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 Contents
 
 Cover
 Title Page
 Dedication
 Glossary of Terms and Proper Nouns
 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
 Epilogue
 Acknowledgments
 ‘Lassiter’ Teaser
 About the Author
 Copyright
 
 
 
 Guide
 
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 Title Page
 Dedication
 Glossary of Terms and Proper Nouns
 Epilogue
 Acknowledgments
 About the Author
 Copyright
 
 
 
 
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 “J. R. Ward is… in a league of her own.”
 —SARAH J. MAAS, #1 New York Times bestselling author
 J.R. Ward
 #1 New York Times Bestselling Author
 Forever
 The Lair of the Wolven
 
 
 
 
 
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 To true love, in all its forms.
 
 
 GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND PROPER NOUNS
 
 
 ahstrux nohtrum (n.)
 Private guard with license to kill who is granted his or her position by the King.
 ahvenge (v.)
 Act of mortal retribution, carried out typically by a male loved one.
 Black Dagger Brotherhood (pr. n.)
 Highly trained vampire warriors who protect their species against the Lessening Society. As a result of selective breeding within the race, Brothers possess immense physical and mental strength, as well as rapid healing capabilities. They are not siblings for the most part, and are inducted into the Brotherhood upon nomination by the Brothers. Aggressive, self-reliant, and secretive by nature, they are the subjects of legend and objects of reverence within the vampire world. They may be killed only by the most serious of wounds, e.g., a gunshot or stab to the heart, etc.
 blood slave (n.)
 Male or female vampire who has been subjugated to serve the blood needs of another. The practice of keeping blood slaves has been outlawed.