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  “You’ve just endured the removal of a long-standing bond. A traumatic experience for any guardian,” the older man ruthlessly pressed. “And we’re your brothers, you thankless son-of-a-bitch.”

  Fane gave an impatient shake of his head. Wolfe was a hunter Sentinel, not a guardian, which meant he could never understand the truth of the bond.

  “I know what you’re thinking, but you’re wrong.”

  Wolfe slowly arched a brow. There weren’t many who had the hutzpah to stand up to him.

  “What am I thinking?”

  “Callie and I never had a sexual relationship.”

  “Did you want one?”

  “No,” Fane growled. “Jesus Christ. She was like a sister to me. She still is.”

  The dark gaze never wavered. “And it doesn’t bother her that she’s with Duncan?”

  “Not so long as he treats her right.” Fane allowed a humorless smile to touch his lips. “If he doesn’t...I’ll rip out his heart with my bare hands.”

  Wolfe nodded. They both understood it wasn’t an empty threat.

  “Good,” the Tagos said. “But that wasn’t my concern.”

  Fane surged to his feet, his tattoos deepening in response to his rising temper. It was barely past noon, but it’d already been a long day.

  “Does this conversation have an end in sight?”

  Wolfe stood his ground.

  No shocker.

  The man always stood his ground.

  “The past decade has been dedicated to protecting Callie. Now you’re going to a have void where the bond used to be. It’s going to make you...” He paused, as if sorting through his brain for the right word. “Twitchy.”

  “Twitchy?”

  Wolfe shrugged. “I was going to say as mean as a rabid pit bull, but that would be an insult to the pit bull.”

  There was a snicker from the front of the room. Fane sent a glare that instantly had the younger Sentinel scurrying from the gym.

  He returned his attention to his leader, his gaze narrowed. “And fuck you too.”

  “I’m serious, Fane.” Wolfe insisted, standing with the calm of a born predator who could explode into violence in the blink of an eye. “You need to take time to adjust.”

  Fane grimaced. “Don’t tell me your door is always open so we can chat about our feelings?”

  “Hell, no.” Wolfe shuddered. “But I’m always available if you need a partner who isn’t terrified to spar with you.”

  “Ah, so you’re offering to kick my ass?”

  A hint of a smile softened Wolfe’s austere features. “And to offer you a place at Valhalla. I’m in constant need of good warriors.” The smile faded. “Especially after our battle with the necromancer. We lost too many.”

  Fane ground his teeth at the sharp stab of loss that pierced his heart. During the battle against the necromancer they’d lost far too many Sentinels. Many of them brothers that Fane had served with for decades.

  And while the threat of death was a constant companion for warriors, they rarely lost so many at one time.

  It had left them dangerously weakened.

  “All the more reason for me to train the next generation,” he pointed out.

  Wolfe refused to budge. Stubborn bastard.

  “Someone else can handle the training. These are dangerous times. I need experienced warriors.”

  Smart enough to avoid ramming his head into a brick wall, Fane instead changed the conversation.

  “Did you find any information on the Brotherhood?”

  Wolfe muttered a curse at the mention of the secret society of humans who had been discovered three months ago. Like many norms they held a profound hatred toward ‘mutants’, but they were far more organized than most. And more troubling, they possessed a dangerous ability to sense high-bloods merely by being in their presence.

  They were a new, unexpected complication.

  The zealots might be nothing more than a pain in the ass. Or they might be...genocidal.

  “Nothing useful,” Wolfe admitted, his tone revealing his barely leashed desire to pound the truth out of the bastards.

  “I can do some digging at the monastery if you want,” Fane offered. “Their library is the most extensive in the world. If there’s information on the secret society, it will be there.”

  “Actually I have Arel working on gathering intel.”

  Wolfe nodded his head toward a young hunter Sentinel who was running on a treadmill. The overhead lights picked up the honey highlights in Arel’s light brown hair and turned his eyes to molten gold. He looked like an angel unless you took time to notice the honed muscles and the merciless strength that simmered deep in the gold eyes.

