Deena Deranleau’s Reviews > Etched in Honor > Status Update

War coming, they hadn’t been ready. Vampires been among us for 30 years. Chase still nightmares about silver & metal against back scream in agony. He’d been caged, locked away for yrs. He/Audrey caged together w/metal separating them. He wasn’t able save her. She didn’t know he alive there, everyone thought he dead. Still hear her screams as torture her. Steel not happy Chase running alone. Turn go back when

agree. Form council fight vampires. Coven won’t work w/Dara so witches from redwoods & talons will. Chase tired being on defense. Will find vampires, end them, protect pack cuz they’re strong. Audrey/Gavin mating ceremony. Cole, Cade, Gideon alphas of other packs there celebrate mating too. Mating ceremony sweet. Chase go to meeting w/visiting alphas, beta. Wouldn’t able hide vampires from humans much longer.

Audrey neck hurt, Ren exhausted from healing everyone. Dara/Lily sleeping, Ren say b ok. Nico/Cole gone to own packs. Nico took cousin Skye w/him. Adalyn sleep home. Steel angry vampires gotten by his sentries. Hayes try help others but emotional toil high on all. Chase angry, hurt but so strong. Chase tell pack fought well. Tell Audrey he would’ve sacrifice himself for wolf pup too but tell her not do again. Gavin

He’ll fight w/them. When done, humans know what is to b prey. Sunny slash to Audrey but venom weaken her, Gavin jump front of her, blade go into his side & he falls. Sunny runs, Valack & rest vampires run away too. Ren between Gavin & Audrey heal them. They’d killed 2nd in command, hurt Sunny & survived. Don’t know if b enough going forward but they’d survived & Audrey was alive. Gavin take that as victory.

but more kept coming. Dara screamed, wards fell, Valack surprised. Harold kept pull blood from Audrey, look at Gavin run toward her, she take hidden blade, shove into Harold’s heart. Harold fall in pool blood, Harold done it all for Audrey, made sure demon took Gavin as experiment. Gavin get to Audrey. Sunny come at them for kill Harold. Gavin/Audrey fight Sunny. Chase/Nico/Steel fight Valack. Master b there soon

All Audrey’s fault. She didn’t recognize Harold but he’d wanted her, Gavin taken & hurt cuz her, now wolf pup hurt cuz her? No, Audrey wouldn’t allow it. other vampires had hands on Adalyn, Skye. Little wolf pup was hers to protect. Valack come thru ward say start next now Harold has his lion (Audrey). Harold turn her toward others, Gavin look in horror as Harold bit Audrey. Adalyn kill vampires left & right

Audrey ask what? Harold human then, saw her w/Basal. Master want try make vampire w/shifter, he took Basal. Didn’t turn out way master want, not at first. harold say not time yet for them but when master turned him, he promised him Audrey but he had b strong enough. Harold tell Audrey come to him & he let wolf pup go. Audrey doesn’t have choice, agree go w/him. Hears howl & know it’s Gavin, they’d all heard.

feared vampires all along. Audrey say humans caged them how they fare better, cuz beating shifters so humans b easy. vampires came thru own ward, Audrey see Harold w/wolf pup still in human form. Harold just had call to wolf pup & she crawled to him. vampire can do it w/innocent weak wolves. He bite & drain pup if Audrey come closer. She ask what wants. Harold wants her like he did before when she alone & mate gone.

her arm. Audrey outside ward w/Adalyn, Skye. Adalyn claw vampire in face, Skye use bat but outnumbered 20 to 1. Steel & others try get to them but can’t cuz vampires put up protection spell around themselves & Audrey, Adalyn & Skye. Vampire bit Skye in leg. vampire claw in Audrey side. Vampire say aspen pack is beginning, they’re weak, they destroy them, then other packs & world know shifters r weak & should’ve

Nico use earth magic make him run faster. Nico want help Dara w/magic, Gavin ask Audrey. Gavin explain what happen w/mate. Gavin tell Chase talk to him/Audrey about everything, Chase need sounding board. Chase/Gavin wait for Audrey, others. Loud explosion, can see flames on other side of den. Gavin clutch heart as feel mate bond ebb in & out, like fading. Vampire arm around Audrey neck, kick him, he slash blade on