Imagine an earth just a bit different from ours. In this world normals unknowingly share the planet with all manner of beings, including vampyres, most of whom rely on bagged blood, which is supplemented by the blood of sabors, valued individuals whose blood contains an element necessary for the survival of the species. Tyrell Small has always felt different. He just never knew how different. On his sixteenth birthday, his father reveals Ty is one such sabor, with the birthmark to prove it. Upon learning he’ll be required to feed vampyres, Ty decides he’s not having any of that. He’ll run away and make his own destiny. Slipping out his second story bedroom window, he finds Adam Dasani, the most gorgeous man he’s ever seen, waiting for him on the roof. Adam is reluctant to distress the young sabor about to slide down the drainpipe, but he’s one of the vampyres Ty will one day feed. Equerry to the vampyre king, Adam had been given the task of guarding Ty on the day he was born. Because the blood of the two most powerful saborese families in the shared history of vampyres and sabors runs through Ty’s veins, some vampyres will do anything to obtain him for themselves. It will be up to Adam to keep Ty safe, not only from those rogue vampyres but from others who have plans of their own for him. Everyone keeps telling Ty he can’t escape his destiny, but he has no intention of sitting around twiddling his thumbs, waiting for life to catch up with him. However, will something Adam inadvertently said give Ty a way to live the life he wants and keep those he loves -- including Adam -- out of danger?

They Come by Night

“Never mind. We can do without stuffing for today.”


He shook his head. “Tomorrow we’ll go shopping for some Stovetop Stuffing. Now, the turkey’s going to need to set before you can carve it…”


Me? That yanked my attention from what he’d been about to say about my mother. “Dad, you always carve the turkey.”


“This is your home. You’re the host, Ty. It’s your privilege.” He handed me the pies and I put them in the fridge. “Now, we’ve got some time. Suppose you show me the rest of the house?”


“Okay. You’re in the living room. Adam calls it the great room. Here’s the kitchen, there’s the dining room.”


“Nice. I like the bay window.” He came around the half wall.


“Let me have your coat.” I hung it up in the coat closet off the bathroom and hung my jacket beside it. “And this is the bedroom. I’ve emptied a couple of drawers in the organizer for you, and made some space in the closet.”


“Good grief! Do you wear all these clothes?”


Chapter 39