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My adopted sister, Clara, framed me. She claimed I forced beast blood down her throat. The terror, she said, gave her a heart attack. So my three beloved vampire brothers sealed me away. They trapped me in the observatory in the highest tower, bound by a blood curse. I pounded on the door, helpless, explaining and begging them to let me out. Damien, my eldest brother, the head of our family, pierced me with a look of cold disappointment. Then he turned his back on me. "There's a limit to your selfishness, Lilith. Clara is a fragile human. She has a heart condition! Did you force that filth on her? Were you trying to kill her? I don't want to see this cruel side of you again. Stay in here and think about what you've done." Ethan, the rock star, and Julian, the gothic architect, couldn't even look at me. Their voices were tight with anger and exhaustion. "We put up with your tantrums, but not so you could hurt our family! You've let us down, Lilith. Stay in there and figure out what you did wrong." Then they carefully lifted the "unconscious" Clara and disappeared down the hall. But they didn't know. The observatory was only meant to open at night. But it malfunctioned. When morning came, the dome didn't close. Deadly sunlight streamed straight in. My power evaporated. My screams turned to silence. I burned to ash. Three days later, my brothers returned with a "recovered" Clara. Only then did they remember me. They had no idea the sun had already executed me.

Je suis une louve, enceinte de huit mois de l'enfant hybride de mon compagnon vampire. Quand les contractions ont commencé, Justin m'a enfermée dans un cercueil de glace gravé de runes destinées à empêcher l'accouchement. J'ai crié. Je l'ai supplié. Il s'est contenté de dire : « Attends. » Mais tout cela, c'était pour son amour de jeunesse, Isolde. Cette vampire de sang pur avait utilisé une sombre magie pour porter son héritier sans rapports charnels. Le premier enfant vampire né depuis mille ans recevrait la bénédiction suprême du Progéniteur. « Cet honneur revient à l'enfant d'Isolde », a dit Justin d'une voix glaciale. « Tu as déjà mon amour, Gracie. Ce cercueil garantit seulement que tu accoucheras après elle. » La douleur des contractions me déchirait. Je l'ai supplié de m'emmener au Sanctuaire de la Source de Sang. Il s'est penché vers moi. « Arrête ton cinéma. J'aurais dû m'en rendre compte plus tôt. Tu ne m'as jamais aimé. Tu étais une paria dans le monde des loups-garous. Tu ne voulais que mon pouvoir et mon titre. » « Tu es tellement désespérée que tu irais jusqu'à mettre notre enfant en danger avec tes ruses sauvages, juste pour détruire la bénédiction. » Les larmes coulaient sur mon visage. « Le bébé arrive… je ne peux pas l'arrêter. Je t'en supplie, je me moque de cette bénédiction. C'est toi que je veux ! » « Si tu m'aimais, tu ne serais pas allée voir ma mère. Tu ne lui aurais pas monté la tête contre Isolde. » « Je reviendrai après qu'elle aura reçu la bénédiction. Après tout, l'enfant que tu portes est aussi le mien. » Il montait la garde à l'extérieur du sanctuaire où se déroulait le rituel d'Isolde. Il n'a plus eu une seule pensée pour moi. Pas avant de voir le halo de la bénédiction couronner Isolde. Il a ordonné à son esclave de sang de me libérer. Mais la voix de ce dernier tremblait de terreur. « Mon seigneur… Gracie et l'enfant… leurs signes vitaux… ont disparu. » En un instant, le monde de Justin s'est effondré.

The blood-infused elixir I crafted won the top honor at the Nocturne's Gala, but my adopted sister stole it and claimed the credit. She thought she'd won glory, not realizing it was a vampire betrothal contract to the Prince Kaelan—rumored to be impotent, barbaric, and monstrous. When the proposal arrived, my archmage fiancé, to "protect" her, hastily bound himself to her with a blood-mark and took her to his bed. She returned, the fresh mark on her neck a badge of triumph. "Sister, your man is mine now. You turn twenty-five in three days. If no one claims you, the Matchmaking Registry will toss you to some aging, wife-beating rogue mercenary..." She was wrong. I always had a choice. I walked to my parents, who were scrambling to clean up her mess, and declared calmly. "If she refuses to marry Kaelan Nocturne, then I will."

