His body pressed me further into the carpeted floor making me painfully aware of his every crook and......oh god, bulge. Yet suddenly, he sobered, looking in my eyes searchingly, amused.
"Though I don't blame you. If only your mother would have alarmed you..."
"M-m-mother?" I whispered, a world of anticipation in my voice.
"Hey! I have a question...is your blood virgin?"
"My....what?"I asked bewildered.
"Have you been bitten before?"he elaborated with an exaggerated eye roll.
"No."
He lowered his lips, his eyes focussed somewhere around my neck, the throbbing veins maybe......................................
........And then, he was gone, even before I could blink my eyes. I was left there, abandoned, in a tomb somewhere in the forest.
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Riviera has suffered an awful childhood and now, adopted just after the onset of her eighteenth birthday, she dreams of escaping the past but, only to stumble into a clandestine world of bloodsucking leechers - the fallen beings. How could it get any worse? That's, if you didn't count your virgin blood being used as a bargaining chip by two damned empires.
Ari and Soren's adventures continue as Soren struggles with his new vampiric urges and a coven of witches attempts to recruit Ari for their own ends.
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As dark dreams plague Soren, Ari finds his new abilities difficult to control. Something is awakening within him, and as his power grows, he attracts the attention of a group of witches who call themselves the Hecataeon. They believe Ari is an emanation of the goddess Hecate - a physical manifestation of her power - and they want that power for themselves. With their relationship facing challenges from within, Ari and Soren must find a way to unite their strengths before external forces tear them apart.
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NOTE: This book is the sequel to Bound by Blood.
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Content Warning: Light violence, language, and sexuality. PG-13
Cover designed by Adam Budny