Edward Nygma was a meek, nerdy forensic tech, a good-natured, innocent, non-violent Catholic School graduate. That is, until he met a dark, dangerous man named Oswald Cobblepot one fateful day at the GCPD. That one fleeting moment of contact left him hungry for more. He wanted, no NEEDED more. More darkness and danger, more murder and mayhem. He spiralled out of control the night he murdered Tom Dougherty out of pure bloodlust and rage. It set off a chain reaction that led to him strangling the love of his life Kristen Kringle to death. He buried her in the woods, and that's when he felt it: the call; a supernatural S.O.S from a wounded creature, a beacon for someone, anyone who would come to help. Edward followed it...and found that beautiful, dark, dangerous man that he had been looking for.
Oswald Cobblepot.
Edward brought him back to his apartment to nurse him back to health. Oswald almost immediately admits to being a vampire. Ed is more than willing to provide Oswald with victims, but a strange poison pumped into one man's veins long before Edward found him on the streets of Gotham makes Oswald deathly ill. Ed searches for an antidote, but is shocked to learn that a secret vampire hunting group known as the order of St Dumas has been hunting Oswald, and that the only antidote to the poison...
Is Edward's blood.
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