Page 40 of Twisted

I shake my head.“I just have a feeling.When I get feelings like this, I’m usually right.”

“Okay.”He holds my gaze for a moment as he considers my words.Then he pulls out his phone and makes a call.“Theo,” he says into the phone once his brother answers.“It seems we may have an issue at the convention center.Hunters.”

He pauses and then says something in Spanish, talking too fast for me to tell what he’s saying.A few seconds later, he ends the call.“Theo will be joining us momentarily.Does that make you feel better?”

“Maybe?I…I can’t explain it and I know I sound crazy.”

“Wren.”He puts his phone back in his pocket and brushes my hair back.“You do not sound crazy.You sound like divination is a gift you’ve had to suppress.”

“That…that actually makes sense,” I say, once again shocked by something he said—in a good way.Though now isn’t the time to get into how shit I was given for having Tarot cards.“I have this feeling they know a lot of vampires are going to be in this building tonight and they’re going to do something.”

Xavier turns his head ever so slightly, listening to something.“They’re watching us now,” he tells me.“Taking photos.”

“Of course.”I roll my eyes.

“This event tonight is being put on by the VC and most of the attendees are young vampires, turned within the last decade.”

“Young vampires have a harder time controlling themselves.”

“Exactly what I was thinking.They are up to no good.”He takes my hands in his again and makes a move to continue walking.“Whatever they have planned, let them do it.”

“Wait, what?”I hurry to take a step so I can keep up the pace.

“They’re not the only ones waiting for someone to mess up.”

“What do you mean?”

“This contract we have with the Order?I’m done with it.”

“But what about being given a perfect specimen or whatever?”I ask.

He turns his head, looking at me.“I don’t need some demon hunting organization to find a good woman.”

“Right.You can hold any Instagram model spellbound,” I say.

“No,” he says shortly.“I have never had to coerce a woman into coming home with me.”

“Okay, I agree with you there,” I murmur because I’m sure he has no problem getting women at all.He’s attractive, rich, and a vampire.Especially lately, there are people lining up to at least “try out” being what is so endearingly called avamp tramp.“But you just do it to make them want to pop out babies.”

He slows and eyes me curiously.“That’s what you think?”

“Yeah,” I say, eyes wide.“You have some sort of weird breeding kink.”

The corners of his lips twitch up with amusement.“Continuing our line biologically is unorthodox, I suppose, but is it really?”

“Look, I get wanting to keep it in the family, but the way you go about it is wrong.”

“What do you think we should do instead?”

I hate that he keeps throwing things back at me, making me answer.“I don’t know.Let Devon find someone he actually cares about and who cares about him.”

“He can.Later.”

“You’re never going to ever turn him, are you?”I ask, coming to a sudden halt.

“That’s not for you to worry about.”

“Seriously?”I scoff.“That’s my future baby daddy you’re talking about.”