Scion’s
Dragon
House
of Dracul, Book 3
Blurb:
The vampire rebellion is over. Princess Cassandra Yvette Dracul, Scion of
High Prince Vlad Dracul IV, aka Cassy Daniels, and David Ashe tried to put
Avalon behind them. However, new threats stalk the couple. Vampire politics and
werewolves are hard at work, hoping to bring down the royal family.
Cassy’s problems don’t end there! Her pregnancy woke her inner dragon.
Slaking her bloodlust just became nearly impossible. The answer? Dragon’s
blood! When the shipment arrives, someone has tainted it, giving her inner
dragon more control. Cassy learns the real meaning of being a Dracul.
With a hostile takeover by another house underway, David finds the magical
bond that ties him to Cassy is taking on new powers. Can he use them to save
her? Will he be able to help his wife before she destroys everything? Can Cassy
hold the dragon in check? With this many obstacles thrown at them all at once,
is a greater force driving it? They just wanted a quiet life together, but can
that ever happen?
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About the Author
I started
my love affair with vampires as a kid by reading Bram Stoker’s Dracula. It was
the only vampire book our little local library branch had back then. Then, I
discovered mail order books and fell in love with the tortured characters in
Interview with a Vampire. In the mid 80’s, the most amazing thing
happened! My family bought a VCR, and I was finally able to see movies! All the
vampire flicks I could beg for flickered across the screen, making the love
affair into a passionate, lifelong relationship. Today, I write fantasy and
paranormal romance and never pass up a chance to pair up vampires with the
less-than-usual characters. Witches and elves currently top my list. I love
weaving vampires into legends and myths where none exist. It’s my private world
of the erotic, weird, and wonderful, and I invite every reader to go along for
the ride.
STORY EXCERPT
She pointed at the human forms on the ground.
“Check them for the marks. If they match, you have your rogue vampire house. If
not, you have another slave rebellion. However, you gave me my freedom, and I
intend to use it,” she said, touching the smooth surface of the mirror once
more.
She blew across the surface and uttered the
trigger word, “Baile.”
The Irish Gaelic word for home stirred the
mirror’s magic. A small portal opened in front of her. On the other side, a
dimly lit room with black leather walls and a massive oak four-poster bed
waited for her return. As she walked through, she looked back over her shoulder
at Cassy and gave her a fanged smile. Then, the portal collapsed, and she
disappeared.
“Check them for the marks,” Vlad ordered.
David called out from the water's edge, “These
all have the same tattoos.”
Cassy searched the bodies around the cabin. All
but three matched. Someone had tried to obliterate the top mark with burn scars
and added a second mark below the scar. The thought of these people being
treated like cattle made her sick.
Vlad joined her, looking down at the replacement
marks. “The ones in the voods are the same. Ve vill have to look up the old
owner’s marks to find out who they vorked for,” he said, laying a hand gently
on her shoulder.
The sound of helicopter blades whooping drew
her attention to the sky. Lights searched the ground for a place to land, but
she knew the forest lacked a suitable pad. A rope ladder with metal rails
dropped down from the sky.
Vlad’s phone rang. “Yes?” He paused as he
listened to the man on the other end. “That vill not be necessary. She is vell
enough to climb. David can help her.” He turned off the phone and tucked it in
his pocket. Without further instruction, he walked over to the ladder and
started climbing up to the hovering helicopter.
Cassy gave a startled jump when David took her
hand, not having noticed him beside her. “I don’t think I can do this,” she said.
“If you can run through the tree tops, you can
climb a ladder,” he said encouragingly.
“I don’t want to die,” she said, staring at the
helicopter’s blades.
“You’re not going to die,” he assured her.
“Die? Who said anything about dying? I don’t
want to fly,” she said, looking at him now.
“That’s not what you said. I clearly heard you
say die. The crash has made you afraid to fly, hasn’t it?”
A wave of empathy came across the magical bond.
She felt him send her an understanding and calming hope. He seemed to give her
an unspoken promise of this time things
would be different. He took her in her arms and kissed her softly on the
lips.
