Alpha's Promise (Dark Protectors, #10)

by Rebecca Zanetti

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Another great story by Rebecca Zanetti.

Ivar was a pretty complex character Dark Protector series. He stepped in as one of the Seven to replace his brother who was killed in the war. He has a head for business and was in charge of securing funds, equipment and all of the secret headquarters, which have all been blown up. He is also a Viking, which explains the tall, blond Viking vibe he gives off. Like all the Seven, Ivar is a Vampire-Demon hybrid; and until a certain evil author had her way with him, he was one of the most level headed, controlled hybrid in the group. Since level-headed doesn’t make for an interesting enough character, in the last book Ivar was tossed through dimensional portals from one hell dimension to another for a hundred years D.P.T. (dimensional porthole time). He is now severely scarred from burns and his inner demon is at the forefront, leaving him just a little bit crazy-angry all the time. But among his dimensional jumps, he stumbled upon one of their missing brethren who was tasked with keeping Uram imprisoned and whose “bubble” has become a nightmare world. Ivar has sworn to find his way back and exchange himself so that his brother in arms, Quade, can return and have a turn at a normal life. He just needs to know more about controlling those portals.

We learned from Mercy, in Demon’s Mercy, that the Fae can control their teleporting better than the demons, but even they can’t just jump to an unknown world.

Ivar and the rest of the seven had been looking for scientists who can explain the fundamentals of dimensions and figure out their problem. One of those scientists is Dr. Promise Williams, who caught Ivar’s eye before his portal jumps. Now he has no interest in Promise as a woman, or so he tells himself, he just wants her mind. His first attempt to simply kidnap the doctor was not his best decision. Thankfully his brothers are acting more level headed and bring in Promise under the guise of an application for a grant for her work. That might have worked if she didn’t see her attempted kidnapper among the group. Sooo, we are back to kidnapping the good doctor after the Kurjan’s once again attack their hideout. They really do suck at hiding the hideouts.

Promise takes the news well that vampires, demons, shifters, etc. share her world. In fact, Promise tries to convince Ivar that they should mate so that she can become immortal and have centuries for producing scientific findings and Ivar agreed with her. I liked the fact that they both believed that they were dispassionate in their desire to mate, but they truly were anything but.

Promise is a great addition to the group and brings a lot in her brilliant understanding of science and dimensions that will help stabilize these prison dimensions that the boys accidentally created and hopefully will keep the world from being destroyed.

We also get more side story about Hope and Drake and their growing relationship.

I am not certain whose story will be next but I am looking forward to Benny. He is such a character. I know he has to be a vampire-demon hybrid but I keep forgetting that. He is so laid-back I keep thinking he is a bear shifter.

We will have to wait and see what comes next for the Seven.

Received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.