As the son of the infamous New Amsterdam city mayor, Lucian learned at an early age that power is king, love is for the weak, and a real man has no use for tears or mercy. The only light in Lucian's formative years was Shea who gave Lucian the impetus to break free of his father and leave the city. Shea is never far from Lucian's side, a friend and companion.<br><br>But after a lover dies despite Lucian's best efforts, Lucian returns home with new purpose: build an empire to destroy the darkness that steal lives and souls. Shea's back in the city, too, and when three long years pass without contact, Lucian realizes he can't live without confessing that Shea is his only solace and reason for living.<br><br>When reuniting with Shea leads to a horrifying discovery at the hands of the very evil Lucian wishes to eradicate, Lucian vows a path of bloody vengeance to save Shea from certain destruction.

Winter's Knight

Lucian smiled, wide and insincere. “I am nothing if not a man of my word, Gary.”


For a moment, Gary’s watery, irksome breathing was the only sound in the enclosed space. Lucian waited with an exterior show of patience he did not feel until Gary tensed in the restraints. “Safe. Far corner over there.” Gary tried to nod to indicate direction.


“Mr. Fawkes, if it isn’t too much trouble…” Lucian said, watching Gary. Clark pivoted and followed Kris’s strides toward the front left corner of the room. Kris crouched, slid aside a small trunk, and waved one hand.


“Combination, Gary?” Lucian inquired, and Gary spouted a slur of numbers.


Lucian heard faint beeping, a clank, and Kris pulled out a stack of slim disks, a baggy containing a number of small glass vials, and one slender booklet. He riffled through the pages, and then eyed the contents of the bag. “There’s merely a third of the physical evidence, but a whole set a’ vids.”


Chapter 56