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    The Beginning: Blood and Curses (Vampires: The New Age #2 - Prequel #1): Vampires: The New Age, #2
    The Beginning: Blood and Curses (Vampires: The New Age #2 - Prequel #1): Vampires: The New Age, #2
    The Beginning: Blood and Curses (Vampires: The New Age #2 - Prequel #1): Vampires: The New Age, #2
    Ebook55 pages46 minutesVampires: The New Age

    The Beginning: Blood and Curses (Vampires: The New Age #2 - Prequel #1): Vampires: The New Age, #2

    By Natasha Duncan-Drake

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    Nate is an expert at hunting vampires, until he crosses paths with Lexie, a white witch keeping one very dark secret. When Nate's latest target reveals a dangerous taste for forbidden blood magic, Lexie's hidden power could be the only thing saving him from a gruesome end. Dive into this pulse-pounding prequel to Blood Sacrifice: The Avebury Legacy, where sizzling magic meets deadly fangs in a battle for survival.

    Perfect for anyone craving supernatural thrills.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWittegen Press
    Release dateJan 25, 2013
    ISBN9781908333551
    The Beginning: Blood and Curses (Vampires: The New Age #2 - Prequel #1): Vampires: The New Age, #2
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    Natasha Duncan-Drake

    Natasha is a British author living in the southeast of England with her husband and two cats. She has been publishing genre fiction with Wittegen Press since 2011. Her work includes everything from horror to young adult fantasy and she has never met a genre she didn't like. A prolific producer of short stories and novels alike, Natasha currently has a plethora of titles in her back catalogue, with further releases always imminent. Natasha was inspired to start writing way back as a pre-teen after she read The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien. She is a huge fan of science fiction, fantasy, and horror in all their media forms, and is a big advocate of fanfiction as a great tool for writers to polish their skills in a welcoming and supportive community. For free fiction, jokes, fandom reviews and more, check Natasha out at Tales With Tasha on YouTube. And if you enjoy your fiction on the naughtier side, have a look at Natasha's alter ego, Virginia Waytes her Sexy Stories Podcast and the eBooks that go with it. The Manor is an exclusive adult only club in the heart of the English countryside where supernatural beings live, work and play.

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      The Beginning - Natasha Duncan-Drake

      The Beginning

      Blood and Curses

      Vampires: the New Age, Prequel #1

      by

      Natasha Duncan-Drake

      Smashwords Edition

      Vampires: the New Age, Prequel #1

      This publication is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organisations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental and beyond the intent of either the author or the publisher.

      Wittegen Press

      http://www.wittegenpress.com/

      Copyright © 2015 by Natasha Duncan-Drake

      http://www.wittegenpress.com/natashaduncandrake

      Cover art by Natasha Duncan-Drake

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each reader. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to your favourite retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      ISBN: 978-1-908333-55-1

      Titles in Vampires: the New Age

      (In reading order)

      Blood Sacrifice: The Avebury Legacy (Vampires: The New Age #1)

      The Beginning: Blood and Curses (Vampires: The New Age, Prequel #1)

      Link to series webpage:

      http://www.wittegenpress.com/vampires-the-new-age

      Acknowledgements

      I wish to thank the following people for helping me create this book:

      Sophie Duncan

      Robert Drake

      Pose reference for cover - SenshiStock at DeviantArt.com

      http://senshistock.deviantart.com/

      Previously Published

      This story was originally part of the Wittegen Press Giveaway Games 2012 and has been previously published in the following anthologies:

      Myriad Imaginings: All The Stories From The Wittegen Press Giveaway Games

      http://www.wittegenpress.com/myriadimaginings

      Half Of Everything: Stories By Natasha Duncan-Drake From The Wittegen Press Giveaway Games

      http://www.wittegenpress.com/halfofeverything

      Bright Young Things: The Young Adult Stories From The Wittegen Press Giveaway Games

      http://www.wittegenpress.com/brightyoungthings

      ~*~

      Author's Notes

      The Beginning was originally published in two sections on 30th and 31st July 2012 as part of the Wittegen Press Giveaway Games 2012.

      This is a prequel to my novel Blood Sacrifice - The Avebury Legacy. Blood Sacrifice is a new adult, dark fantasy novel and leaps in at the point the action starts, but there are events mentioned within that are important to the setup of the plot, but which are never fully disclosed. These are some of them.

      This short is the story of how Nate, my main protagonist, and Lexie, my second protagonist met. It's action filled and a little bit bloody, just like the novel, so I hope you enjoy reading it. The vampires here do not sparkle and they are nasty pieces of work.

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      The Beginning - Blood and Curses

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      Afterword

      ​ The Beginning - Blood and Curses

      Glancing at the sky, Nate noted the rose pink hints at the far horizon and smiled to himself. He had timed it perfectly: dawn was coming and his quarry would lead him straight to the lair. He'd been searching out the area for two days and he was finally sure of his facts. The kill was not going to be easy, but not the hardest he had taken on either.

      Checking the hilt of his sword one more time and gripping the shaft of his crossbow, he began to move forward again. The vampires had a fresh kill with them, so he wasn't worried he would be spotted. When it came to blood, vampires were very one track. It was about the only advantage a human being had over one of the undead. That didn't stop Nate being very careful about where he put his feet, however.

      Nate was still alive because he was careful. He worked alone because the way all hunters weren't as fastidious made him nervous. All it took was one weak link in a team and it could be the

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