And as he gets to know the fiercely prim warrior that challenges and resists him at every turn, even when exhausted and half-starved, he comes to realize something almost miraculous for it's simple truth. Then again, he's never before met anyone quite like Honoria Todd. And he'll use that knowledge to get what he wants.

The price on their heads, most notably Honoria's, is extremely high. He's aware that his most reviled enemy, the member of the Echelon responsible for his infection and, ultimately, his sister's death, is hunting Honoria and her siblings. He doesn't have much time left.īlade views Miss Todd, and yes, he knows who she really is, as a pawn. He's already showing signs of the first symptoms of the Fade, that slow, inexorable descent into madness that will change him from man to monster, from blood-drinking ruler of the rookeries to mindless, ravening vampire. She's been summoned for an audience with the king.īlade's viral count is dangerously high. And as Honoria scurries home from her much-needed job, hiding herself along the journey to keep secret where she lives, one of Blade's people waylays her and lets her know a chilling fact. If you're an enemy, the angels themselves couldn't save you. If you're under his protection, no one would dare hurt you. The rookeries have their own version of a king, and no one dares cross the rogue Blue Blood known as Blade.

For six months she's been using an assumed name and practically starving as she works to the bone to feed her family and keep her brother's illness at bay. They disappeared into the rookeries, into the fringe of life on the edge of Whitechapel. When her father was murdered and the Blue Blood responsible put a price on her head, Honoria Todd slipped out of the city proper with her younger sister and brother.

Kiss of Steel by Bec McMaster