At a blood-thirsty castle in Dover, England, the chief vampire Lazarus has taken a woman from her home and holds her captive. He needs the blood from her to keep him young and powerful.
Drusilla is loved by her husband and her daughter, Ambrosia, but when Lazarus turns her into a vampire, she has no idea that she had a past life. 
As time passes, after her mother's disappearance Ambrosia meets Nikolas, a young man. They fall in love, but it is finally revealed that Nikolas is Lazarus's son and is controlled by his father. Nikolas must find a way to turn Ambrosia into a vampire for his father's vampire kingdom, but he goes against his father's wishes and turmoil begins. 
Talon and Ambrosia must save Drusilla; the only way is for Talon to kill Lazarus. Will she be saved in time, or will she die in the vampire's abyss? 
Secrets in the Shadows is created by Christina Funera, an eGlobal Creative Publishing author.

SECRETS IN THE SHADOWS

Hours after Lazarus did his ritual, Drusilla is still not awake. Lazarus begins to think that it has not worked on her since she's been dead a while now. He starts to ponder around the castle, he becomes angry, not only at his son but at himself because he could not use his power to save her. He thought that he was the most powerful vampire of them all and thought he could do anything with his power. As the night continues to pass by, Lazarus becomes angrier than ever, he flies through the rooms of his castle breaking through the walls to get to the basement where Drusilla's coffin is, he then stands at her coffin, opens it quickly, he finds Drusilla laying there with her eyes wide open.


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