Scent and Shadow
Aether Vitalis
Reeks: Aether Vitalis
Mercy Loomis
- No
- soulmates.
- No
- love
- triangles.
- No
- sparkles.Madison,
- WI.
- 1999.
- When
- vampire
- Gabriel
- Chapel
- decides
- to
- take
- on
- a
- fledgling,
- he
- knows
- not
- just
- anyone
- will
- do.
- Newly-turned
- vampires
- kill
- at
- least
- one
- person
- a
- night
- for
- the
- first
- decade
- or
- so—a
- fate
- most
- humans
- could
- never
- adjust
- to.For
- college
- student
- Amanda
- Bairns,
- nothing
- is
- more
- important
- than
- finally
- taking
- control
- of
- her
- life.
- But
- when
- Gabriel
- forces
- her
- to
- drink
- his
- blood,
- Amanda
- is
- pulled
- deeper
- and
- deeper
- into
- a
- supernatural
- underworld
- she
- never
- knew
- existed,
- where
- mages
- have
- their
- fingers
- in
- local
- government,
- shapeshifting
- faeries
- control
- infrastructure,
- and
- aether-rich
- ley
- lines
- attract
- a
- host
- of
- creatures
- welcome
- and
- unwelcome.With
- the
- vampire's
- blood
- coaxing
- her
- to
- become
- a
- murderer,
- Amanda
- has
- four
- weeks
- to
- discover
- which
- means
- more:
- her
- freedom
- and
- humanity,
- or
- the
- power
- Gabriel
- offers.
- But
- neither
- Gabriel
- nor
- Amanda
- realize
- Amanda
- is
- a
- pawn
- in
- a
- much
- bigger
- contest—one
- which
- could
- have
- lethal
- consequences
- not
- only
- for
- the
- two
- of
- them,
- but
- for
- the
- entire
- city.
- Contains
- violence,
- explicit sex.
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