Hunted, Book One of The Gates Legacy
Deep in the heart of New York
City’s underworld, a horrible disease is ravaging the vampire community. The
Vampire Council is on a crusade to obliterate those infected, and Harrow Gates
is target Number One. The unwitting source of the plague, he suffers from the
same nightmarish symptoms as his victims. The world he'd been thrust into was
cold, cruel, and intent on eradicating him, and the legions of afflicted
vampires he created with his bite.
A bounty hanging over his head,
satisfying his hunger has become an enormous challenge for Harrow. The less he
feeds, the more hideous and painful his lesions become. Constantly running for
his life and learning new tricks to survive, Harrow is in no position to refuse
when Pritchard Tack offers him a unique opportunity. Pritchard not only gives
Harrow a new beginning, but also a purpose and a chance to rectify the chaos he
created in the vampire world. However, the multi-billionaire has an agenda of
his own.
Jordan is a reluctant new
vampire and a woman on a mission. After the demise of her family and her own
transformation at the hands of Goran, the ruthless leader of the Vampire
Council, her only focus is revenge. Constantly faced with one frustrating
dead-end after another, a stroke of luck leads her to an underground facility
that she suspects is the lair of the monster for whom she is looking.
Upon learning more about the
truth behind the secret bunker, Jordan must fight against her growing feelings
of friendship and concern for the facility’s inhabitants. One man in particular
threatens to pull her heart away from her sworn mission. There is something
behind Harrow’s dark lenses that unsettles the hardened female. Once again, she
trembles and hungers for something other than red-stained revenge. Is love strong
enough to override her hate-fueled thirst for vengeance?
Excerpt from Hunted:
“There really isn’t a second scenario, we’re dead
set and conceptually right about the first one.” Pritchard chuckled. Harrow
hissed under his breath, unable to control his hunger any longer. “You need to
feed. I know Tor rudely interrupted your dinner. Intel confirms that needle in
your pocket, meant you’re not advocating the spread of the disease, am I
right?”
Harrow shuddered before nodding. His could feel
his strength fading and there wasn’t a damn thing he could do about it. This
human, in all of his infinite wisdom, should give him his neck and be done
with.
“I know what you’re thinking Harrow,” Pritchard
laughed without humor. “I’m not the enemy here, or your dinner. I will take you
to a cell for now, where you will be fed donated blood until we find a cure for
that ailment. Neither of you are
prisoners here, but until we are certain that you’re not a threat to us humans,
you will not be allowed to move around freely.”
Pritchard rose to his feet. “Follow me,” he told
Harrow.
“What about these damn cuffs on our leg, we’re not
animals you know.” Tor said and his voice thundered through the room. He was already up on his feet and facing off
with Lambert, who was sporting a push dagger, notably of Dangeran material.
“They are trackers, in case you are out there,”
Lambert motioned with his hand. “We will know how to find you.”
“Just like we’re dogs, right?” Tor said
distastefully.
“Yes, but very special dogs,” Lambert said,
taunting as he grabbed Tor’s elbow and shoved him forward to follow Pritchard
and Harrow. They were already walking
down the long corridor that eventually led them to a windowless suite. The
furnishings were top-rated, lavish to be exact. There were two king-sized beds,
a state of the art sound system sitting next to a giant television, expensive
looking art adorned the wall, and plush carpeting to boot.
Another Excerpt:
The
loneliness gnawed at him hard. He had gone to visit his family several times
over the course of the following years and had witnessed firsthand the sorrow
in their faces when they thought they’d lost him. He watched his parents from
the shadows and saw their hearts were broken, not knowing what had become of
their son. Eventually, they passed away, and Harrow felt loneliness like a
knife speared permanently in his heart.
He was indeed a freak, as he’d been branded by
Tor, but not for the reason Tor had concluded. Harrow was a vampire with a
conscience, a disease, and a shaky future ahead of him. He was fucked — as
fucked as he could get.
Author Bio:
Lorenz Font discovered her love of writing after reading a
celebrated novel that inspired one idea after another. Hunted, the first book
of The Gates Legacy trilogy, is her debut novel. Written in forty-five days,
the grueling writing schedule was a personal challenge, even though she thought
it was madness at first.
She enjoys dabbling in different genres with an intense focus on
angst and the redemption of flawed characters. Her fascination with romantic
twists is a mainstay in all her stories.
She currently lives in California with her husband, children, and
two demanding dogs. Lorenz spends most of her free time writing while also
working as a Business Office Manager for a skilled-rehabilitation hospital.
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