Vivian lives her life in the shadows, hunting down and killing vampires. But when a vampire saves her life, she finds him making an offer that’s hard to refuse.  Accepting Everett’s offer means Vivian is putting a target on her back, one that he swears to protect with his life. Weighing her options, and her feelings, Vivian must decide if working with Everett is worth risking her life. 

Thrust into her decision by an ex-lover who tries to kill her, Vivian and Everett embark on a journey to save humanity. Vivian learns that Everett has more at stake than she thought - literally. Secrets collide, old alliances are broken, and an ultimate power is harnessed, as Everett and Vivian will have to decide if an ancient proficiency will save their lives or kill them both. 

In the Shadows is created by Ann Brooks, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

IN THE SHADOWS

     Vivian considered lying, Liam being the wrong person in more ways than one, to tell the truth to at this moment. But she’d also forgotten that Liam would be here, that she would need an explanation for her passport being scanned at JFK Airport. Her mind has been so clouded by feelings that she’d failed to think of all these tiny details that would make it impossible to lie and say she was in Greece the last four days. 


     “I got a lead from Professor Theologos.”


     “Oh, really and you didn’t think to share that lead before you flew to the United States?” Shit, she thought.


     “No, it was important I went alone.”


Chapter 28: A Broken Alliance