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far from complete.”
    “Then teach me, sir. What is so special about this female?”
    “The Dichotomy are unique. I’ve never encountered a species quite like them. They are two distinct beings and yet they are one.”
    Reinforcing his composure with another deep breath, Raze admitted, “I have no idea what you’re talking about.”
    “During the day each Dichotomy has one personality and appearance. At dusk they transfigure, becoming a completely different person.”
    “What happens to their original persona?”
    “The day-dweller exists in energy form during the night and the nocturnal half is energy during the day.”
    Raze returned his gaze to the woman on the bed. “This is her nocturnal appearance?”
    “Yes.”
    “Does she have other abilities? Why are you interested in this duality?”
    “Unlike the majority of her kind, her nocturnal half is in control. Twelve days ago I fed her a small amount of my blood and she was able to trap her day-dwelling half in energy form. This persona has been in control ever since, both day and night.”
    He couldn’t imagine such a creature, but Taerok had no reason to lie. “How does this benefit you?”
    “She wants me to awaken her and I’ve decided to grant her request. My blood allowed her to control her day-dwelling half. After she’s been awakened, I will continue to feed from her. I suspect her transformed blood will give me more control than I ever dreamed possible.”
    “What are you hoping to control? Your compulsions are already—”
    “This has nothing to do with compulsions. I want to resist my solar trance and venture out in the light of day.”
    “Everyone covets the things they cannot have.” The flash of irritation in Taerok’s eyes should have silenced him. He knew better than to argue with his master. Even so, the woman threatened his position and implied a need he was unable to fulfill. “You go wherever you want and do only what pleases you. How would gaining access to the day change your life?”
    “It’s a weakness,” Taerok snapped. “A weakness my enemies might exploit. Now stop arguing with me. We are going to awaken this female.”
    “We?”
    “Yes, we . She must want this with every fiber of her being or she will not survive. She cannot submit to transformation out of some misplaced emotional connection. If she has romantic notions about what her life will be like, we must strip them away before we begin.”
    Raze knew from experience what Taerok meant. Fledglings had no rights. They were treated with contempt for the first few years of their transformed lives, especially by organic vampires. It was only as their strength increased and they developed vampiric abilities that they were afforded any measure of respect. Raze had been fucked and bitten, beaten and abused by every vampire he encountered until he became strong enough to put up a fight.
    Taerok refused to protect him. That was not the vampire way. Only the strong survived within their society. Positions were established by domination or destruction. No wonder there were so few left.
    Raze looked at the blonde with new interest. It had been a long time since anyone had been in a position less powerful than his. Taerok was still his master, would always be his master, but the thought of the female on her knees, obediently offering her mouth or her tight pink ass sent lust rushing through his body.
     
    “Valerie.”
    Her name sounded distorted and far away. Why did she feel so odd? When had she fallen asleep? She raised her lids and golden candlelight wavered across stone walls. “Where am I?”
    She’d been in her apartment, trying not to think about her sister’s recent death. A rush of anger cleared some of the confusion from her mind. Like her parents and her brothers, Brook had been murdered in the name of justice. Would the hypocrisy never end?
    Determined to make sense out of the jumble, she struggled to a sitting position and looked around. She was on a bed in