Literature

It is too dark to be so hot, or maybe too hot to be so dark. One of the two is out of place.I crouch in the darkness behind the…

“She won’t recognize the new name,” the Healer murmured.A new sensation distracted me. Something pleasant, a change in the air as the Seeker stood at my side. A scent, I…

The voices were soft and close and, though I was only now aware of them, apparently in the middle of a murmured conversation.”I’m afraid it’s too much for her,” one…

I knew it would begin with the end, and the end would look like death to these eyes. I had been warned.Not these eyes. My eyes. Mine. This was me…

As always, I am very grateful to al the people who made this book possible: my boys, Gabe, Seth, and Eli; my husband, Pancho; my parents, Stephen and Candy; my…

“She has surrendered,” the redhead explained.”Surrendered?” Jane snapped. I peeked up to see the dark-cloaks exchanging glances. The redhead had said that he’d never seen anyone surrender before. Maybe the…

“Come with us. Don’t make one rash move or I will take you down.”I felt angry again as he glared at me, and a smal part of me wanted to…

“I heard someone get hurt – Kristie needs me more than Raoul,” he explained quickly.”Are you… leaving us?” Riley’s face changed. It was like I could see his shifting tactics…

Fred raised an eyebrow and relaxed just slightly. I glanced behind us. What had Riley been looking at?Nothing had changed – just some family pictures of dead people, a smal…

“Tonight you get a taste of what our world wil be like when our competition is out of the picture. Fol ow me!”Riley bounded away; Raoul and his team were…

That didn’t make sense to me. Didn’t the secrecy protect her more than it protected any of us? Riley hurried on before we had too long to examine his statement.”Of…

Before I could process this, Riley roared out an animalistic shriek of rage. He was staring down at the ashy remains on the floor, his eyes bulging in fury. Everyone…

“Trust me, we know the difficulties better than you. It is remarkable that you’ve managed to keep off the radar, so to speak, for this long. Tel me” – a…

“I think we should fol ow Riley. Find out what he’s doing.”I stared. “But he’l know we tracked him. He’l catch our scents.” “I know. This is how I figure…

The house was a big, log cabin?Cstyle affair, tucked into a hol ow in the pines with no sign of any neighbors for miles around. Al the windows were black,…

The room was fil ed with a sudden blaze, and I felt the warmth on my leg in the same instant that I realized there wasn’t enough room for me…

“Everyone knows that old-timey vampires had to stay in coffins during the day,” I went on. “To keep out of the sun. That’s common knowledge, Diego.””You’re right. Al the stories…

He frowned a little. “What’s real y going on. What Riley’s up to. Why he keeps bringing the most random kids to her. Why it doesn’t seem to matter to…

I frowned. “How is that a good thing?””Keeps him alive, doesn’t it? Guess it keeps you alive, too.” I nodded. “Guess so. Did he say anything about anyone else?” I…

When the second body was empty, my throat felt better. There was a lot of blood in my system. I probably wouldn’t real y burn for a few days.Diego was…