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Book 2 in the Eternally Blooded Series

By Brandy Sullivan

Coming Summer 2014

“He did it again?” James groaned. “Mathius can only bend our laws so far. Children born immortals are allowed leeway the first few weeks, but really it’s been a few months with Darian.”

Valerie bit back the excuses she was about to make. Darian wasn’t a normal immortal child. With the blending of bloodlines he was different. People feared different, they feared the unknown. It was bad enough their appointment with the council concerning Darian’s development was coming up quicker than she would like; the child was still drinking to deeply and had killed another mortal. It was true they could survive off bagged blood, but every immortal child needs to learn to drink from the source in case an emergency should ever arise.

Darian had excelled in all the other training both Valerie and James had provided. At a year old he was already the size of a nine year old boy and had powers far stronger than Valerie’s. He was able to mesmerize his prey within seconds; he was beginning to be able catch glimpses into the minds of immortals and could read a mortal with no effort. Valerie still had to concentrate to pierce a mortal mind. She loved Darian with all her being, but a small part of her was growing afraid of him.

“James he just doesn’t understand his own strength. He needs a little more time. Do you think we could put off the meeting with the council for a bit?” Valerie pleaded.

“Put off the meeting? Have you lost your mind? Mathius held them at bay during the pregnancy and for an entire year afterward. They won’t wait any longer. If Mathius wasn’t the head of the council this meeting would have already happened and in all likelihood Darian wouldn’t be living with us. We owe Mathius a debt I can only hope to be able to repay someday. He put our friendship above his duties already. I cannot ask him to do it again.”

Valerie began to cry. She couldn’t help it. Darian seemed to be at the root of all their fights and all the tension in their lives. She knew being a mother would be rough but no one could have predicted just how rough her life was destined to be. Half the immortal world looked at Damian as the savior, born half God half immortal; they thought he would eventually rule over both races fairly and equally. The other half looked at the child as the end of the world, as did some of the Gods. They feared him because no one knew just how strong his powers would grow to be. There had never been a mixed child before. When the news of her pregnancy spread the grumblings of war began. People wanted the baby dead, the council wanted to raise the baby and shape him for their own uses, and Erra, the boy’s true father wanted to steal him and raise him as a weapon.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Brandy Sullivan is the author of five books, including the Amazon bestselling novel Stolen Lives:  The heart breaking story of a trafficking victim, Shattering Sofia, the novella The Devil came a Knockin’, and most recently To Hell and Back, the first novel in the Eternally Blooded series. Brandy is also a freelance writer for SEO articles and an avid painter in her spare time. When she isn’t writing or painting she spends her time in the kitchen baking for friends and family. She lives with her husband, four children, dog, and cat in cozy New England