“You have no right to speak here!” The witch was furious and Nicolas wanted to get her back on track fast before she did something to Beverly.“I take it you can’t unlink the spell.” Nicolas sighed, trying his best not to show his fear for Beverly’s safety. He knew full well the witch would exploit it when she demanded her price. He was about to take the grimoire from her when she whipped it out of his grasp.“I know what you are trying to do, Nicolas.” The witch smiled. “I can do the unlinking spell, but it will come at a price.” He felt the hair on the back of his neck stand up as she smiled at him. “The price will be a debt.” She sighed as she put the book down on her little round table and started to collect herbs one by one.“A debt?” Beverly whispered, frowning, but before Nicolas could answer, the witch answered.“Yes, you probably know it as a future favour.” The witch sounded impatient as Beverly’s lips formed an “O” but no sound came out of her mouth. The witch turned her at
“Not again!” Anna sighed, fighting to sit up as everybody rushed to the side of the bed.“How are you feeling?” Collin stroked a stray piece of hair out of her face and Anna rolled her eyes. This was happening way too much and she was truly beginning to loathe being her!“Totally embarrassed that it happened again!” Anna growled, surprising all of them a little. “Besides the fact that I fainted again, what happened?” Her head was pounding and she felt as if she’d been run over by a freight train. Every muscle in her body was tight and aching.“Well, you drank the potion and passed out. The doctors didn’t find anything wrong, so, we all had to wait. I have to agree with you that I’m beginning to loathe this happening to you, Anna, but it’s not your fault. It’s never been your fault.” Collin pulled her into his arms and he wished she could just see herself through his eyes. He thought she was the strongest woman he had ever known. Stronger even than his mother and everything she went th
All Nicolas needed was one or two stray vampires that had nobody else. He could use them until he built his new nest and then get rid of them, or if they proved themselves worthy, he might just keep them around in lower positions.He needed all his top ranks to be filled with people he specifically turned. They needed to be part of his bloodline so he could ensure they would remain loyal. There was no way he was going to go through what happened at the villa ever again. He thought he had created a sanctuary for all vampires who were seeking a peaceful life.As they walked into the club, he could feel the energy and it was good to be back. He had completely forgotten how incredible it felt to hunt. Not that they would be hunting in the club. The humans in this club were part of a select group of people who knew about the supernatural world. They either wanted to be fed on or they were hoping to be turned so they could become part of the supernatural world.There were, of course, strict
ANNA BREATHED IN DEEPLY on the doctor’s command and he smiled. She had healed completely from whatever the potion did to her. She felt weird though, but the doctor couldn’t find anything wrong and she almost breathed a sigh of relief when he told her she definitely wasn’t pregnant.The only thing that could explain her sudden weirdness was the potion and the fact that she was no longer linked to the hybrids. Was it loss? Could it be that, because she was no longer linked, she felt some sense of loss? Collin indulged her this far, but it was time they got back to their lives, and although she still felt as if something was wrong, she had no other choice but to agree.With the situation with the council looming over their heads even though it didn’t look as though anything was happening, they had to be more alert than they normally were. Her entire family believed that this Vlad guy was coming for them. The border patrols were strengthened and although Nicolas insisted he didn’t want an
As they walked into the abandoned building for the third time, Nicolas felt his heartache. He still couldn’t believe that Joshua and Amber were living there. They had no other family, which was at least a good thing for Nicolas, but it was sad for them since they had to do this all on their own. Nicolas picked up Joshua’s last box and carried it outside while Joshua checked if there was anything else they might have forgotten.Nicolas also couldn’t believe that two young people who clearly didn’t have much, had three loads full of stuff to move. It was mostly Amber’s which made sense. Joshua wanted all her stuff to be in her room when she moved in with him. Nicolas was stunned at how much the young man cared for his sister, so he wanted to make sure Joshua had everything he needed to make Amber happy.This way he could ensure that Joshua was happy and that they wouldn’t have a newborn running around the city. That would give Vlad exactly what he needed and the council would fall in li
Things soon fell into a nice routine at home with Amber as she grew used to not killing her brother. Joshua was doing really well at school to finish his high school degree and he was talking about possibly going into accounting with the odd comment that he would like to become a lawyer.It didn’t really matter to Nicolas what Joshua chose, since he had lawyers and accountants and every kind of consultant you could think of. He needed vampires, which brought up the subject with Joshua. Nicolas had resigned himself to speaking to Joshua about it once and then to leave the boy be. If he really didn’t want to turn, Nicolas wasn’t going to force him, but they would have to do it when Joshua finished his high school degree.Joshua would have to be on holiday so that he could go through the same training process that Amber was going through. They couldn’t allow the young man to run around college chomping on young girls for food. If Joshua chose not to be turned into a vampire, it would cre
Unfortunately, all did not go well. The kids were willing and they went through the entire process and then all hell broke loose as Vlad and his soldiers stormed the damn building. The new nest hadn’t broken any rules that Nicolas knew of, but with the council anything was possible. They went through everything with a fine-tooth comb, so to speak, from the paperwork, Nicolas had to file with the council right up to the types of chains they were using. He was getting impatient since Vlad was the one creating a stir!A group of humans was gathered outside the building where Vlad’s security team had set up their little control center. From the outside, it probably looked like some kind of police raid, but it still drew the kind of attention Nicolas knew for a fact the council didn’t want. So, why then was Vlad allowed to do this? In the end, they didn’t find anything which he could have told Vlad right from the start and he was forced to leave with nothing.But it left a bad taste in the
It was an incredible night and Anna figured everybody had fun since people were laughing all around them. Collin was the only one who wasn’t laughing as much as he clung to her the entire night. She liked it. Normally she hated it when people were too clingy, but she liked having him so close to her the entire time. Her plan to seduce her mate was working out perfectly. Not that she needed to do anything to seduce him, but she wanted to just add a little spice to their lives.Making love all night long was exactly what she had in mind and she sighed deeply, feeling content as they lay together in the moonlight.“What was that for?” Collin sounded worried and she traced his toned muscles with her finger.“I’m just happy and enjoying the moment.” Lifting her head, she looked at him and smiled before crushing her lips down on his again. Anna had enjoyed their night out at the launch of Nicolas’s new club b