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

Oh fucking well. She’d better get on with the job.


She parted her lips and smoothed the gloss over first the upper lip and then the lower one, stealing a glance above the compact to see the man sitting beside her apparently fascinated with her mouth. She waited until his eyes rose to hers, and then slipped the thought into his subconscious that she resembled the mysterious April. A slow, sensuous smile curled her lips.


“Hello,” she said in a breathy tone.


“Why yes, how did you know my name?”


“No, I’m afraid not.” She made a moue of regret.


He smiled and shook his head. “Of course not. You’re so much prettier.”


“And you’re a charmer.” He was kind of cute. There was something about him…


“Thank you, Matthew.” She pushed just a little. The April chick had a dimple at the corner of her mouth, and as far as this guy was concerned, so did she.


Chapter 90