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

“You know I love you, Ty, but having my children taken from me was like tearing out a piece of my heart. And now, having them back…”


“I’m glad, and I’m looking forward to meeting them.” A yawn escaped me. “Sorry, Dad. It’s been a long weekend.”


“Then get some sleep. I’ll see you on Wednesday. I love you, son.”


“Love you, too, Dad. Bye.” We hung up, and I turned to the two vampyres. “Well, that went well.”


“Yep.” My shake had warmed up enough by this point that I didn’t have to worry about brain freeze, and I chugged down the rest of it.


“Do you know what I find unbelievable?” Rául asked out of a clear blue sky. He answered before either Raymond or I could reply. “There are two vampyres standing here with you, and you’re not in love with either of us.”


“Some of us aren’t meant to feed from a sabor.” Raymond finished draining the bag. It sounded like slurping up the last drops through a straw


“You mean you’ve never…That’s not fair.”


Chapter 158