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

The amount of blood that Drusilla is consuming is more than any vampire can consume. Lazarus can not keep up with the amount that Drusilla is taking. Drusilla is constantly demanding Lazarus to go out and hunt for her. Drusilla is now several times stronger than Lazarus; he starts to become irate that she is demanding him to do so. He's the leader and no one tells him what to do!


Drusilla begins to roam the night searching for people to bring back to the vampire's abyss, she has the power to morph into a bat, she becomes so powerful that she can even cast a sensual, hypnotic effect on her victims-she becomes brutally cruel. When Drusilla returns to the vampire's abyss, she retains her victim. Lazarus sits at his throne and becomes surprisingly shocked that she went out and caught a victim, he becomes displeased. He feels that she should not have the power to disobey him. 


Chapter 29: Bloodlust