Liam’s POV
“He’s NOT my father!” The vampire interjected, his voice on the verge of cracking into a snarl. But once he turned to his Mate, his tone immediately softened, and he began pleading: “It’s not something I would have hidden from you, I swear!” He said, begging her to believe him with his eyes. “I’ve been Basil Smith for close to a century, and that’s the name I give everyone. The second I was strong enough to leave the Sire-bond, I left!”
I didn’t know much about vampires, but I had occasionally heard rumors about “Sire-bonds”. It was a bond between a vampire and the human he turned—a sort of master-servant bond, from what I was led to believe. I’d also heard that this was an exaggeration and that no such bond ever existed. However, the pain in Basil’s eyes told a different stor
