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    Blood Claim: Half-Blood Princess, #1
    Blood Claim: Half-Blood Princess, #1
    Blood Claim: Half-Blood Princess, #1
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    Blood Claim: Half-Blood Princess, #1

    By Magen McMinimy

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    What’s a girl to do when vampires are breathing down her neck?

    Run.

    Half-blood vampire princess, Sophia Daletsky, has had enough.

    Oppressive family, cruel brother, and a love-sick ex… Yeah, it was time to run.

    And that’s just what Sophia did for eight months. That is until she came upon Maldera Springs, but secrets run deep in the historic, little southern town. Secrets that will change Sophia forever.

    Tavian and Dante Baikov, have been protecting Maldera Springs, and those who call it home, for years. When a mysterious stranger appears in their town, the brothers are curious and intrigued, there is something unique, yet almost familiar about the dark-haired beauty.

    Knowing some secrets are meant to remain hidden, Sophia is forced to decide between saving herself, following her heart, or protecting what the town has kept safe for centuries.

    Start the Half-Blood Princess series today and find out what secrets lie in the bloodlines of the vampires and humans that call Maldera Springs home.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMagen McMinimy
    Release dateFeb 25, 2014
    ISBN9781497767102
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      Table of Contents

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      Chapter One

      Chapter Two

      Chapter Three

      Chapter Four

      Chapter Five

      Chapter Six

      Chapter Seven

      Chapter Eight

      Chapter Nine

      Chapter Ten

      Chapter Eleven

      Chapter Twelve

      Chapter Thirteen

      Chapter Fourteen

      Chapter Fifteen

      Chapter Sixteen

      Chapter Seventeen

      Chapter Eighteen

      Chapter Nineteen

      Epilogue

      Copyright

      Also by the Author

      About the Author

      Synopsis

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      What’s a girl to do when vampires are breathing down her neck?

      Run.

      Half-blood vampire princess, Sophia Daletsky, has had enough.

      Oppressive family, cruel brother, and a love-sick ex... Yeah, it was time to run.

      And that’s just what Sophia did for eight months. That is until she came upon Maldera Springs, but secrets run deep in the historic, little southern town. Secrets that will change Sophia forever.

      Tavian and Dante Baikov, have been protecting Maldera Springs, and those who call it home, for years. When a mysterious stranger appears in their town, the brothers are curious and intrigued, there is something unique, yet almost familiar about the dark-haired beauty.

      Knowing some secrets are meant to remain hidden, Sophia is forced to decide between saving herself, following her heart, or protecting what the town has kept safe for centuries.

      Start the Half-Blood Princess series today and find out what secrets lie in the bloodlines of the vampires and humans that call Maldera Springs home.

      Chapter One

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      I waited outside the colonial mansion hidden in the cover of the cherry trees. The massive home was brick-faced and trimmed in white, with eight three-story columns and two upper balconies. The beautiful house’s façade was completed with large, arched windows and a massive, ten-foot, French style, front door.

      The Mayor’s home was tastefully placed just outside of downtown Maldera Springs. Large, centuries old, cherry trees in full bloom lined the quarter-mile driveway. It was beautiful in Georgia this time of year. Pink and white blossoms littered the town as the cherry harvest neared. 

      Sarah Maldera was inside waiting for her best friend, Rachel Lawson, her boyfriend, Tavian Baikov, and his older brother, Dante.

      The Maldera’s only daughter was a beautiful, petite girl with dark, thick brown hair and green eyes. She was like royalty to the Civil War era town of Maldera Springs.

      I knew quite a bit about the Baikov brothers, much to my brother, Irad’s, disgust. He’d never liked them. However, I found them intriguing and was rather surprised to find them here with Sarah.

      I had been searching for her for months, tracing her lineage without Irad’s knowledge. She was in danger, though perhaps not as much as I had originally thought. Having the Baikov brothers with her helped her chances dramatically, but even the infamous Baikov brothers wouldn’t be strong enough to save her.

