Author’s Note: This short story began life as a scene in an early draft of Archangel’s Shadows. It focuses on Dmitri & Honor, so there are no spoilers for the Archangel’s Shadows storyline (however, if you haven’t yet read Archangel’s Blade (Honor and Dmitri’s story), then save this to read later). I hope you enjoy!
I've been writing as long as I can remember and all of my stories always held a thread of romance (even when I was writing about a prince who could shoot lasers out of his eyes). I love creating unique characters, love giving them happy endings and I even love the voices in my head. There's no other job I would rather be doing. In September 2002, when I got the call that Silhouette Desire wanted to buy my first book, Desert Warrior, it was a dream come true. I hope to continue living the dream until I keel over of old age on my keyboard.
I was born in Fiji and raised in New Zealand. I also spent three years living and working in Japan, during which time I took the chance to travel around Asia. I’m back in New Zealand now, but I’m always plotting new trips. If you’d like to see some of my travel snapshots, have a look at the Travel Diary page (updated every month).
So far, I've worked as a lawyer, a librarian, a candy factory general hand, a bank temp and an English teacher and not necessarily in that order. Some might call that inconsistency but I call it grist for the writer's mill.
Scorching hot without being explicit. Usually I don't find Nalini Singh's sex scenes sexy and just skim through them. In fact her continued use of the same euphemisms time and again has become a favourite joke in my buddy read group. But this was pretty damn good. And it comes to prove that sometimes less is more.
First Read: November 2014 Second Read: November 2016 Third Read: September 2020
Aww that made me want to reread the Guild Hunter books all over again! I never expected to love Dmitri as much as I do but his and Honor's story was irresistible and this was a great little glimpse into their life as a couple now.
Un corto capítulo de Dimitri y Honor, donde los vemos alimentándose mutuamente. Nada complicado, solo un par de diálogos sencillos que nos muestran el amor que existe entre esos dos y el poder que tiene Dimitri en su sangre.
To be honest: I'm not all the interested in Dmitri & Honor's stories/povs. I find that one book was enough... They have, you know, reached all the can reach, in the relationship and in life? I feel like we can't learn anything more from them, cause they have reached their potential. They are at their fullest...
I'm very fickle when it's comes to my favourite Guild Hunter couple but let's just say that today it's Dmitri and Honor and I love getting any kind of glimpse at the two of them together. This is so short it can be barely called a glimpse but it captures the two of them perfectly.
Another good little read. I have to say this one was a little bit steamy but wasn’t as graphic as some of the early books which I actually preferred as I did get to a point in the books where some of the scenes got a bit repetitive.
A short story from the Guildhunter series, this reminds me why I didn’t continue it beyond book 2 - erotica/romance just isn’t my thing. A vampire couple get it on. Moving on…
I just love Dmitri and Honor and this little glimpse into their world was just fantastic!
Although short, this story exudes the sexuality of Dmitri and the love he has for Honor and her love for him. It also showed the dynamic of their lives and what actually being together forever really means to both as husband to wife, master to consort, and lover to lover.
I just sigh with pleasure from reading this story of the vampires and definitely will be reading it again, possibly after writing this review!
A SIP OF ETERNITY is one of the free vignette that Singh provides for fans of her Guild Hunter series. This short scene features Dmitri and Honor from ARCHANGEL'S BLADE. This is a very sexy scene between the two and shows them in peaceful times. I enjoyed this vignette because I really like Dmitri and Honor and want to read more about them.
28.4.2015 - 3,5* Dmitri a Honor. Ty dva mám ráda, well, Dmitriho mám ráději, pro jeho charakter a rozhodnutí, která dělá. A Sip of Eternity bylo roztomilé, temné a miloučké. Upírské a sexy. :D Nejspíše bych měla přestat ty jednohubky od Singh číst, jak nad tím tak přemýšlím. :D
"I don't care what anyone says, I still love 'em (her)." Kanye West That is the first and last time I will ever quote Kanye, that's how good Nalini Singh is.
Guild Hunter #6.9 A Sip of Eternity by Nalini Singh is another short story from her Guild Hunter series. This one features Dimitri and Honor in an intimate moment they stole between Dimitri's meetings.
Read: November 7, 2016 - FREE read May 9, 2017 - FREE read October 12, 2017 - FREE on the author's website October 22, 2019 – FREE on the author's website October 14, 2021 – FREE on the author's website October 19, 2022 – FREE on the author's website
Just in case you want to know the timeline of the books/novellas/short stories set in Nalini Singh’s Guild Hunter world, I have provided a complete list below. And so you don’t get confused, you’ll notice that each entry on the list is numbered in two ways. The 1., 2., 3.… Etc. numbering at the beginning of each entry is mine and denotes the chronological reading order. The – Guild Hunter #?.? – numbering you see immediately following each title is the number they are on the series reading list provided by the goodreads website. Enjoy!
