Sweep of the Blade (Innkeeper Chronicles, #4)

by Ilona Andrews

Vampire worldview, condensed into three sentences: If it’s not food or a pet, kill it, because it might be poisonous.

‘He who is feared by my enemy is my shield.’”

“You don’t just hand someone a terrible evil without impressive packaging. We need a chest filled with velvet or a high-tech vault container with an elaborate code lock. Something that makes it seem important and forbidden.” The medic’s eyes lit up. “I have just the thing.”