Crowned by Fire by Nenia Campbell

Author:Nenia Campbell [Campbell, Nenia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Horror, Dark Fantasy, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy, Paranormal & Urban
Amazon: B00NENSBD8
Published: 2014-09-07T07:00:00+00:00

Once, Alec St. Clair had been an adept Diad, a which skilled in both water and air. He had been captain of the guard in Royce Riordan's court. Fitting, considering his desire to consolidate power. But Alec hadn't been content to remain one of Finn's father's lapdogs, no. He had wanted more—more power, more influence, more everything.

So he had broken the Fourth Rule, and killed an Other. The first of what would prove to be many. And he had turned into a vampire.

Witch blood was poisonous but it had an odd effect on other witches. If a witch killed another witch and drained every last drop of blood in their veins, they became a vampire. Their familiars did not last through the transformation; they died almost instantly, and with them, so did their powers, and their ability to walk in the sun.

They became stronger, though, and gained the ability to create other vampires. Weaker vampires, usually humans. Sometimes a shape-shifter they had gotten too careless with. Regardless of their species of origin, sired vampires held a fraction of the strength of their Masters.

Finn studied the dark-haired vampire in front of him, whose lips were curved into a smile. Vampires were not studied, but he had always suspected that they grew weaker because the blood that had powered the transformation was diluted through each sire.

“You're pretty,” the vampire purred, and she lunged at him, knocking off his hat. Graymalkin spilled out of it, skittering across the floor tiles and out of sight when the female aimed a well-placed kick at her. Not diluted enough, he thought.

Finn shucked off his coat and rolled up his shirtsleeves. The female vampire was watching him with speculation that veered beyond the predatory. She couldn't feed from him, and she wanted his blood for profit, not food. Maybe there was still enough human left inside her that she had other hungers, as well. She couldn't be more than twenty-six.

When she had been turned, she had been in her sexual prime.

He began flinging fire spells at her. She dodged them, laughing as if this were all a game to her. Vampires burned like paper when exposed to fire. He wondered if this was a front, or if she was naïve enough not to know her own weaknesses. Alec had never been patient. Finn doubted he would take the time to sit down his offspring and explain to them their new shortcomings.

She wasn't quick enough to dodge the last bolt, and flame singed her clothes, eliciting a startled sound. She hit the ground, putting it out before the flames could lick at her bare skin. Finn took aim and was cut off abruptly when she tackled him, knocking him flat on his back.

“Such a naughty boy,” she chided him. He opened his mouth and she clapped a hand over it, muffling his next spell. “Don't you know what I am?” The vampire ran her finger down his chest before tearing his shirt open. It was painful. He winced. “Now I'm going to have to punish you.

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