Dark Guardian (2002) (edit title/settings)

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• Lucian Daratrazanoff: A Carpathian Male who is over two thousand years old. He is a guardian of his people. After Francesca, Gabriel's lifemate, told him, that his lifemate was alive and needed him he was waiting for her.
• Jaxon "Jaxx" Montgomery: A female human cop with psychic abilities, trained in the Special Forces, who needs to protect others. She is hunted by her stepfather.
• Gabriel Daratrazanoff: Lucian's twin brother who has found his lifemate Francesca in Paris.
• Francesca: Gabriel's lifemate and a great healer.
• Tyler Drake: Jaxon's father's friend, Special Force member. Married Rebecca a few years after Matt died during duty. He was a very good stepdad, showing Jax how to run the course and how to carry weapons and knifes.
• Rebecca Montgomery: Jaxon's mother. Later married Tyler Drake, a friend and colleague of her husband.
• Mathew 'Matt' Montgomery: Jaxon's father. Was killed during duty.
• Mathew Jr. Montgomery: Jaxon's little brother. Jaxon single-handedly cared for her brother when her mother withdrew.
• Russell Andrews: a good friend of Matt's. The Andrews' took in Jaxon after her mother and brother were killed. Later murdered by Tyler Drake.
• Bernice Andrews: Russell's wife. The Andrews' took in Jaxon after her mother and brother were killed. Later murdered by Tyler Drake.
• Matias: an ancient vampire.
• Phillipe: one of the lesser vampires that hunts Jaxon.
• Robert Townsend: one of the lesser vampires that hunts Jaxon.
• Don Jacobson: Jaxon's friend from school. Jaxon tries to keep her distance, because she feels she is hunted. He is there when she realizes that something happend to the Andrews.
• Barry Radcliff: he is part of Jaxon's team.
• Daryl Smith: Jaxon's captain at police department.
• Samuel T. Barnes: he tried to kill Jaxon because she meddled in his business.
• Skyler Rose Thompson: Gabriel's ward, a young psychic. Not actually in this book.
• Darius Daratrazanoff: Carpathian hunter and bodyguard of the Dark Troubadours, lifemate to Tempest Trine. Head of the 'family' of lost children. Very powerful.
• Desari "Dara" Daratrazanoff: famous singer of the Dark Troubadours; a Carpathian female with tremendous power and lifemate to Julian Savage.
• Tamara Daratrazanoff: Gabriel and Francesca's newborn daughter, Carpathian.
• Mikhail Dubrinsky: the Prince of the Carpathian People. Lifemate to Raven and father of Savannah. Not actually in this book.
• Raven Dubrinsky: Mikhail's lifemate. Not actually in this book.
• Gregori Daratrazanoff: the healer of his people, Lucian and Gabriel's younger brother. Not actually in this book.
• Savannah Dubrinsky: Gregori's lifemate. Not actually in this book.
• Julian Savage: a great hunter of the undead, Aidan's twin. Not actually in this book.
• Jacques Dubrinsky: Mikhail's brother, great hunter and lifemate to Shea Dubrinsky.
• Shea Dubrinsky: Jacques's lifemate and a healer.
• Antonio: Lucian's human chauffeur.
• Hal Barton: he is part of the society that hunts vampires and Carpathians alike.
• Harry Timms: he is part of the society that hunts vampires and Carpathians alike.
• Denny Sheldon: he is part of the society that hunts vampires and Carpathians alike.

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• “And then the two warriors came striding out of the fog-filled night. They moved as one unit, in perfect accord, in perfect step. They moved with a peculiar animal grace, fluid and supple and totally silent. They were both tall and broad-shouldered with long, flowing hair and eyes of death. Some said they could see the red flames of hell burning in the depths of those icy black eyes.The two warriors looked neither left nor right yet saw everything. Power clung to them like a second skin. They ceased to move, became as still as the surrounding mountains as the village elder joined them just above the scattered huts, where they could stare out at the empty meadow separating them from the forest.”

• “No vampire would do such a thing. Never. The undead fought with their dying breath to kill everyone and everything around them. To sacrifice one's life was not the act of a vampire.”

• “I'm younger than most of the other students, but, to tell you the truth, I feel so much older than most of them, sometimes I want to scream.”

  Jaxon

• “When she went to sleep without the aid of his command, she was restless and in distress. Lucian was well aware that Jaxon spent the majority of nights working at her job, physically driving herself to the point of exhaustion. But her dreams were merciless. Lucian had shared a few of them with her, merging his mind with hers so that he might know her demons intimately. She had far too many demons, and he intended to exorcise every one of them.”

  Lucian

• “She didn't like puzzles. She had no idea where she was, only that she was ill and had strange dreams of a dark prince taking her blood and tying her to him for all time.”

