SUMMARY A love story of addiction and redemption set after Lover At Last – Dhurge is a soldier for Xcor who seeks to overthrow the rightful king of the vampires, Wrath. Wrath has the proof he needs finally to execute Xcor and destroy his Band of Bastards. As one of the Bastards, Dhurge will probably be put to death, after a brutal interrogation, if the Black Dagger Brotherhood ever get their hands on him. But, he does just that when he finds a pretrans female at a bus station, overdosed and clearly hallucinating. Darla is a 24-year-old junkie hanging on to the underbelly of Caldwell, New York. Having grown up on the streets, she's seen things that would make the hardest Caldie cop queasy. It's New Year's Eve when Darla finds herself on the Caldie bus station restroom floor shooting up her next fix. As she sinks into what she thinks is her last sunset haze, a hulking angel appears and, suddenly, she doesn't want to die. For better or worse, she makes a decision that could save her life and condemn another's. Rating = R ******************************************************* Apologies to JR Ward. The story has been burning in my brain for a few months and I need to get it out. Also, I introduced a new character that is part of the Band of Bastards. He is not mentioned in the novels. For more fan fiction by Starnyx (Chronicles of Riddick), go to https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3864617/1/Paradise or https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3767940/1/The-Furyan-s-Return