Adrian: Bonus Material for A Touch of Crimson (3 page)

That said, I could have been a better
friend.

I had two roles with her—leader and
friend—and I focused on the first to the detriment of the latter. I
should’ve asked for more time to think. I should never have
proceeded so quickly, when I was still reeling from the knowledge
of her fall. I wasn’t thinking clearly. Then Lindsay left and I was
barely thinking at all. It’s possible Helena didn’t realize that I
haven’t escaped retribution for my sins. Lindsay, too, believed I’d
face the same punishment as the Watchers, but that’s not my fate
and I’ve always known that. Losing Shadoe over and over again,
losing Phineas, knowing I’m no better than those I’ve punished, the
sacrifice Lindsay ended up making for me... Even Elijah’s very
existence. It’s no coincidence that he entered my life at the same
time as Lindsay, wielding the power he does over the other
lycans.

My punishment is insidious, like a spreading
stain, eating through everything that has meaning to me. Everything
I’ve worked for and believed in is crumbling around me.
That
is my punishment, and I should’ve shared it with Helena, armed her
with the knowledge she needed to make her own decision without
asking me for permission.

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Don’t miss Adrian’s story,

A TOUCH OF
CRIMSON

Available now from Signet Eclipse!

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Can a love that transcends death survive a
war between angels, vampires, and lycans?

An angel with immense power and insatiable
desire, Adrian Mitchell leads an elite Special Ops unit of the
seraphim. His task is to punish the Fallen—angels who have become
vampires—and command a restless pack of indentured lycans.

But Adrian has suffered his own punishment
for becoming involved with mortals—losing the woman he loves again
and again. Now, after nearly two hundred years, he has found her:
Shadoe, her soul once more inhabiting a new body that doesn't
remember him. This time he won't let her go.

With no memory of her past as Shadoe, Lindsay
Gibson knows only that she can't help being fiercely attracted to
the smoldering, seductive male who crosses her path. Swept into a
dangerous world of tumultuous passion and preternatural conflict,
Lindsay is soon caught between her angel lover, her vampire father,
and a full-blown lycan revolt. There's more at stake than her love
and her life—she could lose her very soul...

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Signet (October 4, 2011)

ISBN-13: 978-0451234995

THE AUTHOR

Sylvia Day
is the national
bestselling, award-winning author of over a dozen novels written
across multiple sub-genres. A wife and mother of two, she is a
former Russian linguist for the U.S. Army Military Intelligence.
Sylvia’s work has been called an “exhilarating adventure” by
Publishers Weekly
and “wickedly entertaining” by
Booklist
. Her stories have been translated into Russian,
Japanese, Portuguese, German, Czech, Italian, and Thai. She’s been
honored with the
Romantic Times
Reviewers' Choice Award, the
EPPIE award, the National Readers’ Choice Award, the Readers’
Crown, and multiple finalist nominations for Romance Writers of
America’s prestigious RITA Award of Excellence.

Sylvia also writes under the pseudonyms S. J.
Day and Livia Dare.

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