Eternal Seduction (2008) (edit title/settings)

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• Logan Ellis: she's a homeless drug addict.
• Kerestyan Nelek: he is a vampire, the Lord of New York.
• Odin Nelek: he is Kerestyan's twin brother, by birth and blood. Warrior and trickster.
• Vouclade Nelek: he is Kerestyan's brother in blood. Healer and scientist.
• Trinity Nelek: Kerestyan's sister in blood. Former prostitute and drug addict.
• Stefan Nelek: he is the "Father". Kerestyan's Sire. Leader of the Nelek line.
• Alfred: Stefan's Servio.
• Syn: Kerestyan's Servio, a wolf. Sentient and can speak telepathically.
• Raze: Kerestyan's Head of Enforcement. Paladin.
• Drake Black: Odin's friend. Complicated history and travels literally through shadows.
• Miss Ellis: Add a description of this character.
• Larry
• Jared
• Vlad
• Stacey
• Frank
• Craig
• Lord Nelek
• Aligon
• Jessica

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• “Would you beasties mind killing each other somewhere else, or at least stopping for a minute so I can get by?”

  Logan

• “Well, since one such as myself happens to walk these alleys rather frequently, one such as myself happens to see that on a fairly regular basis.”

  Logan

• “Yes, bankrupt. As in, totally depleted or ruined.”

  Logan

• “But I’m only doing it because my little brother asked so sweet.”

  Odin

• “I told you what her name was. Brother or not, I’ll rend the flesh from your bones if you defy my wishes again. Remember where you’re standing.”

  Kerestyan

• “I can’t very well do it myself. After witnessing both of you in childish action, by the time I returned, you’d most likely be missing a vital piece of anatomy, she’d be dead, and my home would be inflames.”

  Kerestyan

• “Why? So Kerestyan can hunt me down? No thanks. Besides, I’ve accepted I don’t have a choice right now. Trust me. I spent a good two hours thinking about how to escape this morning. No matter what I came up with, it all led to something unpleasant or right back to him.”

  Logan

• “Well, it’s not like the choices he’s given me are easy ones. Die or become a prisoner. Get clean or die. Go meet some old vampire and potentially die. Notice a theme here?”

  Logan

• “I believe fear blooms when you either can't, or choose not to understand something.”

  Kerestyan

• “I am truly sorry, Logan. More than I'll ever find the words to say…far more than you'll ever know.”

  Kerestyan

• “No, you aren’t imagining any of this. There truly is a castle and those really are dragons.”

  Kerestyan

• “I want you to know that while I don't particularly care for the way you ended up here, I really do wish you the best of luck. What you’re about to go through won’t be easy, but if you walk out on your own two feet at the end…you'll never walk alone again.”

  Odin

• “Why you would do this to yourself is beyond me. And at my advanced age and intellect, not understanding the why is difficult to accept.”

  Vouclade

• “No. If someone were to look at you now, they would expect you have an intricate knowledge of the streets. If I restore you, you become extremely dangerous as no one would believe such.”

  Vouclade

• “I’d prefer not to be around the drugs for a while. I got the sense from Stefan he’d put me on his wall if I so much as looked at heroin again.”

  Logan

• “That’s not my fault. I can't help it you find me attractive for some God forsaken reason. I almost wish you'd have used me as food like your brother wanted.”

  Logan

• “What the hell is in my stomach?”

  Logan

• “What was it with the women in his life spouting off all manner of offensive comments as of late?”

  Kerestyan

• “You're such an iron fisted tyrant. How do you live with yourself?”

  Raze

• “No. However, I will tell you that your mother was nearly correct. Diamond strands cocoon every being in this world, including a creature such as myself. Yet the question is not, where do the threads lead you? The question is, who do your strings lead back to?”

  Stefan

• “Ooh. No old style ‘hold your tongue, wench’? You must have it bad if you’re going to modern dialect. You only do that when you don't think before you talk, which isn't often, just so you know.”

  Raze

• “Perhaps the old adage was true. Perhaps absence did make the heart grow fonder. It certainly had in his case.”

• “Great. My very own vampire moral compass. should those words even be in the same sentence?" "Am I to infer that you believe vampires are morally corrupt?" "Bankrupt.”