  He also had the kind of charm that made women buzz around him like besotted bees.

  Including one woman in particular for a short period of time.

  His hands unconsciously clenched.

  “Arel?” he ground out.

  Wolfe made a sad attempt at looking innocent. “Is that a problem?”

  “He’s young.” Fane forced his hands to relax, his expression stoic. He’d lost his right to make a claim on any woman years before. “And he has no magic,” he continued.

  Wolfe deliberately allowed his gaze to roam over Fane’s distinctive tattoos. “Which means he has a shot at infiltrating the group if we decide they’re going to be a danger in the future. Something that would be impossible for most of us.”

  Fane couldn’t argue.

  Although guardian Sentinels had the benefit of magic, as well as the protection of their tattooing to avoid spells and psychic attacks, they did tend to stand out in a crowd.

  Understatement of the year.

  Arel, on the other hand, looked like a kid fresh out of college.

  “It’s risky,” Fane at last muttered. “We don’t know how powerful this Brotherhood is.”

  Wolfe lifted a shoulder. “He’s a Sentinel.”

  “True.” Fane tried to dismiss the problem from his mind. Soon enough he would be in the seclusion of the monastery and the dangers of the world would no longer be his concern. Right? “It sounds like you have it covered. I’ll send you more warriors when they’ve completed their training.”

  “Dammit, Fane...” Wolfe bit off his words as the atmosphere in the gym abruptly changed.

  Both men turned to discover what had happened.

  Or rather...who...had happened.

  “Shit,” Fane breathed, a familiar ache settling in the center of his chest at the sight of the beautiful female who sashayed into the room.

  Serra Vetrov had the habit of changing the atmosphere in rooms since she’d left the nursery.

  Hell, he’d seen men walk into walls and cars drive off the road when she strolled past.

  An elegantly tall woman with long, glossy black hair that contrasted with her pale, ivory skin, she had lush curves that she emphasized with her tight leather pants and matching vest that was cut to reveal a jaw-dropping amount of her generous breasts.

  Her features were delicately carved. Her pale green eyes were thickly lashed, her nose narrow and her lips so sensually full they gave the impression of a sex kitten.

  Although anyone foolish enough to underestimate her, was in for an unpleasant surprise.

  Reviews:

  “Ivy creates such vivid and complex characters, their emotional struggles feel real even though their exploits are supernatural. A true gift to the genre.” —RT Book Reviews Top Pick!

  “Delivers plenty of atmosphere and hot-blooded seduction.” —Publishers Weekly

  "Oh, so hot and wonderfully dangerous." - Gena Showalter, New York Times bestselling author

  About The Author Alexandra Ivy

  Alexandra Ivy is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Guardians of Eternity series, as well as the Sentinels and Bayou Heat that she writes with Laura Wright. After majoring in theatre she decided she prefers to bring her characters to life on paper rather than stage. She lives in Mis
souri with her family. Visit her website at alexandraivy.com.

  Book list:

