A/N: Thought I should update for the Thanksgiving Holiday!
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Warning: There is some sexual content in this chapter. If you are uncomfortable with it, just skip over it and keep reading. Thank you!
"I'm done," Tanya said as she slammed the case down in front of Marcus, startling him. He looked up from his paperwork and sat straight. He put his pen aside and gave her his attention.
"Pardon?" he said. Tanya crossed her arms and gave him a determined look.
"This container contains Blade's blood. I got what you wanted, so I'm done. Done with the double life, done with the House of Chthon, done with everything dealing with vampires," she said. She was tired of betraying Blade, and she wanted to take their relationship further.
"Tanya, you know that's not entirely possible. You cannot just disconnect yourself from this life," he began to explain. He guessed it was time to tell her the truth.
"I can and I will! I just want to see my brother again then I'll be out of your life forever. Please just give me this one thing," she pleaded.
"Tanya, sit and calm down," Marcus said softly. Tanya plopped down in the seat across from him.
"I know you want out of this life, but it's a little more difficult than that," he said. Tanya sensed his anxiety. Her expression grew into worry.
"What do you mean? What's wrong?" she panicked.
"Nothing is wrong, it's just that leaving the vampire world would be difficult for you. Considering that you are my biological daughter."
Tanya went still. Shock went through her.
"Tanya, please say something," Marcus said sincerely.
Tanya stood up and left the office. She bumped into Chase on her way down the hall.
"Sorry, Chase," she mumbled and continued but Chase grabbed her arm.
"He told you, didn't he?" Chase asked. Tanya nodded. Chase embraced her. "Oh, sweetheart, it's going to be okay. I'll explain it to you."
"Your mom loved Marcus. She was his most prized familiar. But she also happened to be married and she had a son. Nonetheless, she had an affair and got pregnant with you. Her husband found out and told her to stop seeing Marcus or he would divorce her and make sure she never saw her son again. She agreed to his terms and he raised you as his own, but he was unaware of Marcus helping to raise you on the sidelines."
"Why did he wait so long to tell me?" Tanya asked.
"I don't know, sweetheart." Chase gave Tanya another comforting hug.
"Tanya, what's wrong?" Blade asked. She had just rushed in and hadn't said a word to him or Whistler.
"Nothing, just tired," she responded distractedly. She was meeting her brother tonight. She didn't know what she felt. Excited? Angry? Confused? She had no thoughts about it.
"Then rest," he said. She did look a little worn out.
"No, I'm fine," she said and sat down on her bed. Her double life was officially over. She wasn't sure what she was going to do.
Blade sat down next to her and took her into his arms. She rested her head on his shoulder and sighed.
"I'm just emotionally exhausted," she admitted. "There's just a lot of stuff going on."
"What happened?" Blade asked.
"I've been trying to find my brother. I hired a Private Investigator and he found him," she said. This was a surprise to Blade. "The PI is whom I've been meeting for the past week," she added.
"Oh, that's a good thing, right?" he said. He didn't really know how to do deal with things like this.
"Yeah, but the PI found something else. He found my biological father," she said sadly.
"You're adopted?" Blade was confused.
"No. My mom had an affair, and I was the result. Turns out, my father is someone who helped me through my parents' death. He never told all these years, and now…" her voice broke. Tears glistened in her eyes. She blinked and a few escaped and traveled down her cheeks.
"I'm sorry," Blade whispered and held her tight. He kissed her forehead and her tears. He lowered his head and kissed her nose. She tilted her head up and looked straight in the eyes, then kissed him softly. He responded immediately and gently grabbed her chin and stroked it with his thumb.
The kiss deepened and Tanya wrapped her arm round Blade's neck to bring him closer. Blade's hand moved from her chin to her neck and traveled down her shirt. He head dropped to her neck and he nibbled on certain spots, eliciting a throaty growl from her.
She slid her hands under his shirt and stroked his chest sensually. Blade shuddered at the electricity of her touch. She lifted his shirt over his head and they resumed kissing.
Blade struggled with taking her shirt off. He pulled out a knife and slowly cut the fabric in the front. He put the knife away and slid the shirt off her shoulders. He kissed her bare shoulder as she unbuckled his belt. Blade took over and slid his pants off and proceeded to take hers off.
He gathered her in his arms and held her tightly. He kissed the bite mark whispered soothingly in her ear. They soon fell asleep, content to be in each other's arms.
Tanya carefully and slowly untangled herself from Blade. She dressed quietly and slipped from the room.
She grabbed her keys and purse and got in her car. She sped out the workshop and into the street. In less than 20 minutes, she would be seeing her brother again.
She pulled into a nearby parking structure and drove up to the fifth floor. It was clear except for a black SUV. A young man stood up against it.
Tanya parked and got out the car. There stood her brother, Mark. He was a little bit taller than her and had black hair and green eyes. She had never noticed before how different they look.
She ran to him and embraced her in brotherly love hug.
"I missed you so much, big bro!" she cried into his jacket.
"I missed you too, sis. Marcus told me about everything. Are you okay?" he asked.
"Yeah, I'm okay. Why did you leave?" she asked.
"I thought you would be better off without me. Marcus said he would take care of you. Did he?"
"He tried, but I rebelled and ran away for a few years," she admitted.
"Why would you do something like that? You could've been killed!"
"I know, but I was too upset over our parents' deaths to care." Tanya noticed his left hand sported a wedding band.
"You're married," she stated. He smiled sheepishly.
"Yeah. Her name's Lorrina. She's expecting our first child. The ultrasound says it's a girl." Tanya hugged him again.
"Congratulations!" she whooped. "Hooray! I'm going to be an aunty!" Mark smiled. It was good to see his sister after so many years.
Then she noticed the glyph on his wrist.
"You work for him? You have a family and you work for Marcus? Do you know how much you're risking?" she asked incredulously.
"It was the only way to…" Gunfire rang through the air and Mark's body hit the ground.
He had been hit several times in the chest and was bleeding his life away. Tanya was at his side applying pressure to the wounds. She herself had been shot in the thigh, but she was more focused on her brother's wounds. She looked around the parking lot for the attacker. She froze.
Across the parking lot, was Blade's Charger. Whistler stepped out with his gun pointed at them. Tanya withdrew her gun from her ankle and fired in godly speed. Whistler doubled over in pain, but Tanya kept shooting.
"Tanya, please make sure that Lorrina and the baby will be safe," Mark grunted out before going limp. Tanya glanced back at her brother. Fury and rage coursed through her. She stood up and continued firing at Whistler.
Another gunshot echoed through the parking lot. Tanya dropped the gun and looked down at her chest. There was bullet hole there. She dropped to the ground gasping for air. The bullet had hit her lung.
Blade stepped out of the car, his face a mask. He strode over to her and Mark. He checked the guy's wrist and saw the glyph. Tanya saw the look on his face and her heart fell.
"He's a familiar," he growled. She had betrayed him. She had fooled him for six months and he never had a clue.
"He's my brother," she choked out.
"You betrayed me," his voice was laced with steel. "You toyed with me."
"Please understand. Whistler killed my…" She coughed up blood.
Blade pointed the gun at her. "You shot Whistler."
A gunshot echoed.
The phone rang in Chase's room. She answered it immediately.
"Yes, this is Chase," she answered into the phone. Then her eyes widened in horror.
Chase burst into Marcus's office. He looked up from his desk. He noticed her panicked expression.
"What is it?" he asked.
"Mark's dead and Tanya's about to follow him," she cried.
A/N: I thought that I should let you know that this story is coming to an end, and there's only one chapter left. And this is my first time writing a lemon, so be gentle.
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XOXO, Wannabanauthor