      Irad’s a harsh, cruel, and sadistic son of a bitch.  I had learned that many years ago. A month after my thirteenth birthday my mother passed away. My brothers, Enoch and Irad, came and took me at my father’s request – a man I had never met. I hadn’t known Irad and Enoch either. They took me the night she died and Irad refused to let me attend her memorial.

      When I turned eighteen, Enoch convinced Irad to let me move out and helped arrange it.

      Enoch is one of the good ones but he remains with Irad; I’m fairly certain it’s so he can keep an eye on him.

      Sarah may be like royalty here as the Mayor’s daughter, but I am royalty to my father’s people – the ones who know of me – that’s  what happens when you’re the only born daughter of the original vampire.

      Yep, the only one. My mother was the only woman who ever carried a half-vampire baby to term. So here I stand...or rather, crouch that is, twenty-five years later, as Sophia Daletsky.

      Twenty minutes later, Sarah ran out the front door, stopping only briefly to lock it. Once down the few steps that created the entrance to the front porch of her home, she greeted Tavian by flinging her arms around him to hold him in a short, tight embrace. She then greeted Rachel and Dante as she jumped in the black Escalade.

      From the pieces I caught of Sarah’s conversation, they were all headed to Curley’s, which was the local hang out for all the high school kids.

      The Baikov brothers hardly qualified as kids, being around two hundred and seventy years old in vampire years. Tavian looked to be about eighteen when he was changed and Dante about twenty-six. The brothers are both extraordinarily handsome, and their relation is blatantly obvious. They are both tall; although Dante has an inch or two on his younger brother, they both have light brown hair, and stunning, sapphire eyes.

      Curley’s is a bar and bistro with pool tables, live music on weekends, and an awesome bartender named Janie.

      I waited until the taillights of Dante’s Escalade were faint red pinpoints to even my heightened eyes; I have all the senses of a vampire. I got those gifts from my father and a few more interesting ones that not even he knows about. I began to sprint after them with a quick check around me. I jumped into the air and took on the form of a sleek, white cat with black-tipped ears; it’s a far cry from my five-foot-six, black haired, curvy human form, though as a cat I still have my ice blue-grey eyes.

      I raced through the fields and cherry orchards on the outskirts of town. I could have ran in my human form, but if anyone saw a girl running faster than humanly possible...that might raise some red flags, and the questions that would follow would likely tip Irad  off as to my whereabouts.

      I reached Curley’s as the foursome was exiting Dante’s vehicle. I slipped into the back alley and shifted back into Sophia – the new to town human.

      I was wearing my favorite low-rise jeans, and a pink and white printed halter. Tonight was the night I would make my move to befriend the vamps and Sarah. I was hoping the brothers wouldn’t sense my differences. The brothers and I have never met and they wouldn’t have ever seen a picture of me, well not that I was aware of anyway. They likely didn’t even believe in my existence. So there was really nothing to give away my true identity. I could glamour – one of the tricks no other vamp has, and one my brother’s didn’t know about – to change my appearance, but it takes a lot of power. The brother’s may be able to sense that kind of power when it’s in use. So I crossed my fingers and entered the bar as just me.

      I headed to the bar with a smile on my face; Dante was there ordering a drink. From what I learned, Dante plays the role of the older brother whose little brother came to stay with him for his senior year of high school since their parents travel a lot – made sense he’d be getting a drink. 

      Apparently, Dante frequents Curley’s quite often. I had met Janie the bartender and a friend of Dante’s a few weeks ago. She’d become a friend to me too, which made it hard for me when I had to compel her to mention me to Dante. She was supposed to introduce me to him the next time I came in and he was here. I really hate compelling people but I needed that introduction. Time was wasting and if I was able to find Sarah, by accident, Irad’s men would too...and soon probably.

      Hey Janie! I yelled as I slid in next to Dante at the bar.

      Sophia! Janie was excited to see me. She leaned across the bar to give me a quick hug. How’s it goin’? Did you find a place yet?

      Not yet, but I’m still looking.

      Well, let me guess: whiskey and diet Pepsi?

      You got it! But he was here before me. I inclined my head toward Dante.

      Oh sorry Dante, scotch? She smiled sheepishly at him

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