Carpathian 21 - Dark Peril

Chapter 20
    “YOU ARE THE VERY HEART OF ME”

    APPENDIX 1 - Carpathian Healing Chants

    APPENDIX 2 - The Carpathian Language

    Titles by Christine Feehan

    STREET GAME
    MURDER GAME
    PREDATORY GAME
    DEADLY GAME
    CONSPIRACY GAME
    NIGHT GAME
    MIND GAME
    SHADOW GAME

    HIDDEN CURRENTS
    TURBULENT SEA
    SAFE HARBOR
    DANGEROUS TIDES
    OCEANS OF FIRE

    WILD FIRE
    BURNING WILD
    WILD RAIN

    WATER BOUND

    DARK PERIL
    DARK SLAYER
    DARK CURSE
    DARK HUNGER
    DARK POSSESSION
    DARK CELEBRATION
    DARK DEMON
    DARK SECRET
    DARK DESTINY
    DARK MELODY
    DARK SYMPHONY
    DARK GUARDIAN
    DARK LEGEND
    DARK FIRE
    DARK CHALLENGE
    DARK MAGIC
    DARK GOLD
    DARK DESIRE
    DARK PRINCE

    Anthologies

    HOT BLOODED
    (with Maggie Shayne, Emma Holly, and Angela Knight)

    LOVER BEWARE
    (with Fiona Brand, Katherine Sutcliffe, and Eileen Wilks) FANTASY
    (with Emma Holly, Sabrina Jeffries, and Elda Minger)

    FEVER
    (includes THE AWAKENING and WILD RAIN )

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    Feehan, Christine.

    eISBN : 978-1-101-44250-0

    1. Vampires—Fiction. 2. Shapeshifting—Fiction. 3. South America—Fiction. I. Title. PS3606.E36D3856
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

    I could never have written this book without the help of two wonderful men. Dr. Christopher Tong is always amazing with his continual support. His song is beautiful and perfect for Dominic and Solange. As always, thank you for your help with the language; thank heavens you always find a way to get things done.

    Brian Feehan really came through in my hour of need, as he always does, working late with me to map out our destruction of the vampire stronghold.

    Thanks to both Cheryl Wilson and Kathie Firzlaff, who gave me invaluable feedback at literally the eleventh hour and without whom I wouldn’t have been able to finish the book.

    And Domini, what can I say. You work long hours and far into the weekends to make the book the best that it can be. I appreciate you so much!

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    I was half-alive for a thousand years.
    I’d given up hope that we’d meet in this time.
    Too many the centuries. All disappears
    as time and the darkness steal color