Wingless And Damned (The Damned Series) by Dawn White

port here.”
    I pull out my pulsating crystal to connect with Zariseda who immediately answers me with a snarky comment, “Well, well, well. Thought we misplaced you somewhere! What is it you require of me, dear sister of Nalla Vareim?”
    Not being able to help myself, I smile and laugh as I hear and can only imagine the funny faces she is making at me on the other side of the crystal. Realizing Alexander is awaiting an answer on the arrival of my brethren, I finally get to the point. “I need you, and any other brethren you can gather in as quick a fashion as possible. Our tribe’s village is being threatened by the army of the original Strigoi we slayed yesterday evening! Please come at once, my dear sister!” Strained in her speech she responds with a breathless, “It will only be me my dear sister the rest of the brethren are wrapped up in a war of their own.”
    Alexander reaches out and caresses my hand as I finish talking with her. As I start to melt into him, I notice a thickness in the air and what looks like a distortion in the left corner of the suite. Squeezing his hand, I realize it's my Zariseda. I rush to the corner just as she bursts through the distortion in all her winged magnificence! I am always so damn jealous of her gorgeous iridescent blue wings and her tiny waist with ample bosom always sparking the interest of the Fae men. For some strange reason she seems smaller than me. We used to be the same size but now she seems to be a few inches shorter. She has always been a beautiful creature! Her green eyes look even more defined on her delicate features today, as if they are glowing. Quickly I envelop her small body in a tight embrace. Zariseda gasps for air when she realizes this creature hugging her is her Lea.
    “What in all of Nalla Vareim has happened to you? You look different, very predatory. I feel like I should run or pull out my warding crystal! You are absolutely splendid Lea!”
    As much as I adore having her near me, I seem to have forgotten I am a predator now. I don’t know how I am to explain this transformation to my dearest sister! Gathering the courage, I can only to say, “Much to explain my dearest sister, right now we must prepare for battle!”
    She nods. “I have to report back to them on the severity of this situation your tribe has found itself in.”
    I squeeze her arm in response as I turn to Alexander with a large smile. “Let’s get this crazy ass show on the road!”
    With a gentle chuckle, he steps forward to grasp Zari’s hand in a proper introduction. Giggling with the awareness, I have completely lost my mind and proper manners in not introducing them. Sweet words cross my weary mind.
    “Relax love.”
    I can’t help but feel immensely better knowing I'm not alone with my dark thoughts anymore.
    Noticing Zari seems to be lost in the inner dialogue going on between Alexander and I, I smile at her and say, “We will get reacquainted as Alexander addresses his general. I must warn you, other than myself, my dearest sister, the tribe people have never been around any Fae, especially one as beautiful as you are.”
    I walk Alexander to the chamber doors only to find his mouth hot and ready waiting for me. The quick embrace leaves me with only one thought, Make love to me. I get a quick response.
    ”Soon my love,” Alexander answers me as he walks out the door.
    What has come over me, especially with Zari in the room? The slam of the door makes me snap back to my reality. Zari has now unknowingly wrapped herself in the evil befalling us all. What the hell will my aunts think of this situation I'm in?
    Zari closes the short distance between us and entwines herself around me. I feel and smell the warm embrace of Nalla Vareim calling to me as I am sucked into an amazing feeling of comfort and other worldly love radiating out of her every pore.
    My newly found bloodlust seems to be welling up in me as we embrace. I feel like ripping my dearest sister’s throat