Lassiter


 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
 Chapter Forty
 Chapter Forty-One
 Chapter Forty-Two
 Chapter Forty-Three
 Chapter Forty-Four
 Chapter Forty-Five
 Chapter Forty-Six
 Chapter Forty-Seven
 Chapter Forty-Eight
 Chapter Forty-Nine
 Chapter Fifty
 Chapter Fifty-One
 Chapter Fifty-Two
 Chapter Fifty-Three
 Chapter Fifty-Four
 Chapter Fifty-Five
 Chapter Fifty-Six
 Chapter Fifty-Seven
 Chapter Fifty-Eight
 Chapter Fifty-Nine
 Chapter Sixty
 Chapter Sixty-One
 Chapter Sixty-Two
 Chapter Sixty-Three
 Chapter Sixty-Four
 Epilogue
 Acknowledgments
 About the Author
 Copyright
 
 
 
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 Dedication
 Glossary of Terms and Proper Nouns
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 Acknowledgments
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 #1 New York Times Bestselling Author
 J.R. Ward
 Lassiter
 The Black Dagger
 Brotherhood Series
 
 
 
 
 
 Dedicated to:
 Wrath, who almost twenty years ago came and showed me his world.
 Lassiter’s story, just like all the ones that have been or will ever be…
 … starts and finishes with you.
 
 
 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 breedings 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.
 the Chosen (pr. n.)
 Female vampires who had been bred to serve the Scribe Virgin. In the past, they were spiritually rather than temporally focused, but that changed with the ascendance of the final Primale, who freed them from the Sanctuary. With the Scribe Virgin removing herself from her role, they are completely autonomous and learning to live on earth. They do continue to meet the blood needs of unmated members of the Brotherhood, as well as Brothers who cannot feed from their shellans or injured fighters.
 chrih (n.)
 Symbol of honorable death in the Old Language.
 cohntehst (n.)
 Conflict between two males competing for the right to be a female’s mate.
 Dhunhd (pr. n.)
 Hell.
 doggen (n.)
 Member of the servant class