LOGIN“At least you could tell me your name,” she said. He was quiet for a long moment, then said, “Aleron Dravenhart.” Aleron Dravenhart? What an ancient sounding name, she thought. “I’m Seraphine. Seraphine Clarke.” She held her hand out toward him and waited patiently for him to take it. When he finally did, and his skin met hers, Seraphine felt a jolt of something she couldn’t identify pass between them. He felt it, too. She saw the flash of surprise in his eyes before he had the chance to disguise it. And somehow, it made her feel better to know that he was no happier about that flash than she was. Her body was awakening to sensations she’d blocked for five years. And the raw ache within threatened to bring her to her knees. She stood up and backed away, as if distance from this mysterious man could make everything she’d felt drain away. It didn’t help. _______ When Seraphine Clarke found a man passed out in her front yard one morning, she had no idea how offering to help him would change her life. She'd helped him. Invited her into her home. But what she didn't know was that she'd invited danger into her life as well, and life as she knew and understood it was about to change. She'd introduced herself into the world of magic, witches, danger, blood and more importantly, vampires. ... What happens when she falls in love with one?
View MoreShe reached out and touched one hand to the mist on the cold window, leaving her fingerprints in the damp. “Sounds silly, but I felt like I’d found home.”“It’s a good place,” he said, not commenting on her little confession. But he knew what she meant. As if she knew his thoughts had turned to the past again, she spoke up.“What happened? I mean…” “I know what you mean.” He took another drink of the hot blood, savoring the thick, rich taste as it slid down his throat. Appropriate, he thought, that he should have blood in his mouth to tell this story.“It was a very cold night.” His voice was cool, detached, as though he were talking about something that had happened to a stranger. And that was more right than not, after all. It had been so long now, the man he’d been had nothing to do with the person he’d become. “A man came to the door. Freezing. Hungry. So near death I thought he wouldn’t last the night. I brought him inside.”He remembered it all so clearly. The scents. The sound
“You’re deliberately trying to keep me scared,” she pointed out. “And not that it’s working, but why?”“Because you should be.” He came around the table, laid both hands on her shoulders and pulled her closer to him. “Others of my kind know I come here when I'm in town. Some may come looking for me. That means you’re not safe.”“More vampires? Here?” Looking up into his deep black eyes, she shivered. “Why are they looking for you?”He let her go and shook his head. “There’s a war brewing in the vampire world. We’re expected to take sides.”“A vampire war?” Seraphine's voice sounded strained even to herself, as if she’d had to squeeze those words out a too tight throat. “And it’s coming here?”“Maybe.” He scraped a hand across his jaw. “I don’t know who’s coming— hell, even if anyone is coming. Can’t be sure.”“And if they do come, then what?” The small dribble of fear she’d felt earlier became a running river, pushing through her veins, making her mouth dry and her head feel light.He
When they hung up, Aleron tossed the phone onto the old table. Hell, maybe Tristan was right. What was the point of coming back here? Maybe his business manager had done the right thing in selling off the house. Maybe it was time he accepted who and what he was.He threw a glance at the back of the bookcase as if he could see beyond that doorway into the house where Seraphine was. She’d surprised him. Intrigued him. And he wanted her. Wanted the taste of her in his mouth and the feel of his body inside hers. Everything in him itched to find her, toss her onto that damned cot and have her… Bite her. Instincts he’d been at war with since his change rose to the surface and shook him to the bone. Seraphine Clarke had thrown him. Hard.Then he remembered what Tristan had said. His enemies had not just been looking for him. They'd found him. If they'd already been waiting for him when he arrived at Ashbourne, then they probably knew he came here every time he visited. If they followed him
Aleron's gaze narrowed when she still didn't leave, but stood almost open mouthed with even more questions written all over her face. “You should get the hell away from me.” He told her. “Yeah, you said that already.”He hissed, then quicker than she could see, he shot out of the hidden room just to grab her and pulled her back into the room with him. Ignoring the burn on his side from the sun, he grabbed her arm and curled his fingers into her skin. The moves were so startling, she jerked back despite her best intentions. He saw it and released her.“You’re afraid. I can smell it on you.” One corner of his mouth lifted and fell in a blink. “To a vampire, that scent is compelling.”Her arm tingled where he’d grabbed her. His eyes caught and held her and while she watched, the darks of his eyes bled into the whites until all she could see was her reflection shining back at her from the depths of twin black pools.“You’re a tempting package, Sera.” His gaze swept up and down her body






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