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

I wished I could talk to Adam about this. If Daniel wanted to check out, would I also need to cut off his head and stuff his mouth with garlic?


“What does it take to drive a stake into someone’s heart?” Or to cut your own throat?I wondered absently. I’d determined to do that if I was ever taken by de Vivar. I shuddered, recalling what the vampyre in the rest area parking lot had looked like when Ekaterina staked him.


“You can’t do that!” Ioan was horrified, but it was up to Daniel. If he was that unhappy as a vampyre, well, I’d do whatever needed to be done.


“Do we have a deal?” I asked Daniel.


“Sure you do. Shut up, Ioan. Daniel, if you don’t want my help, just say so. You and vampyre boy can hash this out, and I’ll go back to bed. I had a pretty miserable day, and my night isn’t turning out much better.”


“Vampyre boy?” Ioan sounded indignant. “I’m the Rege’sgrandson!”


It was his turn to be ignored as I waited for Daniel to come to a decision.


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