@rareawoman | cont
“Here we are, Randall. Did you go to the ends of the earth to get your wife home safely? No. You did not. What makes you think you’re ready to be a father?” A soft sigh. “Have you any notion of how to put someone before yourself?”
Salazar could be asking himself the same questions. Yet the waitress interrupted him before he’d time to make his actual point: that neither Frank nor Claire were prepared to raise a magical child. The woman put drinks before them, and Salazar put a hand around his glass yet did not drink from it.
The word bastard didn’t bother Salazar entirely. He’d fathered so many over the centuries the word nearly became meaningless. So what, he thought to himself. Claire, however, seemed to have an entirely different reaction. She took enough offense to get her out of her seat and quickly away before either man could command her back. Not that either of them would. It would be easier without Claire around. Salazar was prepared for her anger in not coming after her straight away.
“You have two options,” Salazar began once it was clear that Frank’s mind was aligned with his. They were staying, and the door was long shut behind Claire. The immortal took a sip of his whisky, “Surrender Claire and the babe to me, never to show your face again and allowing Claire to live happily as a mother. Or, keep Claire for yourself, convince her the babe is dead and surrender it to me after birth.”