  Guardians of Eternity

  Hunt the Darkness

  May 28, 2014

  978-1420125153

  Amazon: http://bit.ly/1dxG9wz

  Darkness Avenged

  June 4, 2013, Zebra

  ISBN 978-1420111385

  Amazon: http://amzn.to/1mT67Oj

  Levet

  March 26, 2013

  Amazon: http://amzn.to/1pQ9f5G

  Fear the Darkness

  September 1,2012, Zebra

  ISBN 978-1420111378

  Amazon: http://amzn.to/1t7IDOJ

  Bound by Darkness

  December 6,2011, Zebra

  ISBN 978-1420111361

  Amazon: http://amzn.to/1xuqDNn

  Devoured by Darkness

  November 2010, Zebra Paranormal

  ISBN 978-1420111354

  Amazon: http://amzn.to/1o9Vjwr

  Beyond the Darkness

  April 2010, Zebra Paranormal

  ISBN 978-1420102987

  Amazon: http://amzn.to/1sdMPs0

  Darkness Unleashed

  November 2009, Zebra Paranormal

  ISBN 978-1420102970

  Amazon: http://amzn.to/1jTjH4d

  Darkness Everlasting

  May 2008, Zebra Paranormal

  ISBN 978-0-8217-7939-2

  Amazon: http://amzn.to/1owlu3s

  Embrace the Darkness

  November 2007, Zebra Paranormal

  ISBN-10: 0821779370

  ISBN-13: 978-0821779378

  Amazon: http://amzn.to/1vJIcWW

  When Darkness Comes

  January 2007, Zebra Paranormal

  ISBN 0-8217-7935-4

  Amazon: http://amzn.to/1z5UVYu

  SENTINELS:

  Born in Blood

  Book #1 Sentinel series

  December 31, 2013

  ISBN 978-1420125146

  Amazon: http://amzn.to/1lZlKFS

  Blood Assassin

  Book #2 Sentinel series

  January 6, 2015

  ISBN 978-1-4201-2516-0

  Amazon: http://amzn.to/1j4Fb3d

  About The Author Laura Wright

  New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author, Laura Wright is passionate about romantic fiction. Though she has spent most of her life immersed in acting, singing and competitive ballroom dancing, when she found the world of writing and books and endless cups of coffee she knew she was home. Laura is the author of the bestselling Mark of the Vampire series and the USA Today bestselling series, Bayou Heat, which she co-authors with Alexandra Ivy.

  Laura lives in Los Angeles with her husband, two young children and three loveable dogs.

  Book List

  Mark of the Vampire

  Book 1: Eternal Hunger

  978-0451231499

  Amazon

  Book 2: Eternal Kiss

  978-0451233844

  Amazon

  Book 2.5: Eternal Blood (Especial)

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  Book 3: Eternal Captive

  978-0451235879

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  Book 4: Eternal Beast

  978-0451237729

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  Book 4.5: Eternal Beauty (Especial)

  Amazon

  Book 5: Eternal Demon

  978-0451239754

  Amazon

  Book 6: Eternal Sin (November 5, 2013)

  978-0451240163

  Amazon

  Bayou Heat Series

  Bayou Heat Raphael & Parish

  Book #1 and #2 in the Bayou Heat Series

  January 7, 2013

  ISBN 978-0-9886245-0-4

  Amazon

  Bayou Heat Bayon & Jean-Baptiste

  Book #3 and #4 in the Bayou Heat Series

  April 15, 2013

  Amazon

  Bayou Heat Talon & Xavier

  Book #5 and #6 in the Bayou Heat Series

  July 9, 2013

  Amazon

  Bayou Heat Sebastian & Aristide

  Book #7 and #8 in the Bayou Heat Series

  November, 2013

  Amazon

  Bayou Heat Lian & Roch

  Book #9 and #10 in the Bayou Heat Series

  April 19, 2014

  Amazon

  WICKED INK CHRONICLES (New Adult Series- 17+)

  FIRST INK

  Amazon

  SHATTERED INK

  Amazon

  CAVANAUGH BROTHERS

  BRANDED

  (Out now)

  Amazon

  BROKEN

  October 7, 2014

  Amazon

  Contents

  Title page

  HAKAN

  PROLOGUE

  CHAPTER 1

  CHAPTER 2

  CHAPTER 3

  CHAPTER 4

  CHAPTER 5

  CHAPTER 6

  EPILOGUE

  SÉVERIN

  CHAPTER 1

  CHAPTER 2

  CHAPTER 3

  CHAPTER 4

  CHAPTER 5

  CHAPTER 6

  CHAPTER 7

  CHAPTER 8

  Broken Teaser

  Blood Assassin

  About The Author Alexandra Ivy

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  About The Author Laura Wright

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