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Ma sœur adoptive, Clara, m'a piégée. Elle a prétendu que je lui avais fait avaler de force du sang de bête. La terreur, disait-elle, lui a provoqué une crise cardiaque. Alors mes trois frères vampires bien-aimés m'ont enfermée. Ils m'ont enfermée dans l'observatoire de la plus haute tour, liée par une malédiction de sang. J'ai frappé à la porte, impuissante, essayant de m'expliquer et les suppliant de me laisser sortir. Damien, mon frère aîné, le chef de notre famille, m'a transpercée d'un regard de froide déception. Puis il s'est détourné de moi. « Il y a une limite à ton égoïsme, Lilith. Clara est une humaine fragile. Elle souffre d'une maladie cardiaque ! Lui as-tu fait avaler cette saleté de force ? Essayais-tu de la tuer ? Je ne veux plus jamais voir ce côté cruel chez toi. Reste ici et réfléchis à ce que tu as fait. » Ethan, l'étoile de rock, et Julian, l'architecte gothique, ne pouvaient même pas me regarder. Leurs voix étaient tendues de colère et d'épuisement. « On supporte tes caprices, mais pas pour que tu fasses du mal à notre famille ! Tu nous as déçus, Lilith. Reste là-dedans et réfléchis à ce que tu as fait de mal. » Puis ils ont soulevé avec précaution Clara, « inconsciente », et ont disparu au bout du couloir. Mais ils ne savaient pas. L'observatoire n'était censé s'ouvrir que la nuit. Mais il a mal fonctionné. Au matin, le dôme ne s'est pas refermé. La lumière mortelle du soleil s'est engouffrée à l'intérieur. Mon pouvoir s'est évaporé. Mes cris se sont transformés en silence. J'ai brûlé jusqu'à ne plus être qu'un tas de cendres. Trois jours plus tard, mes frères sont revenus avec Clara, « rétablie ». Ce n'est qu'alors qu'ils se sont souvenus de moi. Ils n'avaient aucune idée que le soleil m'avait déjà exécutée.

[Book 2 in Vampire's Bride Duology] Vampires have always been in a tussle with Lycans, but both are Goddess Diana’s off-springs. Therefore, it is no surprise when one is bound to the other by a bond that is revered by them. Myra Winters is an omega, who just wanted to spend her life in peace and meet her soulmate someday. But little did she know that not only was her mate a creature that she hated, but their bond was older than they could fathom. [Book 2 in Vampire's Bride Duology]

Jamari has been through a lot since becoming the Wolf Queen. She has now found herself in the Vampire Realm and confronted with her Vampire mate who is less than thrilled about sharing her with three others. With the help of Fate, Jamari must convince Lucern that they are meant to be together, the fate of the Realms depend on it. With a new threat stepping on the scene, will Jamari be able to convince Lucern to accept her as his mate before time runs out? Or will his loyalty to another get in the way of the yearning they feel for each other? *Book 2 of the Alpha Queen Series (Book 1: Rise of the Alpha Queen)*

Our blood-oath ceremony was on the horizon. But my fated mate, Darius, told me he had to forge a blood bond with another woman. Livia. He claimed her life force was unraveling. That without his blood, she would fade to nothing. I fought him. But the next day, he moved Livia directly into the Prince's Chambers in the Coven’s castle. That was the suite reserved for the future Prince’s mate. My suite. He tried to soothe me, sinking to his knees, his crimson eyes pleading. “Once she’s stable, I swear I’ll break the bond. You are my only eternity. You always will be.” But then Livia found me. She showed me the fresh, golden mark on her wrist—the symbol of an Eternal Bond. They had already completed the sacred rite. Long before Darius ever confessed to me. My heart shattered to ash. I dragged my nail across the calendar, carving a vicious X over the date that was supposed to be our blood-oath ceremony. Then I opened the encrypted message from the Vienna Coven Academy. “I accept. I’ll leave on the day of our ceremony.”

My best friend Seraphine had not one drop of blood left in her body when they found her. Her skin was translucent. There were two dried trails of blood from the corners of her mouth, like she had wept herself empty long before the end. She left one note. One sentence: "Vera saw his face." From that day forward, I became the Covenant's greatest sinner. Because I knew who did it. But I said nothing. For ten years, I said nothing. Then Lucian came back. He was the one who had turned us, raised us, given us the only home we had ever known. He set the Soul Prism in front of me. "Tonight," he said, "you give me the killer." His eyes hadn't changed. That was the worst part. After ten years of exile, of stones and fire and nights that never got warmer, I looked at him and he was still exactly who he had always been to me. "Or you disappear from this world along with him." He didn't know. The reason I had chosen exile and starvation and a Blood Oath that had been eating my soul core alive for a decade — was him. All of it, always, had been for him.

As the head of the North Vampire Coven and owner of Caprice Casino and Club Moroii, alpha-male billionaire Lance Steel has more money and incredible good looks than any one man deserves. He is a great husband and father, but he’s also a vampire. His wife, Leila, is human and his son is a dhampir—half human and half vampire—but in order to live a human life with his wife and son, he wants to become human again.As a brilliant doctor and scientist, Leila has developed a sunlight serum, and friends Amy and Elias are working on a cure for vampirism, but is Lance willing to give up his vampire and become human again for his family? Or will his decision cost him the lives of his wife and son, and the destruction of his entire coven? Which path will he choose at the crossroads?WARNING 18+: This book contains material that may be considered offensive to some readers, which includes graphic language, explicit sex, and adult situations.Eternally Yours is created by Sophie Slade, an EGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.