Dark Dynasties
4 total works
The Grigori are a vampire dynasty shrouded in mystery. Ancient and stoic, they keep themselves separate from much of the world of night, instead watching silently as their brethren rise and fall. But with the disappearance of one of the dynasty's most important leaders, one determined Grigori will pair up with the unlikeliest of companions to save him.
Ariane has spent her life sheltered, hidden away amid the desert sands with the rest of her kind, hungering for a life she has never known. When the man she considers one of her few true friends vanishes and her request to help in the search is denied, she takes matters into her own hands, determined to finally make a difference in a world she both fears and longs for. Damien Tremaine is a master thief and assassin, hired by the Grigori themselves, who will do anything for a price.
As circumstances force Ariane and Damien ever closer together, what begins as an alliance of necessity quickly becomes one of need and finding what they seek may bind them eternally...or tear them, and everything they care about, apart.
For centuries, the world of night believed the Rakshasa Dynasty was extinct. Then Tasim Singh, a lion- shifting vampire with the ability to cast illusions and walk in the sunlight, shows up on the Lilim's doorstep.
The Lilim fear that Tasim might be working with the demon Chaos, and Tasim's lack of memory and odd behavior only fuels that fear. The only person who can manage Tasim is Bay Harper, the human best friend of Lily Quinn, Queen of the Lilim.
Bay quickly finds that Tasmin is a man who has both suffered and caused destruction, who needs someone with both softness and strength to keep his own essential wildness in check. Additionally, he seems to have a sort of PTSD: certain sights and sounds will set him off unexpectedly, for reasons he doesn't understand. As suspicions about him run rampant through the Lilim, Bay becomes Tasmin's defender...though as his blackouts become more frequent and his behavior during them more unpredictable, she struggles with keeping his secrets.
Bay and the Lilim discover that Tasim is possessed by a demon and that eventually his soul will be devoured whole. Bay sets out to find Tasim only to be trapped by Chaos. Summoning his remaining strength, Tasim attacks Chaos to free Bay. He succeeds, but is badly injured. Realizing she can't live without him, Bay saves Tasim by allowing him to drink her blood, turning her into a Rakshasa in the process.
Two separate worlds . . . One passion that binds them
Wild and passionate by nature, Lyra Black is not just any werewolf. She's the future leader of the powerful pack of the Thorn-if she can stay alive long enough to inherit the title.
One of the Cait Sith bloodline of vampire cat-shifters, Jaden Harrison has no interest in the wars plaguing the world of night. But when he rescues Lyra from a violent attack, they're both captured by an insatiable desire that threatens to overwhelm them and bind them together for eternity . . . just as ancient enemies prepare to strike. And when they do, the Thorn and the Cait Sith-and Lyra and Jaden's love-may never recover from the deadly blow . . .