A Morganville 10th Anniversary special short story! Set post-DAYLIGHTERS, Michael Glass struggles with the difficult transition from vampire back to human ... until a fateful event sets wheels in motion that take that choice away.

A new Morganville Vampires short story by Rachel Caine in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the first book of her Morganville Vampires series! This time, we find out a new chapter in our mad scientist Myrnin's life ... during his apprenticeship to his vampire master Gwion.

"It's happening again, Aidan. We didn't stop it, after all." As an elemental, Aidan Brook holds the power of water at her fingertips. A descendant of the earth's oldest magic, she can cause tides to ebb and flow, put out house fires without calling 911, and give anyone who's annoying her an impromptu shower. But even her magic has its limits. After it fails her one terrible night, she hides from the world and everyone she once loved, trying to escape the memories that haunt her. Ten years later, her exile is brought to an abrupt end when her former best friend appears on her front porch. An elemental killer is once again murdering her friends, and she must return to the scene of her own crimes. Lake Tahoe proves more than she bargained for. Between a sadistic killer, some clever FBI agents, an annoyingly attractive landlord, and way too many new roommates, she has a pretty full plate. Add in a past she's desperate to escape and her own uncontrollable powers, and Aidan Brook is having a very, very bad month.

Friends, partners, and professionals. So just why is this case coming between them? In a Victorian London ruled by the blood-drinking elite, Perry Lowell is a logical and accomplished Nighthawk: a rogue blue blood who tracks murderers and thieves for the Guild. So when she and her charming-but-reckless partner, Garrett, are charged with finding a missing theatre starlet, it should be a simple solve. But with an entire theatre of suspects, including a flirtatious understudy and whispers of a Clockwork Menace haunting the place, tension is brewing between the pair of them. Can they come together to solve the case - or will it be too late, when the murderer turns his gaze on Perry herself? Warning: This is not a HEA. It's a pre-romance novella featuring the couple who will find their HEA in Forged By Desire (OUT NOW). Heads will butt, tempers will flare - and perhaps one of them might come to realise just what the other truly means to them?