“‘I am never taken. I only take. Such is the province of a Prince of Forever.’ “My heart dropped in my chest as realization sank home. “‘Luncóit,’ I whispered. ‘Raven Child.’ “‘His child,’ Talon breathed. “I saw the seraph’s face growing paler, Aaron’s bloodied sword tremble in his hand. We’d known the monster we hunted was powerful. But we’d never imagined … “This thing had been old when the empire was young. The red sovereign of centuries of slaughter. And I whispered then, my voice quaking. The name of this beast we’d hunted since Skyefall. This vampire who now hunted us. “‘Laure Voss…’”
