Wolf Moon Rising (62 page)
Authors: Lara Parker
best of it. You know your mother is not coming back.”
She nodded, her eyes locked on his.
“You should be happy with your decision. Th
e boy sincerely
loves you.”
He looked at her for a long moment.
“After all,” he said, “there has always been a witch at Collin-
wood.” And he leaned over and kissed her hand.
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C a s t O f C h a r a c t e r s
Barnabas Collins:
A two- hundred- year- old vampire cursed by the witch Angelique to spend eternity as one of the living dead.
An experiment to cure him and make him human lasted for one
year but ended in failure.
Dr. Julia Hoff man:
Barnabas’s physician and faithful friend who found a cure for his vampirism but used her own blood for
the elixir, infecting herself.
Quentin Collins:
An immortal member of the family who has
lived almost a hundred years of everlasting youth thanks to a por-
trait that ages in his stead. It also protects him from the werewolf curse.
David Collins:
Th
e heir to the Collins fortune, sixteen years
old, and in love with Jacqueline.
Roger Collins:
David’s father and the oldest living Collins pa-
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Cast Of Characters
Elizabeth Stoddard:
Roger’s sister and David’s aunt. A recluse who has not left Collinwood for more than twenty years.
Carolyn Stoddard:
Elizabeth’s twenty- four- year- old daughter.
Josette du Prés:
Beloved betrothed of Barnabas in 1795 who
leapt to her death off Widow’s Hill after he became a vampire.
Angelique Bouchard:
Th
e witch who loved Barnabas in Marti-
nique in 1795, and cursed him when he abandoned her, saying,
“All who love you will die.” She became his fi rst victim when he
strangled her.
Antoinette Harpignies:
A young woman who purchased and
restored the Old House with her daughter and who looks ex-
actly like Angelique, but is in love with Quentin.
Jacqueline Harpignies:
Antoinette’s sixteen- year- old daughter and the reincarnation of Angelique who lived in Martinique in
1795 and Miranda du Val, who lived in 1692 during the Salem
Witch Trials.
Dr. Nathanial Blair:
An expert in the occult now writing a book on vampires. Brother to Nicholas Blair, who was a warlock.
Laura Collins:
Roger’s wife and David’s mother who died in
the fi re when David was ten. She is a Phoenix.
Willie Loomis:
Caretaker to the Collinwood estate and faithful servant to Barnabas.
Magda:
A gypsy who resided for a time at Collinwood and laid the werewolf curse on Quentin when she thought he had killed
her sister, Jenny.
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L o c a t i o n s
Th
e Great House at Collinwood:
Patterned after a French châ-
teau of the Re nais sance period, the sixty- fi ve- room mansion
overlooking the ocean in Maine is where David, Roger, Eliza-
beth, Quentin, and Carolyn reside. Various outbuildings include
the pool house, the stables, Rose Cottage, and the green house.
Th
e Old House:
Th
e columned manor half a mile to the east
where the family lived before 1795. It was burned down by Barn-
abas and restored by Antoinette and her daughter, Jacqueline,
who live there now.
Collinsport:
Th
e town on the coast of Maine named after the
Collins family where the shipyards and cannery are located, as
are the local tavern, the Blue Whale; and the Collinsport Inn.
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