Vlad’s voice came over the loudspeaker. “Come
on, you two. Fuel is not free or unlimited.”
David laughed and motioned for Cassy to take
the ladder first. She managed to swallow her fear long enough to get several
feet off the ground before David overtook her. She sensed a thread of panic as
he positioned his body over hers.
“Stop climbing and hold on tight!” David
shouted over all the din. He made a gesture to the crew above and looped his
arms through the side ropes.
“What’s going on?” Cassy knew her foreboding
slowed her down but not to this extent.
“We’ve got company!” David shouted.
The ladder started reeling in slowly at first
and then faster. Looking down, she saw the reason for the sudden urgency.
Snapping jaws and growls came from below. More werewolves tried to grab the
lowest rungs with their teeth as they jumped. Cassy saw more coming through the
woods to join the ones below.
Images of being dragged back down into the sea
of snarling, snapping teeth terrified her. A flutter from her middle gave her
another reason to worry. What if their goal was not to just capture her? What
if they wanted to destroy her and the baby?
Finally, the ladder pulled them up to the
helicopter. The noise of the four blades hurt her hearing. Out of nowhere,
someone stuffed a pair of muffs on her ears. The painful sounds became
bearable.
David put her in a seat and helped buckle her
in as Vlad closed the large side door. She saw wolves outside of the cabin with
their necks stretched up to the night sky. The stance suggested a howl. A few
transformed back into human form and knelt by their fallen comrades.
Cassy felt pity for them. If they were still
slaves, their master recklessly sent them to their deaths with no regard for
them as fellow creatures of the night. If they were wolves in rebellion against
an unjust system, why would they all have the same mark? Why wouldn’t they just
rebel against their masters to gain their freedom?
Then the thought occurred to her. Maybe they
did not want just freedom. Maybe they wanted revenge.
MORE FROM THE HOUSE OF DRACUL
SCION'S FREEDOM, BOOK 1
As the Scion of the House of Dracul, vampire princess Cassy Daniels
just wants a simple, royal-free life in New Atlanta. It’s been thirty
years since The Fall, when the world’s economy collapsed. Although
supernatural creatures are helping to rebuild society, Cassy remains in
hiding to avoid an arranged marriage.
When her journalist bodyguard and best friend, Erica, is assassinated,
she flees for her life with the help of Detective David Ashe. He’s
reluctant at first. She used him a few weeks prior. However, she’s the
sole survivor of a serial killing and his only lead. Something about
David is magnetic and Cassy falls for him hard.
Can they find Erica’s killer before he finds them? Can David forgive
her past enough to love her? Can the Council of Crones, a coven of elder
witches, provide more insight as to who is hunting Cassy and why? Will
she survive the assassination attempts and still hold on to the man
she loves?
SCION'S AVALON, BOOK 2
Three years have passed since vampire princess Cassy
Daniels, Scion of the House of Dracul, gave up her title to turn and marry
David Ashe. Together, they live in exile with the Council of Crones, a group of
elder witches. Isolated from the world, they found bliss. However, vampire
politics soon intrudes.
Born vampire women are being kidnapped, and Cassy’s next on
the list. After a failed attempt to take Cassy from the Council of Crones
estate, magical portals lead back to the missing women. Cassy and David are
tasked with bringing them home. David is sent after Elisabeta, Cassy’s
sister-in-law, who is still on Earth. Cassy, however, has what it takes to
enter the elf-kingdom of Avalon and retrieve the other three vampires.
Can Cassy and David hold onto their bliss or will Avalon’s
magic lure her from home?
THE PRINCESS'S CONSORT, A HOUSE OF DRACUL SHORT STORY, 2.5
Not every member of the House of Dracul has been lucky in love.
With her sister Cassy, Princess and Scion of the House of Dracul, lost
in Avalon and brother-in-law, David, in an enchanted sleep, Princess
Elizabeta finds herself divorced, alone, and hunted. Will her vengeful
ex-husband find her before Mills can save her? Can she find love and
safety in the arms of a male witch? Even if she does, will the High
Prince, now her adoptive father, allow her to have the love she
deserves?
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