Guild Hunter series chronological reading order: 1. One Night at the Refuge - Guild Hunter #0.2 (FREE in the April 2016 newsletter) - Illium (Angel and one of Raphael’s Seven) and Aodhan (Angel and one of Raphael’s Seven) 2. Angels' Dance - Guild Hunter #0.4 (found in the Angels Flight collection) - Jessamy (Angel, teacher of angelic young and historian of the angelic race) and Galen (Angel, Raphael’s Weapons Master and one of his Seven) 3. Angels' Judgment - Guild Hunter #0.6 (found in the Angels Flight collection) - Sara (human Guild Hunter) and Deacon (human Guild Hunter) 4. Angels' Pawn - Guild Hunter #0.8 (found in the Angels Flight collection) - Ashwini (human Guild Hunter) and the Janvier (Vampire) 5. A Little Bakery – Guild Hunter #0.9 (from the December 2019 Newsletter) – Illium 6. Angels' Blood - Guild Hunter #1 - Elena Devereaux (Hunterborn human Guild Hunter) and Archangel Raphael 7. Archangel's Kiss - Guild Hunter #2 - Elena (new made Angel and Guild Hunter) and Archangel Raphael 8. Weapons Training - Guild Hunter #2.5 (FREE on the author’s website) - Jessamy and Galen - takes place during “Archangel’s Kiss” after Elena finishes training with Galen 9. Archangel's Consort - Guild Hunter #3 - Elena and Raphael 10. Angel's Wolf - Guild Hunter #3.5 (found in the Angel’s Flight collection) - Noel (vampire) and Nimra (Angel) 11. Archangel's Blade - Guild Hunter #4 - Dimitri (vampire, Raphael’s Second and one of his Seven) and Honor (human Guild Hunter) 12. Archangel's Storm - Guild Hunter #5 - Jason (Angel, Raphael’s Spymaster and one of his Seven) and Princess Mahiya (Angel, who is Archangel Neha’s niece) 13. A Wedding Breakfast – Guild Hunter #5.1 – EVERYONE 14. Knives and Sheaths - Guild Hunter #5.5 (FREE in the author’s WELCOME Letter for signing up for her newsletter) - Elena and Raphael 15. Archangel's Legion - Guild Hunter #6 - Elena and Raphael 16. Zoe's Workshop - Guild Hunter #6.5 (FREE on the author’s website) - Sara (human Guild Director), Deacon (human, former Guild Slayer, Sara’s husband and Master Weapons Maker for humans and immortals alike), Zoe (human daughter of Sara and Deacon) and Slayer (dog) 17. Archangel's Shadows - Guild Hunter #7 - Ashwini and Janvier, with side jaunts to Elena and Raphael 18. A Walk on the Cliffs - Guild Hunter #7.5 (FREE in the July 2015 newsletter) - Montgomery (vampire and Raphael’s butler) and Sivya (Angel and Raphael’s chef) 19. A Sip of Eternity - Guild Hunter #7.3 (FREE on the author’s website) - Dimitri and Honor 20. A Small Fairy Tale - Guild Hunter #7.7 (FREE on the author’s website) - Talu (a human girl living on the streets of NYC), Sina (one of the fairies carved by Aodhan), Elena and Honor 21. Archangel's Enigma - Guild Hunter #8 - Naasir and the Angel Andromeda 22. Secret Things – Guild Hunter #8.3 (FREE in the February 2018 newsletter) – Naasir and Andromeda 23. Fairy Balloons - Guild Hunter #8.7 (FREE on the author’s website) - Talu (a human girl rescued from the streets by Archangel Raphael’s Consort, Elena) and the Angel Izzy (the first member of Consort Elena’s Guard) 24. Archangel's Heart - Guild Hunter #9 - Elena and Raphael 25. An Unexpected Guest - Guild Hunter #9.3 - Elena and Raphael 26. Elena's School of Horror – Guild Hunter #9.7 (FREE in July 2018 newsletter) – Elena & Aodhan 27. Archangel's Viper - Guild Hunter #10 - Venom (a vampire and one of Raphael’s Seven) and Holly Chang (the previously human girl who survived Uram’s rampage) 28. Archangel's Prophecy – Guild Hunter #11 – Elena and Raphael 29. Archangel's War – Guild Hunter #12 – Elena and Raphael 30. Archangel's Sun – Guild Hunter #13 – Archangel Titus and Sharine (The Hummingbird) 31. Archangel's Light – Guild Hunter #14 – Illium and Adohan 32. Archangel's Resurrection – Guild Hunter #15 – Archangel Alexander and Archangel Zanaya
A very very short story about Dmitri and Honor. I just love these two.
Honor went to joke about him getting tired of her, but something made her stop. Perhaps it was the knowledge that the wound was still fresh. He’d lived a thousand years without her, and he had loved her through all of it.
Honor is a newly made vampire. Dimitri lets her feed from him, but only a little as she gets drunk off his power. He's over 1000 years old, he can't rally feed from Honor without taking her strength so he drinks bottled blood.