Detective Brady Lindstrom deals in death, and not just because he's a homicide cop with the slaughter of a century to solve. Ten years ago, vampires murdered his lover. Ever since, he's looked over his shoulder, ready for vampires to strike again. Or maybe just the one he loved.<br><br>Exhausted and angry about the needless deaths he has to investigate, Brady worries the killers he's looking for aren't even human. Those fears are compounded by an unexpected visitor, the battered and nearly broken Cole Singer, the lover he'd long ago given up for dead.<br><br>When Cole offers to trade information on the killers in exchange for sanctuary, Brady realizes he doesn't have a choice. It isn't about justice. He simply can't turn his back on the face of the only man he's ever loved. Even if he's a vampire.

Bridge Over Troubled Water

“A week ago, I didn’t know you weren’t going to rip my throat out.”


“I hate anything that hurts other people. Try again.”


“I still need to feed.” Cole glanced at the bandages covering the injuries on Brady’s neck. “I stop drinking blood, and I go crazy. Literally. You think you can live with that?”


“Did you lie to me about having to kill to do that?”


“Then I find a way to deal.” His fingers flexed into Cole’s shoulder, and he stepped as close as his sling would let him. “What I know is, it’s better with you here than it is when you’re not. I spent the whole day home, wondering what the hell was wrong, and the second you walked through the door, I felt better. I’d have to be an idiot not to realize it’s because of you.”


Chapter 41