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Quincey sat there for a long while after his sire left him. He thought of the child that would need these men, and wondered if they would take her. Jake might be hesitant about it, but he thought Forrest would be the hardest to convince. He would know, too, that the child was a vampire. Quincey would also have to remove the spell on young Jake soon.

“What am I to do, Jenna? They will hate me for what I have kept from even you.” He wondered too what she’d say if she had any idea that he’d been her father. That her mother had been the love of his life, and he’d not known about their child. “I should have told you. It was my plan to, but by the time I found you, you were too set in your ways to allow me to change you. I should have anyway.”

When the couple came out of the woods, their bodies slick with sweat, he smiled as he pulled the shadows around him. He loved these men, like a man would a son, he supposed. As they got closer to the house, he listened to their words, their body language telling him more than their simple statements did. They were in love. The two of them were deeply in love.

“The office is going to be closed for the rest of the week. I thought we’d take a trip.” Quincey wondered if he could guide them to the child, perhaps. But before he could suggest that to them, Forrest continued. “And I think you’re right about the house. Selling it would be the best thing. Too many bad memories. I like your idea about Jenna’s house.”

“She left it to us both.” Quincey had known that as well, and wondered if she’d told them that he lived in the sublevels. When Jake paused and looked right at him, he wondered if the man was already shedding his magic. “Do you feel that?”

Forrest stood next to Jake, protecting him as they both looked around. Quincey assured them with a touch of his mind to theirs that things were all right, to go in the house. When they did as he suggested, he made his way to his home.

Life for the two of them was about to get very busy. And for the first time in a while, Quincey knew that this was just what he needed. Smiling, he made his way to the lower levels and wondered what his life was going to be like as well.