The Vampire Hunter's Daughter: Complete Collection(75)

“Finally, there is a matter of my bank accounts. I have an account for each of the clubs that will be turned over to Vanessa, but my personal accounts shall be payable to Alice Matthews. This shall be an easy transition to Alice and… Alice, you will never go back to where I found you. Make something great of yourself.”

Oh, holy hell! He pretty much gave her everything. I looked over at her and saw her clutching her hands together. Sarah Jane had her arms around her, trying to provide some sort of comfort.

Trevor had one last message for us.

“I have no regrets for the life I lived, for the things I did during my existence, and I hope that every single one of you treat your lives in the same way.

"One last note: Chloe, if you have survived me and are in attendance to see this, remember that you are my daughter, my blood flows through you. If you have survived, then I am still immortal, in a sense… make yourself extraordinary.”

What a load of crap! Ugh.

Trevor faded away and the lights came back on. There was silence in the room except for Alice’s sobs.

Reluctantly, I pulled out of Drew’s arms and looked up at him.

“Thank you,” I whispered.

He nodded and went back into door guard mode.

“Well,” Maxwell said, drawing the word out. He shuffled some paperwork. “There is a lot of paperwork that needs to be filled out. Alice, we need identification and signatures from you for the bank and title transfers. There are three homes in the United States and one in Greece.”

“I don’t want anything.”

I had sat down next to her again and put my hand on her leg.

“Alice, you have earned this. You gave him your heart and soul; you earned it with your blood. Don’t make that into nothing.”

“At least keep the house in Greece,” Sarah Jane suggested, “and the money.”

Vanessa made a choking sound. “How crass to be discussing this here. Some of us are distraught.”

I’d had it with that hag. “Shut up, Vanessa!” I flexed my hands and prepped to blow her away.

“Chloe!” Luke scolded me. “Not here.”

“Luke, you told me this would stay under control.” Maxwell stood, quick on the defense.

Vanessa also stood. “Our game is not yet over, young one.”

Dahlia stood. “Perhaps it would be beneficial to everyone if the hunters leave and the papers are signed another day.”

“No,” Alice said. She stood on shaky legs. “I’ll sign them now.”

She moved from the couch to the desk where Maxwell had the papers. “Mr. Maxwell, would you be so kind as to help me find buyers for all the homes except the home in Greece? I don’t care to live in any of his homes here.”

Maxwell smiled kindly at her. “I would be happy to do that for you, Ms. Matthews. Please, just sign each of these papers here, here, here, and here.” He marked an X everywhere she needed to sign. I felt uncomfortable with us not reading anything she signed, but we were all more than ready to leave.

Alice signed while Vanessa and I glared at each other. She knew absolutely that I would burn her beautiful brown hair right off her head if she made the slightest move toward me, or any of us, for that matter.

“There, all done.” Alice clicked the pen and set it down in front of Maxwell.

“Thank you, Ms. Matthews. I will send your information by courier and call you to let you know when the transactions are completed.”

Alice sniffled. “Thank you so much, Mr. Maxwell.”

As soon as the words were out of her mouth, the entire group stood and made for the door. We didn’t run or anything, but it was evident that none of the parties involved were happy about being there.

On the way out, Luke shook hands with Maxwell again. “Thank you for your time.”

And then we exited the office and quickly walked to the elevators.



Back at home, Oscar sat at the kitchen table anxiously awaiting our arrival.

“What happened? How did it go?” He stood. “Alice, why are you crying?”

Luke patted Alice on the back. “Honey, why don’t you go on up and get some rest. We can explain everything to Oscar.”

She sniffled, nodded, and then headed up the stairs.

I pulled out a chair and sat down, while Drew made his way to the fridge.

Oscar looked back and forth amongst all of us and threw his hands up. “Well?”

Luke opened a bag of carrots and started to chop them up. “Well, nothing. It was procedure. Alice got pretty much everything he owned except the night clubs and some jewels.”

“What was with that anyway?” I asked. “Was Dahlia some kind of royalty?”

Luke had his back to us and continued to chop. “I’m assuming that was the case.”

I leaned on my elbows on the table. “I’m just glad that’s over.”

“Me too.” Drew set a glass of water next to me on the table and sat beside me. “I didn’t trust any of those vampires at all. I was on edge the whole time.”

I yawned. I was super tired, and it was late. I wasn’t used to staying up late because I had woken so early in the morning.

“I think I’m going to go to bed,” I announced. “Are you running with me in the morning?” I directed my question at Drew.