book one of the Bonded Souls Series
Volik
Forget what you think you know. Forget the fairy tales and lore of old. Vampires are real.
And for the past seventy years, they’ve walked openly among us.
They’re bigger and stronger than humans, with black eyes, horns, and powers that shouldn’t be possible.
Volik is one of these vampires. Living in the small town of Hemlock Hills, he spends his days locked in his office at Stalden University. Wasting time. Waiting.
Until Nix, the new journalism professor, arrives … and changes everything.
This is the story about the day they met. What happened after. And how their bond started a sequence of events that changed the world.
-NIX-
It’s my first day as a substitute professor. I’m in a new city, with new coworkers, and all I want to do is keep my head down. And maybe catch a glimpse of Volik.
I’ve read everything there is to read about vampires. The good and the scary. But I have all semester to sneak a look, so I focus my attention on the clock. Because in three minutes, I turn thirty.
But when the moment strikes, an invisible force slams into me. Weight swells inside my chest, and heat roars through my veins.
-VOLIK-
I pause, feeling a shift in the air, telling me something is about to happen. Then the clock ticks. And my world tilts.
The power inside me pulses. The building shakes around me. And I grow. I get bigger. Taller. Stronger. Thicker.
My fangs lengthen. Sharpen. And I smile. Because the moment I have waited centuries for has finally arrived. The other half of my soul…She is here.
-NIX-
Screams echo down the hallway while people flee. Impossibly heavy footsteps shake the ground. But I don’t run. I can’t. The pull in my chest won’t allow it.
Then the giant vampire I’ve been daydreaming about ducks through the doorway. And when he calls me his Mate, I do the opposite of run. I reach for him.
book two of the Bonded Souls Series
Vameer
-RUNE-
Today is my thirtieth birthday. My parents mailed me a gift, like they always do, but I accidentally nick my thumb while opening the box.
A tiny drop of blood wells on my skin. And without thought, I press the tip of my thumb between my lips and close my eyes.
When I open them, I’m no longer in my apartment. I’m on the side of a mountain. Standing in the rain. Convinced this isn’t real, I seek shelter in a cave. But I’m unable to stop myself from moving deeper into the cavern.
Where I find him.
A man, lying inside a hidden chamber, sleeping atop an altar. My body is not my own as I walk closer. As I reach out to touch him. To see if he’s real. But then a force stills my hand above his face. And my heart… stops beating.
The muscle freezes inside my ribs. While I panic, unable to move, I watch as a single drop of blood beads on my thumb. And falls. Landing perfectly between his parted lips. He opens his eyes. My heart finally resumes beating. I stumble back, falling…And land on my apartment floor.
It was a dream. A hallucination. Not real. Except my clothes are wet. And I feel the weight of him inside my chest.
-VAMEER-
I only meant to lie down for a little while. A few weeks to rest. Gods, I just needed to rest. But instead of waking on my own, I’m woken by the unmistakable taste of my mate’s blood on my tongue. We lock eyes. My solid black orbs to her human ones.
But then she disappears.
When I follow her scent to the entrance of the cave, I find that the world has changed. I don’t know where my mate went. I don’t know how to find my brother. But I know I must find both of them before my enemies do.
And I fear I may have slept longer than I meant to.