Blood Revealed
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Table of Contents
Title Page
About Blood Revealed
Praise for Blood Revealed.
Who’s Who and What’s What
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
The Next Book in the Blood Stone series
About the Author
Other books by Tracy Cooper
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About Blood Revealed
To save their world, vampires and humans must fight together…against the deadliest enemy ever unleashed.
Nial, leader of the vampires, assembles his loyal followers yet again—and this time they must not fail. For the mythic Blood Stone has been broken and doomsday evil unleashed upon the world of humans in the form of The Others. To save the innocents, Nial and his kind must lift a centuries’ old veil of secrecy, revealing who they truly are.
This has never gone well in the past—will it be different this time? Maybe, if three unlikely heroes can be convinced to join the fight. When an action movie star, a deaf empath and an ex-soldier join forces, the action explodes—both on the battle front and in the bedroom.
Patrick Sauvage, Hollywood A-list actor, ‘comes out’ as a vampire. Good thing he’s learned a few extra skills as an action star—because he needs a new career. What actress wants to star opposite a guy who gives new meaning to the term ‘drop dead gorgeous’?
Dominic Castellano lost his hearing in a freak accident—and everything he loved along with it. But he has other talents to wield in the coming war—he can now sense what others can’t. And his charisma casts a spell on both Patrick and the third member of their triad.
Blythe Murray, LA single mom and ex-soldier, would rather forget her military service—but she’ll resurrect it when The Others invade their city. She’ll give her all to fight evil, and protect her children.
But no human woman can withstand the powerful and instant bond between her, Patrick and Dominic. The world is at war, the future uncertain, the enemy nearly unstoppable—so why fight the best thing they’ve ever found? The three can only hope it will be enough to carry them through the devastation to come.
WARNING: Contains frequent, explicit, heart-stopping MMF sex between two sexy alpha heroes and their feisty heroine, including ménage and anal. Also contains some violence, but no actual vampires were harmed in the making of this novel.
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This is Book 4 of the Blood Stone series.
Blood Stone 1.0: Blood Knot (#1 Amazon Best Seller, Fantasy Romance)
Blood Drops 1.1: Southampton Swindle*
Blood Drops 1.2: Broken Promise*
Blood Drops 1.3: Vale*
Blood Drops 1.5: Amor Meus*
Blood Stone 2.0: Blood Stone
Blood Stone 3.0: Blood Unleashed
Blood Stone 3.5: Blood Drive – Blood Stone Boxed Set 1
Blood Stone 4.0: Blood Revealed
Blood Stone 5.0: Blood Ascendant (upcoming)
[*Blood Drops are short and novella length stories featuring the characters and situations in the Blood Stone series. Droplet sized morsels for your reading pleasure.]
These are continuing characters and storylines. Reading the series in order is strongly recommended.
Praise for Blood Revealed.
I truly enjoy Tracy's work on any genre but this is my favorite series by far!! … Can't wait for the next one :) —Gwen
I did love this book, practically read it in one sitting! —J. James
Blood Revealed is a SEXY, FAST-PACED and THRILLING!!! —Taglife
Really enjoyed this book, especially Patrick! —Nyree
Well written and well thought out, the characters had you on the edge wanting to know what would happen next —Swanything2
Who’s Who and What’s What
abd Al-Malik: Agent with Dairat al-Mukhabarat al-Ammah (General Intelligence Bureau) of Jordan.
Blood Stone, The: A stone created in antiquity by the Serena to contain three war-like species that once preyed upon humans; the Elah, the Ĉiela and the Summanus.
Blythe Murray: Heroine, Blood Revealed.
Bradley, Elizabeth: Female lead in Warrior King.
Bryon: Human CEO of the League for Humanity.
Ĉiela, the: One of three ancient races contained within the Blood Stone. Ĉiela = “from the sky”. Army of winged creatures. Deadly. It’s where the idea of angels came from. They were led by An. “An” = Sumerian god of the heavens. He was immortal, but he had a weakness: He could not be away from the sun for too long. Locking him up in the Blood Stone killed him. The Ĉiela were defeated by the Summanus, despite being the superior and immortal force. There were few left when the Blood Stone was created.
Curandero: A species that can heal and adjust the physiology and biology of others through their touch. Winter is a Curandero.
Danich Wulfson: a.k.a. Dan Wilson. Vampire president of the League for Humanity. Originally from Vinland, circa 1000 AD
Dominic Castellano: The deaf mute hero of Blood Revealed.
Elah, the: One of three ancient races contained within the Blood Stone. Elah = mighty, tree. They were the inspiration for elves and elven lore. But they’re not as user friendly as the mythology paints them. Led by the Emperor Dai Chi (dye-chee), who was immortal, but not a god like An, the god of the Ĉiela. The emperor held sway over dozens of kingdoms and minor holdings. They were earth oriented -- of the earth and grounded. They were defeated by the Summanus, and by treachery within. Much civil strife that was their undoing.
