Kings & Queens (Book 3 Vampire Witch Trilogy)

“Where have ye been, lass?” Gwendoline called out as I carefully picked my way through a maze of rose bushes.“How can something so lovely dish out so much pain?” I complained as I pulled a thorn from my calf. “Ye could always fly over them,” she said with one hand on her hip and the other shielding her eyes from the noon sun.“Good grief,” I said with exasperation as I stepped from the rose patch to safety, “it never occurred to me to do that.” I heaved a sigh, “I wonder if I’ll ever get my act together with being a vampire and a witch.”“Not to mention a mother and a queen,” Gwendoline added playfully.“Let’s not forget you’re soon to be a wife,” Geo contributed as he scurried up from seemingly nowhere and wrapped his arms around me.“You two aren’t helping,” I giggled.“I have to say, dear

I can’t remember ever being as cold as I was when I awoke from the abyss that swallowed me while I was at the mercy of the cougar.  I could hear activity around me, but my eyes wouldn’t focus enough for me to make anything out.“She’s coming around,” a female said in a hushed voice.“Go tell his majesty,” another female said excitedly.  “He’ll be relieved to hear it.”I assumed they were talking about Geo and smiled.  I could already feel his arms cradling me while his lips caressed my forehead, eyes, and lips as he assured himself that I was okay. I tried to move my head, but the pain in my neck was acute.  I remembered the cougar’s powerful jaws clamped into my skull.  Why hadn’t I healed?“Casey,” came a deep voice that had a familiar ring to it. “Casey, can you hear me?” I still couldn’t get my eyes to fully open and focus, so

Instead of having the erotic romantic encounter with Luthias that I’d grown so accustomed to having when I slept, my dreams were filled with agonizing encounters with Geo.   I flitted from scene to scene, never staying with one for very long.  I saw him standing off to the side while Luthias made love to me.  His face was dark and threatening.  I saw him arguing with Luthias over me until it became a physical fight.  Then, a second me appeared and soothed him.  He responded to whatever it was she whispered in his ear like a babe to his mother.  She took his hand and started to pull him away from Luthias and me.  He stopped at the door long enough to look at me and tell me he would always love me, but he had to go with her.  He assured me that I was in good hands with Luthias.  The scene changed to Geo and my doppelganger admiring my two children. When they picked them up and my children waved good-bye to me as they walked

Gwendoline paced the room while my grandparents examine my eyes, hands, and head.  They hadn’t been the ones to return me back to vampire/witch status and were completely baffled by what was happening.As for me, I was still terribly angry at the world.Although he was unhappy with the barrage of hateful things I said to him, Luthias assured my grandparents and his mother that he could handle it.  After watching me behave so out of character with his subjects, he was more fearful that I might go on a killing spree if I didn’t get my rage under control.They tossed the idea of calling for Geo back and forth, but after I suggested they bring him to me so that I could give him a piece of my mind, they thought better of it.   I knew I was being unreasonable, but I couldn’t stop myself.I watched with mild satisfaction as Luthias shifted uncomfortably while giving the details of what led up to what they decided to call my

We met up with Luthias and his troops just outside the soldier’s encampment in the wee hours of the morning.  Nikodem and a few of his peers studied the weapons we’d stolen most of the afternoon. Once they understood the mechanics behind the equipment, it was easy to create a spell to diffuse it.My body trembled with dread over what we were about to do to the point that I actually longed for the return of the rage I felt while in Luthias’ compound.  We were about one hundred supernaturals in total invading an encampment with at least five hundred wicked minded soldiers, but it didn’t deter us.  Without the use of their weapons, the massacre was expected to be swift and easy.  There was no room for qualms about what we were about to do. I knew they would do it to us in a heartbeat.  I needed to think about the survival of my own kind and not about the fact that I would be killing defenseless people in cold blood. E