  Logan and Kerestyan

• “He's dressed a little to fancy to be standin' out in the rain for nothin'. You start hookin'?" "Yeah, Larry. I started earlier tonight and already caught myself a millionaire. He says he gets off on skinny druggies with nice teeth.”

  Larry and Logan

• “I take it super bat hearing comes standard on all vampires?”

  Logan

• “Do me a favor. Knock off the offended vampire routine. She's more aware of what you are, and probably cares less about your undead state than you do about her dependence on oxygen.”

  Kerestyan to Odin

• “I see dead people." "Me, too. It's the only explanation for what's standing in front of me. Unless some high school kids broke into the anatomy closet and stole the classroom skeleton, stretched some cadaver skin over that bitch then cast an ancient ritual to animate it.”

  Logan and Odin

• “Did they do the same to that shit your wearing? You do realize it's 2008, right? Wait, let me see if I can reach you using your own language. You do ken 'tis year of our Lord two thousand and eight, aye?" "I shall dub her, Bones. Henceforth, I shall refer to her by no other means. 'Tis now her title, she shall wear it well.”

  Logan and Odin

• “I take you're named after the Greek God of War, Odin?" "What is this, mix and match mythology hour? Do I look Greek to you? I'm a fucking Norseman, not some Greek pussy. I wasn't named after Odin, I am Odin.”

  Logan and Odin

• “And if he chooses to kill you when all is said and done?" "Then I suppose he does. There's not much I cab do bout it. He's bigger than me, stronger than me, and although he comes off all polite and gentlemanly like a politician, he's probably just as mean and ruthless when he doesn't get what he wants." "I take offense to that. I'm not a child. I don't throw a temper induced fit when denied whatever I set my sights on.”

  Vouclade, Logan and Kerestyan

• “Oh, great...the Tin Can's back. Maybe the stick figure over there has a scientifically advanced can opener up his ass that I can use to pry you out of that shit you call clothes!”

  Logan to Odin

• “Yeah, well, the longer I'm here the more I hear how inhuman I am. However, I suppose it's better than being morally bankrupt." "I told you, I am not morally bankrupt.”

  Logan and Kerestyan

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• I believe fear blooms when you either can’t, or choose not to understand something.

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• “There’s a moment when you realize all your worst fears have come true. When the fat girl stuffing her face in the corner finally recognizes food gives her the comfort she can’t find in anyone else. When the gorgeous man with the body of a God realizes he changes women like shoes because he’s scared one won’t find enough reason to stay. When you see the world for what it really is, see it for all the horrors the news can’t or won’t report.

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• That life was a series of fragile moments strung together with diamond thread, and how she believed those threads led to a defining moment that forever changed a person’s life.

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• “She’s like a fuckin’ seven layer burrito someone forgot was in the back of the fridge for six months.”

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• Don’t question the past, revel in the future.

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• these slang terms: Trumps, Thugs, Witches, Techs, Shades and Dolls. Those are the six lines.

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• What you’re about to go through won’t be easy, but if you walk out on your own two feet at the end…you’ll never walk alone again.”

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• sometimes it’s better to gift someone the opportunity to draw their own conclusions from an experience, than it is to detail what they might experience.”

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• New York City: Kerestyan's town.
• Nelek Castle: Stefan's home.

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Glossary edit see section history

• Nelek: the most powerful family of vampires.
• Servio: a servant to a vampire.
• Trumps: family name of one of the Original six Vampires. Trumps are preps.
• Techs: aka Watcher; family name of one of the Original six Vampires. Techs are computer geeks.
• Thugs: family name of one of the Original six Vampires. Thugs are jocks.
• Witches: family name of one of the Original six Vampires. Witches are Goths.
• Shades: family name of one of the Original six Vampires. Shades are the only ones that don't fit into a typical stereotype.
• Dolls: family name of one of the Original six Vampires. Dolls are burnouts.
• Puppet: a slang term the Fledglings use for a Servio.

Series & Lists edit see section history

Followed by Eternal Hearts.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Jennifer Turner (Author)

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• Books › Romance › Vampires
• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy › Contemporary
• Books › Romance › Gothic

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