  Jaxon

• “If you believe nothing else of me, Jaxon, believe this. There is no other in this world as dangerous as the man in this room with you.”

  Lucian

• “A few centuries? Just how old are you, anyway? Wait! Don't answer that. I don't want to know. Just stop talking to me. This is crazy. I must be on very powerful drugs, and soon I'll wake up in the hospital, and everything will be back to normal. I made you up. What I'm going to do is ignore you and take a bath. Vampires and you are gone forever from my mind. So don't talk to me.”

  Jaxon

• “I knew better. I knew I wouldn't want to hear this. Nearly two thousand years, you say? That would make you way old. You're right—you're far too old for me. Couldn't you at least look wrinkled and dusty, with most of your teeth missing?”

  Jaxon

• “I forgot to mention I am a very jealous man, honey. Do not go too far with being happy to see this male.”

  Lucian

• “Overload, Lucian. I can't take in any more. Let's do something normal. I don't know what normal people do, do you?”

  Jaxon

• “Give me back my gun. Wolves? I should have known. Of course you have wolves. Doesn't everybody? The gun, Lucian. Hand it over. I've decided I have to shoot you after all. It's the only way to preserve my sanity." "I do not think I will ever give back that weapon of yours. It gives you hostile ideas.”

  Jaxon and Lucian

• “Do not confuse that with fear of me. You know I would never harm you. I am incapable of harming you. You are my heart and soul. The air I breathe. You bring light to the terrible darkness in my soul. There are moments when I feel you can collect all the missing pieces of my soul and put them back into place and make me whole once again.”

  Lucian

• “All those empty centuries, all the dark deeds, necessary though they might be, all the missing pieces—she was somehow putting him back together again.”

  Lucian

• “She watched him turn back to the computer screen. He seemed very intrigued by his work, although she had no clue what he was doing. Once she saw that he received e-mail from Gabriel, his twin. Two of them like this in the world! That was a scary thought.”

  Jaxon

• “Can all you people read each others thoughts?" "Yes and no. It isn't quite the same as with lifemates. There is a standard path of communication for our people, and more private ones are established if blood is exchanged. I can read Gabriel's mind and always could, but who would want to do so now? All he thinks about is Francesca. Well, Francesca and the girls. Skyler is their ward, a young teenager once badly abused. She is human, a psychic. And they have a little daughter now, not yet a year old. Gabriel guards her with good reason, but still, he has turned into a fussy old man.”

  Jaxon - Lucian

• “I knew you would. Now just stay put while I ask these gentlemen their reason for visiting." "That sounds like something I'd do—just sit around twiddling my thumbs while you go serve our guests tea.”

  Lucian - Jaxon

• “Even before you were converted to our blood, your heart and soul were still the other half of mine. Once I spoke the ritual words, we were finally bound together as one. We belong. We are complete now. You are the light to my darkness. I am the predator, and you are compassion. I need you just to be able to feel emotion, to see the colors in the world, to enjoy each day and night. You need me to protect and cherish you, to be certain of your happiness. It is not exactly the same relationship as that of humans; it is more intense and continues to grow so as the years go by.”

  Lucian

• “Come to me." "Just like that? You think to win so easily? I don't think I want to make it that easy. You would never fully appreciate me.”

  Matias - Jaxon

• “Lucian shook his head as he gathered Jaxon into his arms. Gabriel had to have the last word. He was like that." "Only because I am always right.”

  Lucian and Gabriel

• “You are blatantly trying to seduce me into missing our wedding and disappointing our guests. Shame on you, angel. And I am so susceptible to your charms.”

  Lucian

• “This from the woman who helps me destroy vampires and ghouls and runs around like a maniac chasing criminals?" "Settle down, angel. Francesca is coming down the hall to help you dress." "Kiss me now, Lucian, or I might run for it.”

  Jaxon and Lucian

• “Fog. In the house. Of course there was fog in Lucian's house. Wasn't fog in everyone's house?”

  Jaxon

• “What have you done this time?”

  Jaxon to Lucian

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• “Before I do this thing, before you are mine for all eternity, I want you to know that I know I can make you happy in this existence, that there is no other who can do so, and that I will move heaven and earth for you if that is what I need to do.”

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Walachia: Lucian's homeland.
• Paris: the city where his brother, Gabriel lives.

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Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by Dark Legend, and followed by Dark Symphony.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Christine Feehan (Author)

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Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 813.54

Notes for Parents edit see section history

sexual content

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Romance › Authors, A-Z › ( F )
• Books › Romance › Fantasy, Futuristic & Ghost
• Books › Romance › Gothic
• Books › Romance › Vampires
• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy › Contemporary

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

• Christine Feehan: Author's website

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