The Dark City Chronicles ⁓ Book Three
The apocalypse looms ever closer! Steamy romance, heart-stopping action, seductive vampires, magic that defies nature, sprinkles of dark-humor, and, as always, the everlasting bonds of friendship.
Hannah's strug...
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Kane's breath caught in his burning lungs. That can't be true.
"I couldn't..." Sophia said shakily, tears falling from her green eyes. "The order saw it as an end to evil. They want this outcome. I believed in their doctrine for a long time. That was until I met Neil and realized vampires weren't evil.
"I had never met a man who was so good. They knew he was susceptible to fire and didn't give him a chance to get out of that car." She sniffed. "He's gone. He passed on a long time ago. I couldn't. Not until I saw you one last time."
Kane shuddered, not from the cold wind. "My father was a vampire?"
At Sophia's nod, he did the mental math and could only think, fuck. Most born vampires begin changing around thirty. He still has five years.
Does that mean he could start turning naturally, like Reid?
He hasn't felt any symptoms. Except he has been biting Reid and strangely liking it a lot. He assumed it was the companion bond. Now, he was questioning everything.
Kane said fiercely, "There has to be another way. Visions aren't resolute. I'll put the beast back to sleep or something. There's no fucking way that I'm killing all vampires. I'd rather leave the world burning."
There's no point to any of this if Reid is gone.
Sophia laughed, teary. "You're in love with a vampire, aren't you?"
Kane felt his cheeks redden, scoffing. "Yeah." He doesn't waste his breath telling her he's utterly, madly, foolishly in love with Reid, but not like she's implying.
"What's her name?"
"Hannah, and she's not a vampire. It's Reid who bites." Kane grumbled, "He's an idiot."
Sophia smiled fondly past her tears. "I believe that you can save him. I can see the fire in your eyes. You remind me so much of your father. You'll find a way, Evan."
Almost unconsciously, his hand raised, touching her face with his fingertips.
She laid her palm over the back of his hand, squeezing. "The order will come for you. They want to see the end of vampires. Do not trust them. They'll take your gift and give it to another, someone who follows their doctrine."
"How will I know who is with them?"
"They wear a symbol."
Kane's heart sank. "It's a golden triangle, isn't it?"
"You've met them," Sophia gasped, horrified.
Everyone has. This order is the Bureau of Magic.
If they're after him, he's fucked. Lucas has been running from them for years. He's always on the move, switching apartments and paranoid to the extreme.
