Chapter 1.
Shadow.
Walking into the blood ring’s underground operation, was like walking into hell on earth. Dark, disgusting, and ringing with the metallic tang of blood in the air.
But I went anyway, because my cousin asked for my help. And bringing down those creatures of the night was worth my life.
I followed Sadie into hell. Down the man hole, past the bar I frequented far too often, then kept going. Down another level of darkness, then stepped through a huge door designed to keep everyone out.
I crept along the hallway like a rat, quiet and quick. Sadie and Vincent rushed forward, speaking in hushed tones to the women we’d come to save. The witches the vampires kept as prisoners. Unwilling blood donors for the wealthy vampires select tastes.
That was when I saw her, lying on a
