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

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

Freya paced the great room of the small log cabin. She’d asked for intel on the scientist that was being held in the vampire’s castle days ago, yet nothing had been offered.  Olivia had left word for her to meet at three p.m..  She was an hour late.  Stopping to peer out of the window at the woods that surrounded the isolated cabin, her eyes combed the trees for signs of movement. All was still.With patience not being one of her better attributes, she found herself growing more and more irritated as time passed.  By the time the quarter moon rose in the night’s sky, she’d become excessively agitated.The sound of a jeep driving up the dirt road that wound the mountainside caught her attention.  Rushing to the front door.  She swung it open with such force that it slammed against the wall, causing the door handle to leave its mark.With her hands on her hips, she pursed her lips as she squinted to protect her

Jasper sat with his elbows on the table and his face buried in the palms of his trembling hands.  His raspy breathing echoed off the surfaces of the research equipment that surrounded him.“What did they do to you?” Lila gently asked as she placed her hand on his shoulder.His voice sounded muffled as he spoke into his hands while replying with, “Nothing, really.”“You’re trembling,” she observed while maintaining a gentle and steady voice that belied the panic that she felt.  “What’s happened?”Lifting his face from his hands and looking her in the eyes, he whispered, “I’m afraid of what’s happening to me.  I’m becoming this… this thing.”“Thing?” she repeated with obvious confusion.  “Do you mean a hybrid?  They’re rare, so I’m told, but they exist.”“If it was only that, I&rsqu

Jasper impatiently paced his room.  It was hours since Lila had whispered that Benjamin would be rescuing them that evening and for him to be ready.Ready?  He was more than ready. It took several tries over multiple weeks, but they’d managed to subdue all signs of zombie toxin from his blood. They weren’t gone, but at least they were dormant.  They’d also enhanced the werewolf in him.  This became a true challenge for him when he was forced to work with the volunteers in his research project.He was both happy and worried when he learned that they’d been successful in altering the vampire DNA enough for a few of them to attend an afternoon party amongst humans.  Not only were they able to enjoy the light of day without significant repercussion from the sun’s brilliant rays, but the temperature of their flesh had elevated to a degree of passing for a human with poor circulation.A soft knock on