ANNA BREATHED IN DEEPLY on the doctor’s command and he smiled. She had healed completely from whatever the potion did to her. She felt weird though, but the doctor couldn’t find anything wrong and she almost breathed a sigh of relief when he told her she definitely wasn’t pregnant.The only thing that could explain her sudden weirdness was the potion and the fact that she was no longer linked to the hybrids. Was it loss? Could it be that, because she was no longer linked, she felt some sense of loss? Collin indulged her this far, but it was time they got back to their lives, and although she still felt as if something was wrong, she had no other choice but to agree.With the situation with the council looming over their heads even though it didn’t look as though anything was happening, they had to be more alert than they normally were. Her entire family believed that this Vlad guy was coming for them. The border patrols were strengthened and although Nicolas insisted he didn’t want an
As they walked into the abandoned building for the third time, Nicolas felt his heartache. He still couldn’t believe that Joshua and Amber were living there. They had no other family, which was at least a good thing for Nicolas, but it was sad for them since they had to do this all on their own. Nicolas picked up Joshua’s last box and carried it outside while Joshua checked if there was anything else they might have forgotten.Nicolas also couldn’t believe that two young people who clearly didn’t have much, had three loads full of stuff to move. It was mostly Amber’s which made sense. Joshua wanted all her stuff to be in her room when she moved in with him. Nicolas was stunned at how much the young man cared for his sister, so he wanted to make sure Joshua had everything he needed to make Amber happy.This way he could ensure that Joshua was happy and that they wouldn’t have a newborn running around the city. That would give Vlad exactly what he needed and the council would fall in li
Things soon fell into a nice routine at home with Amber as she grew used to not killing her brother. Joshua was doing really well at school to finish his high school degree and he was talking about possibly going into accounting with the odd comment that he would like to become a lawyer.It didn’t really matter to Nicolas what Joshua chose, since he had lawyers and accountants and every kind of consultant you could think of. He needed vampires, which brought up the subject with Joshua. Nicolas had resigned himself to speaking to Joshua about it once and then to leave the boy be. If he really didn’t want to turn, Nicolas wasn’t going to force him, but they would have to do it when Joshua finished his high school degree.Joshua would have to be on holiday so that he could go through the same training process that Amber was going through. They couldn’t allow the young man to run around college chomping on young girls for food. If Joshua chose not to be turned into a vampire, it would cre
Unfortunately, all did not go well. The kids were willing and they went through the entire process and then all hell broke loose as Vlad and his soldiers stormed the damn building. The new nest hadn’t broken any rules that Nicolas knew of, but with the council anything was possible. They went through everything with a fine-tooth comb, so to speak, from the paperwork, Nicolas had to file with the council right up to the types of chains they were using. He was getting impatient since Vlad was the one creating a stir!A group of humans was gathered outside the building where Vlad’s security team had set up their little control center. From the outside, it probably looked like some kind of police raid, but it still drew the kind of attention Nicolas knew for a fact the council didn’t want. So, why then was Vlad allowed to do this? In the end, they didn’t find anything which he could have told Vlad right from the start and he was forced to leave with nothing.But it left a bad taste in the
It was an incredible night and Anna figured everybody had fun since people were laughing all around them. Collin was the only one who wasn’t laughing as much as he clung to her the entire night. She liked it. Normally she hated it when people were too clingy, but she liked having him so close to her the entire time. Her plan to seduce her mate was working out perfectly. Not that she needed to do anything to seduce him, but she wanted to just add a little spice to their lives.Making love all night long was exactly what she had in mind and she sighed deeply, feeling content as they lay together in the moonlight.“What was that for?” Collin sounded worried and she traced his toned muscles with her finger.“I’m just happy and enjoying the moment.” Lifting her head, she looked at him and smiled before crushing her lips down on his again. Anna had enjoyed their night out at the launch of Nicolas’s new club b
It couldn’t be just anybody. It had to be somebody that Vlad didn’t know about. Someone that Nicolas could control. Unfortunately, since Vlad had been to the club a couple of times already, he knew all their newborns, and turning someone new would take the time they didn’t have. Nicolas was growing more and more irritated by the day. No matter how much Beverly reminded him that nobody in their new nest was out to get him, he was growing more and more suspicious.When he finally snapped, Beverly had no other choice but to contact Sebastian and Collin. They were the only other people she knew that were strong enough to take Nicolas down. They were too late to save one of the girls from being killed, but at least they could take Nicolas down. Beverly showed them to the basement where the newly installed cells were and as they shoved Nicolas into one, she realized he would actually be the first to stay there.Sebastian and Collin strapped Nicolas down on the bed and Collin commented on ho
ANNA WAS STUNNED to hear the news when Collin returned. She never imagined that Nicolas could turn dark. He was always such a gentleman, but then again, after what they had all been through, it was a huge possibility.She never said anything, but for a split second, while she was Victor’s prisoner, she thought of going dark. Not joining Victor, but finding that darkness inside her that would get her out of there. She also felt it the day she chopped Victor’s head off. She had always believed that everyone had a bit of darkness in them and that at any time, they could decide to feed that darkness.So, too, did she believe that every evil person had light in them somewhere. She wanted to offer her help but she was no longer linked to any of them and she wasn’t sure if it would work.“So, what is your father’s plan? What are they going to do to help Nicolas?” She frowned.“Well,” Collin sighed
There was no way of finding out if Joshua survived until he made contact and he couldn’t take the chance of doing so until he was sure he was safe. The waiting for word from Joshua was the worst part of their plan. As days turned into nights and nights turned into days, it became almost unbearable, but they had to push through. They had to wait for Joshua to call. When the call finally came, Beverly felt an adrenaline rush through her body.“I am safe.” That was all he said before he hung up.Vlad had taken a keen interest in Joshua as they expected he would. At first, he was suspicious, but soon he found an ally in the young boy who so clearly blamed Nicolas for what happened to both him and his sister. Things, it seemed, were going a little haywire in Nicolas’s house and, by the sound of things, Vlad would soon be able to take over everything without much resistance.The first thing he would do, of course, was to get rid of Nicolas’s hybrid mate. Vlad didn’t want that vile woman in