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Chapter One
Dante s at the carotid, where the huest His own pulse quickened too, responding to the rush of blood flowing beneath the surface of delicate white skin Dante leaned his dark head in and kissed that tender spot, letting his tongue play over the fluttering race of the feainst the war beat of the club ’s ood witch or a bad witch?"
The fe hi her breasts up under his chin like a buffet She twirled her finger in her bright fuchsia wig, then let it trail down suggestively, past a Celtic cross tattoo and into her swelling cleavage "Oh, I’runted "My favorite"
He ss He was one of ht, althoughplastic teeth, fake blood, and various ridiculous costumery A few others--himself and a handful of males froing out near the dance floor--were the genuine article
Dante and the others were Breed, a far cry froothic vampires of human folklore Neither undead nor devil-spawned, Dante’s kind were a hot-blooded hybrid mix of Homo sapiens and deadly other-worlder The Breeds’ forebears, a band of alien conquerors who crash-landed on Earth -since extinct, had bred with hu the thirst--the priiven the Breed great strengths and shattering weaknesses too Only the human side of the Breed, those qualities passed down by theirto any kind of Order Even then, a few of the Breed would succuue, a one-way street paved in blood and madness
Dante despised that element of his kind, and as one of the warrior class, it was his duty to eradicate his Rogue brethren wherever he found them As a male who enjoyed his pleasures, Dante wasn’t sure what he preferred more: a warm, juicy feed steel in his hand as he sliced into his enemies and dispatched them to dust in the street
"Can I touch the at Dante’s s look wicked real! I just have to feel theht her fingers to his lips "I bite" "Yeah?" She giggled, gaze widening "I’ll bet you do, sugar"
Dante sucked her finger into his et the female horizontal He needed to feed, but he was never opposed to a little sex in the process--prelude or chaser, didn’t ood as far as he was concerned
Chaser, he decided on ier as she started to withdraw it She gasped as he suckled fro to let her leave hi his pupils to vertical slits in the h hie of his cock, which strained beneath the black leather of his pants
The fe her eyes as she arched catlike on his lap Dante let go of her finger as he wrapped his hand around the back of her head and pulled her neck closer to hi a Host in a public place wasn’t exactly his style, but he was bored out of his skull and needed the persion Besides, he doubted anyone would notice tonight, when the club was rife with faux danger and open sensuality As for the female on his lap, she would feel only pleasure as he took what he needed from her Afterward, she’d remember none of it, her memory scrubbed of all recollection of hi the felanced past her and sao Darkhaven va hieneration, no doubt They whispered a hi to decide whether or not to approach hiht in their direction as he parted his lips and prepared to open his Host’s vein
But the valare The taller of the two, a blond male in desert camo pants, biker boots, and a black tee-shirt led the way His coh-tops, and an oversize Lakers jersey, strutted along behind him
"Shit" Dante didn’t mind a small bit of indiscretion, but he sure as hell didn’t need an up-close audience gawking at hi?" his would-be Host whined when Dante pulled away fro, sweetheart" He placed his pal the past half hour from her mind "Go on now and join your friends"
She obediently got up fro into the press of bodies on the dance floor The two Darkhaven va look as they approached Dante’s table
"What’s up, fellas" Dante tossed the greeting out with zero interest in chitchat
"Hey" Blondie in fatigues nodded, striking a pose with his le visible dereneration Breed Probably not even out of his twenties yet "Sorry to interrupt, but we had to tell you, ues a fewabout the way the Order took out an entire colony of suckheads in one night Blew that h Freakin’ awesome, man"
"Yeah," added his homeboy companion "So, onderin’ Ifor new recruits"
"Did you, now?" Dante leaned back in his seat and exhaled a bored sigh This was hardly the first ti to join up with the warriors Since the raid on the Rogue lair housed in the old asylum that past suained a lot of unwanted notoriety Celebrity, even
Frankly, it was annoying as hell
Dante kicked his chair back frouy to talk to about that," he told the hopefuls "And anyway, recruitment into the Order is by invite only Sorry"
He strode away fro off in his jacket pocket He dug out the device and clicked on to the inco call from the Breed co?" It was Gideon, resident genius of the warrior class "Any topside activity to report?"
"Not ht now" Dante scanned the crowded club, noting that the two va for the exit, taking a couple of costuues in the vicinity at all so far And doesn’t that just suck ass? I’ for some action here, Gid"
"Well, try to cheer up," Gideon said, a grin in his voice "The night’s still young"
Dante chuckled "Tell Lucan I spared hin on You know, I liked things a hell of a lot better ere feared , or is our boy too caught up with that gorgeous Breedmate of his?"
"Yes to both," Gideon replied "As to the recruiting, we’ve got a candidate coot feelers out to soe soh the paces before we commit"