January Rayne

121 years without hope has a soul become silent. Salem, Massachusetts. The home of magic. The hell of the damned. The place where I rest until the end of time. There is only one way for me to wake from my coma. My beloved must find me and feed me her blood before I turn to ash. It’s a rarity for a vampire to meet his blood mate. I knew when the coma took me, I’d die. In the dark. Alone. Until Maven Wildes buys my estate. Her presence at the house wakes my spirit. But not my mind. I want her out of my home more than I want to breathe fresh air. Unfortunately, the infuriating beautiful woman refuses to leave. Yet… meeting me revives a lost magic in her veins. And now breathing her in is all I want. Our love creates power a warlock craves. He’ll spill blood to have Maven, but I’ll drink his until his heart stops. I will always protect my beloved with my entire being. Even if it means spending my days in eternal night.

I’m a monster DNA experiment and she’s everything my beasts want. I escape the hell that tortured me for months. I’m turned into something so dangerous and brutal; I don’t recognize myself. And when I feel a pull in my chest, I follow it not understanding why. I see her and possession takes over. Her beauty is addiction. And her smell? God…her scent….mmm… It drives me insane. A thing like me doesn’t stand a chance with a woman like her. I am obsessed. I can’t stay away. I stalk her. I kill for her. I take her. I mark my territory. I protect her from everyone and everything. Except me. She’s mine. Whether she likes it or not. And all my beasts agree.

I’m a monster DNA experiment and my beasts salivate at the thought of her. In my human life, I was a hardworking blue-collar man.And now I’m a monster.My anger is tenfold in this form.Yet I find a part of me that’s fragile and needs protecting. Every day, I turn to stone on her property to watch over her.At night, I let myself into her home.I find it impossible to stop myself.These things inside me roar knowing this woman is mine.I won’t let her be taken from me.Not when she’s all I have left.I watch. I stalk.I feast. I prey.I devour her when she has no idea.The invisibility of my new body works to my advantage.Until I see her scars.The love I pour into her is nothing compared to the hate I’ll give to him.She. Is. Mine.And all my beasts agree.

I killed mindlessly for 15 years. A curse trapped me inside my werewolf, and I became the perfect killing puppet for the warlock controlling me. Screams of my victims haunt me. The phantom warmth of blood heats my hands. And guilt eats away at my psyche. I don’t deserve love. I don’t deserve a mate. Who could ever love a monster like me? Ru does. My little lucky charm from another planet. No matter how much I warn her. No matter how I try to scare her. No matter how many times I threaten her. She stays. But she doesn’t understand my kind. Werewolves are violent creatures. And if my wolf doesn’t get his way, it isn’t just her heart I’ll be ripping out, but mine too. Which, in 14 days, is exactly what will happen. A night of violence and lust awaits, and I’m doubtful she can survive me. Our lives are on the line, but so is my brother’s. 14 days to find the treatment for his sickness. 14 days to survive on an unknown planet. 14 days to see if I kill my mate. The full moon is rising. And I wish it wouldn’t.