Page 115 of Dragon Unhinged

“What—what are you doing in here?” I watch as he slowly comes back to himself. Peter’s influence must be wearing off now that he’s dead.

It’s only when he looks down and sees Peter’s corpse that he comes unhinged. “What happened?” His eyes zoom in on the blood on my face and all over the walls and floor. “Did you do this?”

I grin. “I did.”

“Why? Why would you hurt poor Peter?”

I scoff. “You’ve been under vampire thrall for a while, Daddy-o. You probably have a lot to figure out, but you should know that I’m taking you down. Your whole operation. And my sister-in-law is making sure you’ll never work in politics or ever again. You won’t even be able to get a job slinging fast food. You’ll be lucky if our home country will let you cross over the border without handcuffs.”

“What do you mean?” he asks, worry threading his voice.

“You’ll find out soon enough. By the way, you should meet my mate.”

My father sputters before he manages to get the words out. “Your what?”

I pull Declan forward from behind me. “You remember Declan, right?”

His eyes widen so much I’m afraid they’re going to pop right out of his skull. “You’re with that monster? Did you help him escape?”

“I did.” I turn and give Declan a very inappropriate kiss in front of my father. “And we have a baby together.”

That’s all I needed. To tell my father off to his face and not worry about the consequences. I grab Declan’s hand and step over Peter’s body and walk out of my father’s office and house for the last time. I look forward to reading about his demise, but he means nothing to me anymore.

“Are you sure that’s all you needed?” I ask Declan.

“Are you kidding? He may have held me captive, but it’s Grey’s blood I want.” He kisses me quickly.

“Come on, we’ve got a few more assholes to take out, and then I fully expect all the things that should come with being a dragon’s mate.”

“Oh, yeah? And what, exactly, are you expecting?”

“All the happiness in the world.”

Declan grabs me and tugs me in close. “I call dibs on burning them all alive. After that, I swear to you, nothing in the world can stop us from making our own happily ever after.”

With a grin, I grab the keys to my father’s armored BMW and toss them at Declan. “Gods help anyone who tries to stand in our way.”