her voice.
Gerry’s face softened and for a moment she saw the man she’d grown up with, loved.“No not yet, but I’m predisposed to it thanks to my father’s faulty genetics.”
Sarah wasn’t surprised he hadn’t lied about despising his father.They had grown close based on that common thread.“You tortured them then set them upon the world.”
Gerry held up a hand.“No.Daniel wasn’t supposed to escape.When he did, we simply used it to our advantage.We arranged for you to be put on this case which wasn’t difficult with your family name and your skills.”
“So, you’re helping your father because you’re afraid you may get MS one day.That’s crazy.”
“I am not helping that lunatic because I am afraid of getting a disease.I’m helping him because he’s the only person who can get me what I want.”
“What do you want?”
“You.”
CHAPTER7
Sarah couldn’t believe what she was hearing.She had been friends with Gerry since she was seven.She’d told him everything, including her anger with her father.How could he do this?
“Why now?After all this time?”While her mind could barely process the magnitude of his betrayal, her heart wanted answers.
“It has always been you, Sarah,” he said sincerely.
She grabbed a nearby chair and sat.“I’m not leaving with you.How could you do this to me?You were like a brother to me.”
Gerald sighed.“It was unfortunate that we met so early in life, but I knew by the time you were fourteen that you were meant to be mine.”He straightened his sleeve.“You have done what you needed to do.Let’s go.I have a surprise for you.”
Sarah’s stomach knotted.“What did I need to do?”
“You needed to be exposed to the shifters in order to trigger your transformation.Although we can enhance the mating hormone, we can’t synthesize it.We still need them for that...for now.”
She was confused.“You want me to mate one of them?”
“No.You are mine.You will be my wife.Bear my children.Our kids will have enhanced DNA.”He pleaded with her as if everything he was saying was perfectly rational.
“You’re going to experiment on me?”
“Not you, the thing you fucked,” he said in disgust.
Sarah felt so sick she dry-heaved and put her hand over her mouth.
Gerald’s face was hard.His voice like ice.“Do you have any idea how hard it was to let you fuck that thing?”
Sarah wasn’t sure what was worse the fact that he knew she’d had sex with Devon or that he believed he had the right to dictate to her.She needed to stall to figure out how to get out of this mess.She had just lost her only remaining friend.Her father was afraid, and he was backing Gerald not her.Could she shoot Gerry?She decided on another tactic.“You dated.You had girlfriends.You never showed any romantic interest towards me.”
“You never showed any romantic interest in a man.I came to believe you were a lesbian.I was taking steps to rehabilitate you, but Brian had a better idea,” he said coldly
Sarah’s gaze jumped to her father.“Did you arrange for Cyril to bite me?Was that your idea?”
Brian rolled his shoulders as if he was beneath answering her.“With you showing no interest in men, and Donny gone, I needed to ensure I got an heir.Someone to carry on the family business.”
“The family business is killing and harvesting animals.You, insensitive PRICK.”she yelled.There it was, the bane of her existence.She hadn’t been born a boy.She laughed without humor.“You sacrificed your only daughter for a chance to have a male heir.”
“It’s guaranteed.With Kevin’s research, your firstborn will be male, but you were promised to Gerald prior to Donny’s death.”He turned to Gerald.