The brilliance of the newly installed equipment in the lab with its walls that were recently painted a white so bright as to be borderline blinding was like a slap in Rowan’s face as he strode into the room. It took several seconds for his sensitive vampire eyes to adjust enough to locate the scientist he’d been fortunate enough to stumble upon in the alley a few months earlier.
Vampires moved with a silent stealth that allowed them to sneak up on their prey. The fact that Jasper looked up from his microscope to greet him almost immediately upon his passing through the doorway gave Rowan cause for pause. It was time to learn just what the man he’d rescued in that alley had turned into. He showed signs of being a vampire, but also those of a werewolf.
Over the centuries, rumors of vampire-werewolf hybrids had reached his ears, but they were simply rumor. Or so he thought. The stories told of the hybrids being b
It was eerily quiet on the opposite side of the thick bedroom door as Lila listened for some signs of life.Flattening her ear against the mahogany barrier, she strained to hear something… anything. There was only silence.Creepy. Creepy silence.She needed to take action. Having such a void of activity in this part of the castle was a rarity that hadn’t occurred since she’d taken up residency. The set up of the lab was completed, so perhaps that meant the end to all of the activity. Or, perhaps it was simply a fluke, and an opportunity of this type may not come again for a long time, if ever. It was now or never.Her heart lashed against her ribcage as she slowly opened the door just enough to peek out. Not stopping at her chest, the damnable thing proceeded to climb up into her head and beat in tom-tom fashion against her eardrums, making it nearly impossible to listen for sounds of any type.
Jasper’s dark eyes lit up as an enthusiastic grin practically consumed his square jawed face while greeting his assistant.“Of all mornings for you to be late,” he eagerly said as he jumped up from his microscope and directed her to look through it. “Take a look.”With a slight limp, she made her way toward him. She smiled as she moved between him and the end of the equipment laden table that held the microscope.Lila had been harboring an unrequited attraction for her boss since day one of her working with him. His handsome face often made her heart flutter with desire. Even so, the surge of energy from his body was something that she’d never experienced before. It both surprised and aroused her. She stopped for a brief moment to subdue the stirring that suddenly occurred in her womb before moving on. It was a familiar sensation that reminded her of her dreams. With a quic
The muscles in Marcus’ powerful thighs strained against the fabric of his faded denim jeans as he impatiently paced the anteroom of the great hall. The excited chattering and grumbling of his clan as they gathered together on the opposite side of the oak veneered door made him eager to get in front of them and share the news.Since he became the pack master a few years earlier, the werewolves had made huge strides in bringing the enemy to their knees. What held them back was the fact that the vampires had managed to keep the location of their castle secret through magic. Now that they’d finally discovered a witch who could show them the location of the vampire’s castle with a locator spell, he had no doubt they would be able to finish the job.The door opened just enough to allow a young man to pop his head through and announce to Marcus that it was time for him to address the crowd. Moving his shoulders in a way that would release any ten
Samuel’s voice expressed a mixture of excitement and dread as he strode into the room and announced, “Word has it that an original werewolf has joined with Marcus.”Rowan rested the papers he’d been studying and asked, “Is the source reliable?”Samuel nodded.“I know of only a few originals, both vampire and werewolf in existence today,” Rowan mused. “Did you get a name?”The younger vampire scowled in thought.“I cannot be certain, but I believe the name is Toba or Tova,” he grumbled with a shake of his head. “The name escapes me.”“Who gave you this bit of information?” Rowan suspiciously asked. “Better yet, what were you doing when you received it that you cannot recall it in its entirety?”A devilish grin spread on Samuel’s face as he said, “I was fucking at the time.”“A werewolf?&
Jasper worriedly paced between the long tables that held his research equipment while he waited for Lila to return from the errand he’d sent her on. Getting permission to leave the vampire’s lair had been nearly impossible. If Lila wasn’t successful in obtaining what he needed, he doubted there would be another opportunity in the near future.She’d finally found the time and the courage to confess to him that she belonged to a coven. To her surprise, he’d embraced the idea almost too fully. His acute disappointment in learning that she was a new member and a babe in comparison to the others with her knowledge and skills was obvious.“Why do you want a witch?” she’d asked.“I need a protection spell of some sort,” he’d replied. “I am fairly certain that I have taken on the traits of the werewolf and vampire. I can’t be sure about the zombie, as I&rsq
Freya smiled as she watched Olivia, her granddaughter of so many generations passed that she couldn’t fathom how to explain it, enter the room.“You’re in good spirits today, gamma,” the girl said as she practically bounced onto the sofa that was opposite the easy chair that Freya had chosen.“Did you pass the news of my arrival to your vampire lover?” Freya asked.“I did,” Olivia replied. “I’m not sure how much he took in, though.”“Were you in the throes of passion again?” Freya asked with annoyance.“It’s all he wants from me, gamma,” Olivia defensively replied. “I can’t pin him down for a date of any type. He comes, we have sex, and he leaves. I have no choice but to chatter the entire time he’s on top of me.”“I am so sorry to have you put in such a position child,” Freya said with a
Although he expected some type of repercussion to come his way after his encounter with Oscar, Jasper wasn’t prepared for the chaos that ensued when half a dozen vampire guards burst into the room. Acting upon instinct, he lept over the back of the sofa that he’d been resting on and scrambled to the far end of the room. He was so preoccupied with escaping the grasps of the exceedingly fast vampires as they closed in on him that he failed to recognize that he was not only equally as fast as they were, but when he lept into the air, he really lept! It wasn’t until they had him securely captured and were dragging him out of the room that their complaints about his strength and speed sank in.His vampire captors weren’t the only ones who were both curious and concerned about his newly acquired traits as they assisted a wounded comrade along behind him. Jasper was also worried. He’d bitten one of the guards during the str
He was hungry. It was a hunger like he’d never known before. Not only was he ravenous beyond description, but his heart was beating double time. Was it because of the adrenaline that flooded his veins when half a dozen vampire guards rushed at him, tackled him to the ground and bound his hands and feet before dragging him before their king?He was unbound but confined in a room with no windows that was so small he guessed that three men would crowd it. Since he suffered a mild case of claustrophobia, his rapid heartbeat might also be attributed to his confinement. His only saving grace for not giving into panic was the cool air that continually flowed through vents near the ceiling.Jasper wiped at the beads of sweat that coated his forehead while he pondered over the state of his physical being. He was clearly morphing. The questions of what he was morphing into as well as what triggered it bounced around in his head. Was it t