“I’ll talk to you later then?” tossing Caleb his shirt, catching the sweat-soaked towel he threw back her way over his shoulder with a grimace, Sinn ushered the big man out of the cabin with more haste than was considered polite anywhere in the world. It was necessary though as even though the sun was up and blazing brightly, she could feel a storm coming towards them. Though this storm was beautiful and blonde and could probably do more damage than ten category five tornadoes touching down at the same time if the mood struck her. Rounding the corner of the cabin, Caleb wiped at the sweat already beading his chest again with his shirt. “Whoa!” Pulling up short, he fell back against the wall of the cabin to avoid barrelling into the figure that had appeared in front of him. “Oh hey, haven’t seen you around in a while.” Caleb swallowed nervously as Jo lowered his shades with a finger and looked him up and down like he was seriously considering ripping his arms and legs

Ella sighed in relief as she heard the familiar sound of Sinn’s motorbike roaring towards the mansion. “Next time I’m having the engine taken off that thing too,” she grumbled as she made her way to the library window to watch them pulling up.“Ahh, well,” Mel laughed as she moved to stand beside her friend. “From what Eric said it wasn’t even Sinn’s doing this time. Yoanna made them put it back together and who would want to argue with either of them but especially our Queen?”Leaning against Ella’s side, she stroked the softness of Aimee’s cheek as she watched Sinn and Yoanna climb off the bike. Just the sight of them and their obvious good mood, even if Sinn did seems to be wincing as she got off the bike, released a knot inside she hadn’t been aware of and she felt Ella’s body relax too. “We knew they were okay,” she assured her. “I’m glad they’re back

While Ella jumped into Marcus’ arms with a squeal and started kissing him in delight as she took in the metallic shimmer of her eyes, Sinn moved further down the tunnel on her own.She trailed her fingers and power down the perfect smoothness of wall to her left even though she could have walked right down the centre and reached out with her power and got the same feel and result.Her mother had had no training and the only thing her Mentor had been interested in was of the painful physical kind. Most of her experience with using her power before had come on the job and until she had met Ella she had thought, and been told, that being able to sense Vampires and Werewolves was magic and therefore a sin in the eyes of God and the church. But it was also a tool to be used to get back into His good graces.Ella had helped her to see what she had always felt, that he was using it to control her with fear. And then there was Yoanna. Sinn smiled just thinking abo

Sinn watched intently using her power and the mirror behind the bar as Ella made her way through the crowded bar towards the corner where Mel was. She could feel the nervousness rise and fall through everyone as they recognised Ella and were instantly soothed by her smile and gentle greetings to those she recognised. That ability to charm and soothe, and that she was known, was why Ella had gone towards the group first and not herself or Yoanna.Yoanna could do the charm in spades but most of the Were’s in the bar didn’t know who she was or they would get wind that she was the Vampire Queen. As for herself, Sinn knew that she wouldn’t be able to go near them without them seeing quite clearly that she wanted to rip their spines out. Her lighter clothing could only conceal so much and right then it was helping her to blend in at the bar ready to act if, or when, action was needed.As Ella neared the table, Sinn watched as Mel saw her and her face and au

As she leaned back against the wall, Sinn closed her eyes and basked in the feel of the last rays of the sun dancing across her face before it dipped out of sight behind the trees with one last bright twinkle. Eyes still closed, she felt the gentle blanket of the night starting to settle across the land even though it was hours before it would go completely dark.Every moment of her life, no matter what the time, had held a potential for danger. Evil didn’t just live in the dark, she knew that. And in many ways, she felt more at home when the sun went down and the ‘monsters’ came out to play. There had just always been something about that moment of the day though. That moment when the light released its hold when it felt like something clicked over inside of her and she became even more aware of her surroundings and everything that called the night its own.Sinn had always thought it was something to do with the extra danger posed by the Vampires wak