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    Crossroads in Blood
    Crossroads in Blood
    Crossroads in Blood
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    Crossroads in Blood

    By Ariel Tachna

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    A Partnership in Blood Story

    Facing the Germans outside Amiens, Denis was prepared for the possibility he wouldn't survive the battle. Shot and left for dead, he didn't expect to open his eyes to a vampire offering him a chance at a different existence. Now newly turned, the hunger for blood grows insistent, but an instinct Denis doesn’t understand presses him to make the right choice for feeding, not the most expedient one. Which will Noël prove to be: a temporary succor or the companion of a lifetime?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamspinner Press
    Release dateJun 1, 2011
    ISBN9781613720240
    Crossroads in Blood
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    Ariel Tachna

    Ariel Tachna is a polyglot linguaphile with a passion for travel, yarn, orchids, and romance. She has explored 45 states and 13 countries. The rich history and culture of France, the flavors and scents of India, and the sunrise over Machu Picchu in particular have left indelible impressions and show up regularly in her writing. Her passion for yarn has resulted in an overflowing stash and more projects than she’ll probably finish in a lifetime, but that has yet to stop her from buying more. Her orchid collection has outgrown her office and spilled over into the rest of her house (much to her children’s dismay), but that hasn’t stopped her from adding to her collection or from resuscitating any unhappy ones she finds. When she isn’t writing, knitting, or poking at her orchids, she spends her time marveling at her two teenagers, who never cease to amaze her with their capacity for love and acceptance and sports—they certainly didn’t get that from her!—and their refusal to accept injustice of any kind—she hopes they got that from her.  Visit Ariel: Website: www.arieltachna.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ArielTachna Email: arieltachna@gmail.com

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      Crossroads in Blood - Ariel Tachna

      Crossroads in Blood

      Amiens, France, 1918

      YOU don’t have to die. There is another choice.

      Denis Langlois forced his eyes open through the pain of the bullet wounds riddling his legs. The sun had long since set, though the heat of the August night had not in any way dissipated. What choice? His voice cracked on the words, pain and lack of water making it hard to speak.

      It must have been a trick of the moonlight, because Denis swore he saw fangs when the man smiled. You become one of us, the man answered softly. A different kind of existence, true, but a better choice than death.

      So the fangs were not a trick of the light. He had heard all the old stories of vampires, but in this modern age, he had discounted them as old wives’ tales pulled out to scare disobedient children into compliance. Perhaps he had been hasty to dismiss them so easily.

      Denis hesitated, but he was only nineteen. He was not ready to die. Will it hurt?

      Less than those holes in your body. You needn’t fear. We look out for our own. If you choose to be turned, I’ll make sure you’re safe.

      What’s your name?

      Luc Cabalet.

      Denis took another breath with difficulty. He did not have long to make his choice. I don’t want to die.

      The vampire swooped down on him, his lips closing over the muddied skin of Denis’s neck, his fangs piercing deep. It hurt, but nothing like the bullets had, just as Luc had promised. Denis felt the world going black and had a

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