The Bite That Binds (Deep In Your Veins, #2)

by Suzanne Wright

“As you know, a person must disappear when they have been Turned.

“There is a Sventé gift that allows a vampire to invade dreams, but they can only enter the dreams of other Sventés. Dreamwalkers, they’re called.”

“Magda is” – a heavy sigh – “the woman who Turned Evan and me.”

protect you from her or anyone else, I’ll always do it. I’ll kill anyone who tries to hurt you. Make your peace with it.” Stubborn sod. But I was more stubborn, which was why I wasn’t willing to drop my earlier question. Softly, I coaxed, “Tell me why you don’t want to go to your mother’s funeral.” Instantly, his entire body stiffened. “I just don’t.” “You must have a reason.” He shrugged. “It’s not important. She’s not important. You are.” He brushed his lips against mine. “I love your mouth.” “Jared.” He exhaled a long, heavy, tired sigh. “Why do you want to hear about it?” “Why don’t you want to tell me about it?” Another sigh. He lifted me from his lap and placed me on my feet. When he was upright, he stepped away, releasing me completely. Just like that, I felt cold. Not simply because his body heat was gone, but because I literally felt frozen out. “We’ll talk about it another time. Right now, we have other things to concentrate on.” Although I wasn’t satisfied with that response, I said nothing as he headed for his bedroom to begin packing his things. One thing I could be sure of was that his relationship with his mother had been somewhat strained, but that didn’t mean that her death was necessarily good news. And if he did find it good news, he’d undoubtedly feel guilty about it − that was the way Jared’s mind worked. The last thing I wanted was him hurting, especially during the week of our Binding. But I’d noticed the determined set to his jaw; it wouldn’t matter...

genekinesis and similar abilities which allow them to manipulate a person or animal’s DNA.

You said that sometimes people only love each other for a little while and then it’s over.

The bad news is my fiancée here is a crazy, homicidal bitch and she wants to kill you.”

Originally, there had been nine, but the other four High Masters had been executed for the parts they had played in the attack on The Hollow.

that Antonio’s Sire, Wes – who was also Bran’s Sire – was attending with his life-partner, and I knew that Jared cared about Wes and was looking forward to seeing him. He basically thought of him as a grandfather.

Instead, with her flawless pale skin, her long tumbling red hair, and curvaceous body, she was like a real-life Jessica Rabbit.

Just as they had at the informal gathering, Marcia, Rowan, and Ricardo were quite standoffish with me. They even went as far as to ignore my presence at the table, running their gaze along everyone but me as they spoke.

Do not feel guilty returning him to his tattoo form. He will be just as content in that form as he is in this.” “How do I turn him back?” I didn’t particularly want to, but I’d have to soon enough. “All you need to do in order to get him to change from one form to another is repeat the word ‘novo’. It’s Latin for ‘change’.”

A single bite would not be fatal to a vampire, but it wouldn’t be pleasant. There are, in fact, three stages.” That didn’t sound good. “Stages?” “Each stage is only temporary and should wear off after a few hours. Stage one is blindness. Stage two is mental disorientation. And the final stage is paralysis.” I shouldn’t ask, I know, but… “And if a second bite is delivered, what would that do?” Wes shrugged. “Merely cause excruciating, cry-wrenching pain, which is then soon followed by death.”

“Yes. Quinn can manipulate DNA, and Wyatt has the capability to freeze and unfreeze things. Vampires are physically frozen in their development, but if Wyatt can very slightly affect that, it enables his brother to play with DNA.”

the Trent brothers

Do you want to know what my two biggest fears are?” “What?” “That something bad will happen to you, or you’ll leave me.

“Pagori strength, Keja allure, and Sventé manageable bloodlust…A perfect combination.”

And I knew in that moment that if she had fallen ill, if she had died, I would have stayed alive only long enough to kill the bastards that took her from me. After that, I’d have followed right behind her.

Tell the others not to use their gifts on the dark-skinned Pagori, he’s a Syphon,

Then, where a wedding ring might have been, was a black, intricate, beautiful, and almost Celtic-like knot around my finger. The exact same one circled Jared’s ring finger. Touching mine, I realised that although it was much like a tattoo, it was also bumpy. Like brail.