By Meg Cabot
Meena Harper has a distinct reward, yet it’s in basic terms now that anyone’s ever favored it. The Palatine Guard—a robust mystery demon-hunting unit of the Vatican—has employed her to paintings at their new department in decrease ny. With Meena’s skill to foretell how all people she meets will die, the Palatine eventually has an opportunity opposed to the undead. yes, her ex-boyfriend was once Lucien Antonescu, son of Dracula, the prince of darkness. yet that used to be earlier than he (and their courting) went up in flames. Now Meena’s sworn off vampires for solid . . . at the least till she will be able to end up her concept that simply because they’ve misplaced their souls doesn’t suggest demons have misplaced the power to like. Meena is aware convincing her co-workers—including her associate, Über-demon-hunter Alaric Wulf—that vampires should be redeemed won’t be effortless . . . in particular whilst a dangerous new probability seems endangering not only lives of the Palatine, yet Meena’s family and friends to boot. yet Meena isn’t the Palatine’s simply desire. Father Henrique—aka Padre Caliente—New York City’s youngest, such a lot captivating priest, has additionally been assigned to the case. So why doesn’t Meena—or Alaric—trust him? As she starts unraveling the reality, Meena unearths her loyalties verified, her actual emotions laid naked . . . and temptations she by no means even imagined existed irresistible. This time, Meena may well eventually have bitten off greater than she will chunk.
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There was a crucifix hanging over every window and doorway. Strands of garlic hung across her bed. Father Bernard, who led the parish of the Shrine of St. Clare’s, had blessed the place when she’d moved in, sprinkling every corner of it with holy water. Sister Gertrude had lately taken to dropping by with patron-saint devotional candles. Lucien had groaned upon entering. “It’s not that bad,” Meena had said defensively. “That’s your opinion,” he replied. But then there was her dog. Even before she’d known they existed, Meena had had a secret weapon in the fight against vampires.
His eyes started to focus a little more. ” She continued to hold up his head by his hair. ” Nice of him to rub in the fact that she was single. Like it was her fault her last boyfriend had tried to burn down half of the Upper East Side. ” He wagged a finger at her. “Face it, Meena,” he said. ” “Or maybe,” Meena said, “it means that there’s a guy who I dated after you that I’ve never really gotten over. Or did that possibility never occur to you? ” She let go of his head to lean over and pluck the car keys from his ignition.
Lucien’s voice was so deep and commanding, it seemed to reverberate through her chest. It also held an undercurrent of ice that caused goose bumps to rise on the back of her arms. “I am the unholy one, ruler of all demon life on the mortal side of hell, evil in human form. ” As he said the name Dracula, another wind swept the street, this time from a different direction, sending all the leaves and plastic bags that had been stirred up before whipping the other way. Meena shivered and held her cardigan closed with one hand.