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tried to process what his brother had just said. Finally, it all
registered. “Hold on. Are you telling me she’s pregnant with your child? I
thought that the two of you met last night.”
    “She isn’t pregnant,” Nathaniel sounded
irritated by the question. “We were destined for each other. I’ve spent my
entire life waiting for someone like her. My father is going to be pleased with
my choice.” He nodded his head as if agreeing with himself.
    Nathaniel was not the romantic type, and
that made this whole conversation seem even stranger.
    “What have you done with my brother?
Where is the pod?” Noah asked.
    “Your humor is not appreciated,”
Nathaniel said dryly. “Last night, I messed with her memory.”
    “You did what?”
    Nathaniel blew out an exasperated breath.
“Aiden attacked her. I didn’t want her to remember it. I liked her and I felt
guilty.”
    Modern humans didn’t really understand
their family structure. Nathaniel was the eldest son of the eldest son. That
gave him almost complete authority over all of his cousins. It also made him
responsible for the actions of those living under his roof. So it wasn’t a
stretch to say that Nathaniel was to blame for the attack, but Noah knew that
he rarely felt guilty about these sorts of things. Normally he was just angry
about the risk to their safety, and annoyed that he had to deal with someone
else’s stupidity.
    “Aiden attacked her?” Noah was shocked.
“I admit I don’t really know him that well, but he hardly seems like the type
to assault a woman.”
    The attack had surprised Nathaniel too.
“He was looking at her like she was a drug that he needed. I don’t know what
came over him, but I’m guessing he tried to give her a mental push and it
didn’t work. You know how hard it was for him to lose his parents, and he’s not
close to any of us. I’m guessing that loneliness made him go a little crazy
when he met a potential mate.”
    “Believe it or not, there are people
immune to mind control,” Noah said. “I know that you’re better at it than most,
but you don’t try to control everyone so I’m sure there are a lot of people who
can resist you, and you don’t try to impregnate them all.”
    “There’s more,” Nathaniel added. “Aiden
fed on her energy. Not completely, but she was too weak to walk right after it
happened. Today she’s fully recovered. It takes someone with that kind of
strength to carry our children. Last night I wanted her, but I figured that it
would be a mistake after what had happened. I also knew we had no future. Now,
I feel like Aiden did me a favor.”
    “I doubt Hannah would consider it a
favor,” Noah muttered. “I know that you believe she's the woman for you, but
what if she doesn't want the life you offer her? I don't want to see you hurt.
Manipulating this girl into your world won’t make her fall in love with you.”
    Nathaniel looked at Noah like he was
crazy. “Why wouldn't she want the life that I can offer her? I will give her
everything.”
    “Everything except a normal human life,”
Noah added bluntly.
    “She’ll have eternal life, eternal
youth. That’s better than her human life.” Nathaniel spat out. “What human
wouldn’t want what we have? You’re the only person alive that doesn’t want this
life.”
    Noah shrugged. This was an old argument,
and he wasn’t interested hashing it out again.
    “I’m not saying that she won’t want it,”
Noah said gently. “I just want you to be prepared for the fact that she might
not want it. You need to be honest with her.”
    “What would you have me do, Noah? Tell
her on our first date?”
    “I didn’t say that you need to tell her
right away, but you need to tell her before things go too far.” Noah hated
lying. He knew it was a way of life for them, but he hated it anyway.
    Nathaniel smiled. “Do you like her?” He
had obviously moved on from their argument about being honest with Hannah.
    The wistful look on