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questions and bit my lip. “What about me?” I finally asked when he didn’t continue.
    “He asked why you were different,” Michael said, pulling my attention to him. “Why you were stronger your first day as a vampire than he was after over two thousand years.”
    “And you said?” I wanted to hear the explanation because it was something that intrigued me as well.
    “Because he’s the offspring of a musician and you, you’re the offspring of warrior bloodlines.”
    I glanced out the window at the crowded highway. “You aren’t just referring to your bloodline, are you?”
    He sent his hard gaze in my direction. “No. There were many angels who chose to have intimate relationships with humans in the beginning,” he started. “Raphael, Gabriel and I are the only ones who were blessed with offspring.” He paused, slowing down for traffic. “Damian is Gabriel’s only child, so his bloodline ended when my brother threw him into that pit. But both Raphael and I have quite vast bloodlines, and up until you were conceived, they never intersected,” he said and glanced at me, offering up a smile that cascaded a wave of chills down my back. I hugged myself to ward off the tremor. “You’re Indian heritage is much richer than you thought.”
    Silence filled the cab as I gawked at him.
    “And the moment you bit Damian, Gabriel’s blood was introduced into the equation.”
    “How does that make me stronger than he is?”
    “You are a trinity, not a pure trinity, but close enough. You are a mixture of three angelic bloodlines and that is why you are different.” He let that settle as he navigated the afternoon traffic. “Imagine if it was possible for you and Damian to have a child?”
    The statement stunned me and my jaw dropped.
    “This world has not encountered a pure trinity in over two thousand years,” he said with a sigh and focused back on the road.
    “I thought you said that this was the first time the bloodlines converged.”
    He nodded. “I did and it is. But the only pure trinity born to a human was not created from angel blood,” he said.
    My brain tried to wrap around what he was saying but I kept drawing a conclusion that was insane. “Are you referring to the holy trinity?” I asked, voicing the unlikely conclusion.
    He nodded and my pulse quickened. The idea that I could produce the second coming was as farfetched as this conversation and I let out a frantic laugh. “You mean I could...” I trailed off unable to voice the mad idea, but the look Michael sent me confirmed my thoughts.
    “ Either that or the other side of the equation.” His gaze bore into me and I shivered.
    His assumption irritated the hell out of me. “Damian’s not evil,” I snapped .
    “No, but my brother is. If he ever got it in his head to use you as a fertility experiment, w hat kind of monster do you think that would create?”
    My eyes widened and a wave of nausea flowed through my form. Just the thought of being Lucifer’s baby-maker made me want to vomit. “Does he know about our heritage?”
    Michael’s exhaled. “He has no idea about Damian’s.”
    “What about mine?” I asked and a shadow passed over Michael’s face.
    “I don’t know, but you can damn well bet that if he does, your death would no longer be his highest priority.”
    I stared at him , turning as cold as the frigid winter air. “You didn’t tell Damian this, did you?”
    Michael pressed his lips together and offered up a sideways glare before concentrating on driving again. “No.”
    “Why not?”
    “Because he’s still overwhelmed with this morning’s revelation.” he said. “And I shouldn’t have told you, but you need to know in the event Luc...” he stopped talking, his features morphing into that same expression Damian gets when he almost screwed up.
    When he regained composure, he continued, “In the event my brother does get a hold of you, there is really only one option for you if you can’t