Black Desire (14 page)

Katrina began to
stroke his cheek. "And the rest? The aging..."

He kissed her deeply
and with passion, silencing her words. Tristan pulled back and rested his
forehead to hers.

"All in due
time. The motto of the Blackthorne Clan is ‘Always and Forever.’ We will have that,
I swear it."

"Yes, Tristan.
Always and forever."

The End

Glossary

Blood Lust
—A perfect
blending of the blood and sex need, the two are intertwined. While most
Vampires now slake their blood needs with a plasma bag, they still experience
the roar of the Blood Lust.

Dhampyre
—Born of a
mating between a Vampire and a human. Half-Vampires are extremely rare. Life
expectancy unknown though it is surmised it is several hundred years.

Formator
—
The
name given to a Vampire who “turns” another. They become that person’s “maker”
and they train the new Vampire to accept their new life-state and become their
guardian or sponsor.

Lycans
—Second in
the Wolfen hierarchy and almost extinct.
They are also wolf shape-shifters but have Were
tendencies, such as shifting into a Were during the new moon.

Quarter
—Even more
rare. Born of a mating between a Dhampyre and a human. The person in question
had one-quarter Vampire blood. Lifespan also hundreds of years but not as long
as a Dhampyre.

Mate Bond
—
(for those with Vampire blood)
A
complete joining of mind, heart and soul with another person. Often first
identified by scent. When the bond is verbally accepted, the one with Vampire
blood “marks” their mate and drinks their blood to seal the bond.

Sectators
—Mercenary
hunters of the Shadow World. Their primary objective, to ensure no harm comes
to humans. They hunt down and destroy any creatures that break this covenant.
They also have been known to be hired by one faction to attack another.

Shadow
World
—All
beings that are not human.

The
Concealment
—A rare malady or madness that strikes select Vampires,
usually “turned” ones. It has varying levels of madness and the attacks can be
centuries apart. While in the Blood Lust, a Vampire can kill without knowing
it. Any Vampires found with The Concealment are destroyed.

The Rapture—
A state of
sexual oblivion which only someone with Vampire blood can achieve. It does not
happen often. When it does the Vampire is lost in a blood-fueled “other plane”
for a short span of time.

Thropes—
The elite of
the three factions of Wolfen creatures in the Shadow World. They are born wolf
shape-shifters and are very powerful and devious.

Weres
—
Werewolves.
They are the serfs to the other two,
the drones of the Wolfen. You have to be born a Thrope or a Lycan but Weres are
made. Only a Thrope can make a Were. A Were turns into a wolf-man beast during
the full moon.

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Other Books by Karyn
Gerrard:

Timeless
Heart

Timeless Love

Black Lust

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Publishing

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