Free Finding Chrissten: Legacy, Book 5 by N.J. Walters Page B

the bounty hunter groups. They went to attack a pack, Isaiah’s original pack. I shot the leader of the bounty hunters in order to save one of the wolves. Frankly, I was surprised as hell they didn’t just kill me on the spot. But the alpha let me speak. That’s when I saw him. Jesus, Chris, he looks just like me except for the hair color.”
    Chrissten was shocked to her core. Quinn’s talk about killing was a sharp reminder of everything he’d done in order to find her. He’d lived with paranormal bounty hunters, men who wouldn’t have hesitated to kill him if they’d discovered his secret.
    Quinn’s eyes narrowed. “He admitted he knew our mother but insisted he didn’t know she was pregnant.”
    “Wow.” Chrissten was finding it hard to string a complete sentence together. She’d never expected they’d ever meet their biological father. “What’s his name? What’s he like?”
    Her brother released her hands and sat on the floor at her feet. “His name is Donovan Brody, and I honestly don’t know what he’s like. I didn’t spend much time with him. All I wanted to do was get to Chicago and start looking for you. When they found out you were missing they offered to help.”
    “Because I’m an unmated female?” Chrissten had learned a lot these past months. And one of those lessons was that there were a lot of unmated males who wouldn’t care if she was a half-breed or not. All they wanted was a mate.
    “No. Maybe. I’m not sure.” He rubbed a hand over his face. “Mostly because you were a female who was abducted from her family. Isaiah’s former alpha is a good guy. His daughter is a half-breed. Maybe that’s why they were all so keen to help.”
    It was a lot for her to take in on top of everything else.
    “He’s coming here, to Chicago.”
    “When?” Chrissten wasn’t sure she was ready to meet her long-lost father.
    “A day, maybe two. I’m not exactly sure. When Isaiah called them to let them know we’d found you, he said he was coming as soon as he could.”
    “How do you feel about this?”
    “Fuck, Chrissten, I don’t need a daddy at this point in my life.” Bitterness coated his words. Their childhood had been rough in many ways. They’d always known they were different. It had isolated them from others, made them feel alone. They’d had to keep on the move to stay safe. Their mother had worked hard to help them. She’d been mother and father to all her children.
    Chrissten didn’t know how she felt about meeting him.
    He took her hands in his again. “Don’t worry. You’re not alone. You’re not expected to feel anything for him. He’s a sperm donor, nothing more at this point.”
    Quinn was right. “Is he coming alone?”
    “I’m not sure. One of Isaiah’s brothers might come with him.”
    It boggled Chrissten’s brain to even imagine such a thing. “How many brothers does he have?” Isaiah was intimidating enough on his own. She’d been too busy recovering from her ordeal to wonder about more than the pack here at Haven.
    Quinn laughed. “There are four of them. Joshua, Micah and Levi, who are twins, and Simon. All pureblood and all pretty impressive.”
    Chrissten tilted her head to one side. “You like them.” She could hear it in his voice.
    He nodded. “Yeah, I do. They’re blunt as hell, but you know where you stand with them.” Quinn pushed up off the floor. “You sort through your clothes and get dressed. I’ll send Bethany up to help you and stay with you. When you’re ready, come on downstairs to the club. I think you’ll like it.”
    “I will.” Right now all she wanted was a few minutes alone to assimilate everything she’d just learned. She had a father, a pureblooded werewolf, a man she’d never expected to meet, and he was coming to see her. And that was on top of her crazed mate who was still searching for her.
    Quinn dropped a kiss on the top of her head and left her sitting alone on the bed.
    She sat there for a minute,