Euphrasia: The Ancient One who was the Greek child of Nial’s maker. She lived until the Second World War on an island in the Aegean. She was treated as a prisoner of war by the Germans.
Fettercairn: The distiller of single malt and blended Scotches, located in Kincardineshire, Scotland, where the Bruce Clan (and Calum Garrett) originates.
Finka Zupan: Serbian immigrant, who once knew Winter when she lived there as a child. In Blood Stone Finka attempts to blackmail Winter.
Garrett: Calum Micheil Garrett. Hero, Blood Stone. Vampire.
Greg Evershot: Hollywood A-List Actor and film star. In Blood Stone, he is considered for the lead in Kate Lindenstream’s movie.
Heru: Menes Heru Asar Iah, a.k.a. The Deadly Moon. Vampire – An Ancient One originating out of Akkad circa the third millennium BC. Antagonist, Blood Stone and Blood Unleashed. Asar means Osiris = god of the dead. Iah = moon.
Ilaria Scavo: a.k.a. The Whisper. Heroine of Blood Unleashed.
Jake Murray: Blythe Murray’s son.
Kate: Kathrine Lindenstream: Human. Heroine, Blood Stone. Action thriller movie director.
Khurshid Tabrizi Amirmoez: Madam Kurshid is an Ancient One, who can drink alcohol. She is an empath.
League for Humanity, the: Vampire political group opposed to Nial’s plans for revelation. They believe in and practice the old ways, that includes human servitude
Marcus Anderson:
Human. Hero of Blood Unleashed. Kate’s CIA handler.
McLaren: Marcus Anderson’s supervisor. Division director, CIA
Morena: Winter’s birth name, which she was known by in Serbia. “Morena” means "death" in Slavic. In Slavic mythology this was the name of the goddess of winter and death.
Narish: A human who is permanently in the company of a vampire, for that vampire to feed upon as needed.
Nial: Nathanial Aquila Valerius Aurelius. Vampire. Hero, Blood Knot. Leader of the Revolutionaries. Born 559 A.D., northern Italian mountains. Married to Sebastian and Winter.
Nizari Ismailis: The original Assassins. Hassan bin Sabbah was the first leader. Alamut was their central fort (castle). Alamut (Persian: الموت, transliterated Alamūt) was a mountain fortress located in Alamut region in the South Caspian province of Daylam near the Rudbar region in Iran, approximately 100 km (60 mi) from present-day Tehran. The name means "Eagle's Nest".
Patrick Sauvage: Hollywood A-List Actor and film star. Works with Kate Lindenstream in Blood Stone.
Peter and Marcy Mathur: Blythe Murray’s neighbors.
Pro Libertatus: Vampire political group opposed to Nial’s plans for revelation - comprised of powerful shadowy vampires – politicians and government personnel around the globe.
Pyrrhus: An explosive/corrosive that kills vampires. Anything under a cupful is highly corrosive, and can ignite and burn with intense red flames (from the strontium chloride). Anything over a cupful explodes. More stable than nitroglycerine. More powerful than TNT. Contains Strontium chloride, oil and a few other controlling agents.
Reggie Yima: Host of a Saturday Night Live style entertainment show.
Richard Lowenstein: Speaker of the House, Vampire. Suspected leader of the Pro Libertatus
Rick: Cyneric Pæga, a.k.a Cyneric the Assassin. Hero, Blood Unleashed. Vampire. Pronounced Sin-er-rick
Roman: Adrian Romanus (“Roman”) Xerus: Hero, Blood Stone. Vampire. Born 1437. Enslaved 1453 (16 y.o.), during the Fall of Constantinople.
Sasha: Marlen Alexandrovich Mikhailov. GRU officer and major in the Russian army. Friend of Marcus Anderson’s, although they’ve never met in person.
Sebastian Worthington III: a.k.a. Bastian. Former vampire, hero of Blood Knot. Married to Nial and Winter.
Serena, the: a.k.a. “The Serene Ones” A mythical species with omnipotent powers. Not gods, but servants of unnamed higher powers. They take human form, and they’re ethereal and beautiful...and frightening. White to vampires’ black. Unreasonable and unreasoning. They mete justice with no regard for the human equation. The Serena created the Blood Stone.
Simone and Eloise Murray: Blythe Murray’s twin daughters.
Summanus, the: One of three ancient races contained within the Blood Stone. A race of blood shifters. An older power, and older creatures -- the predecessors of vampires. Instinctual, nocturnal, powerful. A private army. They’re shifters, too. They can imitate humans, but only those who are asleep, and for the length of their REM cycle. (10 minutes to one hour). They were led by Abiram (= ‘swallowed by the earth’). They were of the ground and under it -- the Underworld. None of the Summanus were immortal. They were considered the weakest and most despised race among the others, but they won the ages long struggle for supremacy (to the despair of humans). They were the only race that needed to renew itself and its energy, which they did by drinking blood. They used humans because humans were weak and easy to overcome. They used human “recruits” to bolster their armies in the final battles, and that is how the humans finally rid themselves of all of the Others. The Summanus did not pay their dues and the humans called upon the Serena and demanded retribution.
