"You stacked the human race against me, and picked me. I suppose that's quite terrible," she said, and she was crying and laughing all at once, "but if you think I'll ever reproach you for it, you're insane. I think it must be the finest compliment a girl ever received. If I could love you any more than I did before today, Ray, I would."
Then she was in my arms....
When she had finally freed herself, she said, "Is it true what Cuff said, that you're related to him and to those monstrosities?"
I nodded. I couldn't very well lie to her when the facts were there. "It is true."
"And our baby will be—"
"Yes. But the story of the 'dark blood' has to be proven to us before we start worrying," I lied. That was bravado and she recognized it, but she looked happier. "I don't care if you're half sabretooth tiger, I love you."
I reached for her again. Then I caught a flicker of something in the edge of my eye and whirled.
Bill Cuff was baring his teeth at me not two yards away.
CHAPTER XIII