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

She parked to the left of one of the police cruisers. “You know what to do,” she said.


William opened his door, and Mina leaped down to the blacktop and dashed to the abandoned car.


Ekaterina went to the cops. They were stooping to make friends with the dog.


Thank Lilitu she wasn’t in full guardian mode.


Mina ignored the cops and circled the car, her nose to the ground and growls beginning to spill from her throat.


“Mina!” She offered the cops a smile. “She’s very protective of Ty.”


One of the cops grinned at her. “I can see she’s a real killer.”


The other cops laughed at his joke. It was a good thing they thought it was a joke.


Apparently it wasn’t much more than they’d told her on the phone.


“…and we can’t figure out why the car won’t start, so we’ll have it towed to the Kingston Garage. What about your friend? Is it likely he’d take off like this?”


Chapter 165