Suresh Harris: a.k.a. “Sushi”. Danich Wulfson’s narish.
Warrior King: The name of the movie that Kate Lindenstream wrote and directed in Blood Stone. Post-production occurs during Blood Unleashed.
William Donnelly (Billy): Kate Lindenstream’s former husband.
Winter: Winter Menon Kennedy. Human. Heroine, Blood Knot. Former professional thief, married to Sebastian and Nial.
Chapter One
When he was in the company of the few friends he considered “safe,” Patrick could freely admit he was a drunk, a drug addict and an all-around despicable person. When it came to his work, though, Patrick prided himself on the fact that he hit all his cues, never forgot his lines and only rarely missed a day’s work because of the booze.
Despite all that professional experience, Patrick was staggered by the degree of organization and stopwatch timing that Nial’s people were bringing to tomorrow’s big production. He had never seen such a tightly orchestrated affair.
His house in the Hollywood Hills was usually a calm oasis, an escape from the madness that was Hollywood, but today it was the vortex itself.
There were people everywhere. The security service to whom he paid inordinate amounts of money were doing their job despite the challenges. There wasn’t anyone in the room Patrick didn’t know or feel relatively safe with. Even so, there were five people sitting in his living room, which was extraordinary and made him feel mildly uncomfortable.
It had to be that making him itchy, or else it was the way he was being put through the wringer by Kate and Roman.
Patrick tried to contain his irritation, as Kate picked up a clipboard and a pen and slid the pen down the page.
“Let’s run through this one more time,” she said.
“I’ve got it.”
“Indulge me. Pretend your next Academy Award is on the line over this one.” She gave him a small smile that said she was aware of the pressure she was applying and felt guilty about it.
Patrick shifted on the cushions. “Honestly, Kate, I’ve been memorizing lines for thirty years. Do you want me to quote you on the agenda for tomorrow?”
Her smile grew a little warmer. “I’m sorry. I know how professional you are when it comes to movies. This is different.”
Roman, who was standing behind Kate’s sofa, leaned down on the back of it with his elbows and threaded his fingers together. “She’s right. This is like nothing you’ve ever done before. You’re not going to be acting. It’s going to be just you up there. People are going to see you in a way they never have before.” His Greek features were overlaid with a degree of seriousness that had been driving Patrick slowly mad all morning.
“And therefore I should feed before I go on the stage and feed straight afterward if I can manage it. I should give myself breathing room and make sure that no one makes me angry. I should breathe before I get in front of the cameras, I should contemplate my belly button and if I stuck Mother Teresa in my back pocket that wouldn’t be a bad thing either.” Patrick opened his eyes wide and looked at them blandly.
Roman just grinned. Kate gave a little sigh and put the clipboard aside. “I suppose we’ve been hammering it a bit hard, haven’t we?” Her smile this time was full and lovely. She was a very beautiful woman, in a golden and peach way. Only Patrick had been surrounded by beautiful women his entire adult life. Beauty by itself no longer moved him, even while he could appreciate the flawless nature of it.
So he gave her a warm smile back and rested his arm along the top of the armchair. He glanced over to the far corner of the lounge room, where Garrett was standing facing the wall with a cell phone pressed to his ear. He was having an intense conversation in low tones that didn’t carry across the room, however the tension in his shoulders spoke volumes.
It seemed that Patrick was not the only one under pressure today. Garrett was also stepping out tomorrow and his human life was just as complicated as Patrick’s. Patrick let out a slow breath, as he realized one more time that he was no longer alone in this. Garrett had assured him that once he became a vampire, he would have a family that would never desert him. Patrick was still learning exactly what that meant.
The reminder was enough for him to draw the breath he needed and let it out again, along with all the petty frustrations of the morning. H
e smiled at Roman and Kate once more. This time it was a genuine expression instead of one that he had pulled out of his box of tricks. “I’ve got it, Kate. I won’t fuck this up.”
Her hand still gripped the clipboard.
“Formal announcement at five-thirty p.m.,” he added. “Then a media free-for-all at the Four Seasons. Stay away from the social media, pick out a CNN representative and let them have the first question because they will ask for hard facts and not ask the slippery questions. Be myself. Don’t lie.”
Kate pressed her lips together. Then she nodded. “That does seem to be the highlights.”
Over in the corner, Garrett gave a heavy sigh and put his cell phone away. He came over to where they were sitting around the marble coffee table and flopped onto the other side of the sofa, next to Kate. “They just don’t get it.”
Roman moved around the sofa and stood with his arms folded at the end of the coffee table, where he could look at all of them at once. “You can’t tell them anything now,” he said, “so of course they’re not going to understand why you can’t drop everything and rush back to Boston.”
“I own the bloody business,” Garrett complained, “except that doesn’t seem to make any difference. You would think that me telling them they really don’t want me back until this fuss is over and probably not at all after that, would be enough to get them to shut up and leave me alone. They’re like Pavlov’s dogs. All they can react to is the rise and fall of the index.” He grimaced.