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Bad Blood

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by Kristen Painter


  Kine: a vampire term for humans, archaic.

  Libertas: the ritual in which a comarré can fight for their independence. Ends in death of comarré or patron.

  Navitas: the ritual in which a vampire can be resired by another, to change family lines or turn fringe noble.

  Noble vampires: a powerful race of vampires descended from fallen angels.

  Nothos: hellhounds.

  Patron: a noble vampire who purchases a comarré’s blood rights.

  Remnant: a hybrid of different species of fae and/or varcolai.

  Sacre: the ceremonial sword of the comarré.

  Signum: the inlaid gold tattoos or marks put into comarré skin to purify their blood.

  Vampling: a newly turned or young vampire.

  Varcolai: a race of shifters descended from fallen angels and animals.

  Contents

  Front Cover Image

  Welcome

  Dedication

  Epigraph

  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

  Chapter Twenty-nine

  Chapter Thirty

  Chapter Thirty-one

  Chapter Thirty-two

  Chapter Thirty-three

  Chapter Thirty-four

  Chapter Thirty-five

  Chapter Thirty-six

  Chapter Thirty-seven

  Chapter Thirty-eight

  Chapter Thirty-nine

  Chapter Forty

  Chapter Forty-one

  Chapter Forty-two

  Acknowledgments

  Extras

  Meet the Author

  A Preview of Out for Blood

  Books by Kristen Painter

  Praise for House of Comarré

  Glossary

  Copyright

  COPYRIGHT

  Published by Hachette Digital

  ISBN: 9780748121311

  All characters and events in this publication, other than those clearly in the public domain, are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

  Copyright © 2011 by Kristen Painter

  Excerpt from Out for Blood copyright © 2012 by Kristen Painter

  All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher.

  Hachette Digital

  Little, Brown Book Group

  100 Victoria Embankment

  London, EC4Y 0DY

  www.hachette.co.uk

  Table of Contents

  Front Cover Image

  Welcome

  Dedication

  Epigraph

  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

  Chapter Twenty-nine

  Chapter Thirty

  Chapter Thirty-one

  Chapter Thirty-two

  Chapter Thirty-three

  Chapter Thirty-four

  Chapter Thirty-five

  Chapter Thirty-six

  Chapter Thirty-seven

  Chapter Thirty-eight

  Chapter Thirty-nine

  Chapter Forty

  Chapter Forty-one

  Chapter Forty-two

  Acknowledgments

  Extras

  Meet the Author

  A Preview of "Out for Blood"

  Books by Kristen Painter

  Praise for House of Comarré

  Glossary

  Table of Contents

  Copyright Page

 

 

 


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