Centuries after the fallen angels left heaven to live among
humans, their Nephilim descendants dwell in secret, hidden from the modern
world. Once, a charismatic leader known as the Phoenix led their people, but he
vanished centuries ago. The few surviving Great Houses are in decline,
bickering over petty rivalries while a handful of faithful warriors battle to
keep the forces of evil at bay.
Eighteen-year-old Aiden McLachlan devotes her life to her
studies and pursues her lifelong goal to become a full-fledged Watcher. But
everything she knows of her life is a lie and everyone a liar. Through a
strange twist of fate, she finds herself caught up in an ancient prophecy.
The stars predict the rebirth of the Nephilim leader, but
the mystery must be unraveled or the Phoenix cannot rise. With a soul-eating
demon, a coven of ancient vampires, and a hardheaded Celtic warrior competing
to subvert the Phoenix, Aiden doesn't know where to turn or who she can trust.
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He’d always had
the worst of luck, and the day he died was no different.
Thrash stared
into the chasm of space between the building roof and city streets,
contemplating the eighty-story drop. It was a long way down. The city’s lights
glimmered against darkness, millions of fluorescent stars. Surrender did not
come easily to him, and it tasted bitter in his mouth. He’d spent his life
training to fight, but what could he do against an enemy that could shape shift
at will?
Six-foot-six and
muscular in the manner of body builders, Thorton David Aston III or Thrash to
his friends, was an albino. He was born without skin or hair pigment, his skin
perfectly pale, his hair white. He rivaled the city lightscape for its clean
brightness. He disliked the attention his condition attracted, so he’d cropped
his hair short and dyed it metallic blue.
Thrash’s
athletic body thrummed with tension. Perspiration beaded on his pale forehead
and made his palms clammy.
The Soul Eater
was coming for him.
“I won’t help you,” Matthew said, “no matter what you do to me.”
“Oh, but I think you will,” Daniel disagreed. “Once I turn you, then
you’ll be more than happy to help.” Lightning swift, the vampire lashed out and
seized Matthew’s wrist, forcing the priest’s arm down.
Matthew cried out in pain as Daniel squeezed his wrist until his hand
opened and the crucifix dropped to the ground.
Aiden shouted and swung her crucifix around to protect Matthew, but she
was too slow. Daniel dragged Matthew away and thrust the priest toward his
minions.
“Hold him,” Daniel said.
Immediately, the carrot-topped boy and the policewoman caught hold of the
priest.
Aiden expected Daniel’s attack, but that didn’t prepare her for the
vampire’s speed. Daniel rushed her, progressing so fast his contorted face
filled her vision. She kept the crucifix level and aimed for the vampire’s
eyes, but Daniel caught hold of her wrist with disturbing ease. Then he twisted
her arm, causing a wrenching pain in her shoulder. Against her will, Aiden bent
over to avoid having her arm torn from the socket. She lost her grip on her
crucifix.
“Let her go!” Matthew shouted. “She’s done nothing.”
Daniel immobilized Aiden, ignoring her struggles. He forced her head to
the side and exposed her throat. “Oh, I don’t think so. I want you to suffer,
Matt,” he said. “As a self-styled Lord of the Night, I’m rather pleased with
the revenge I’ve concocted. So I’m going to eat your pretty daughter and make
you watch.”
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