title: Mercy of These Bones
author: Dean, Vivien
description: Four years ago, Mathias Larsen broke siring laws to save a lover's life.  Four months ago, that lover turned on him, leaving him for dead.  Now, Mathias has followed her path of death to Las Vegas, straight to the last vampire who wants to see him: his sire. The man he left for a woman who stabbed him in the back.  Edmund has found love again in nightclub owner, the very human Darby Bell. He doesn't want to believe Mathias' warnings, but a murder that hits too close to home gives him no choice. While he struggles to keep Mathias and Darby safe, emotions run high as old love collides with new. But the clock is ticking. The vampire Assembly is coming to town, the local police are alerted to Mathias' nocturnal activities, and passions are flaring. Time is running out. By the time death strikes again, all bets are off.  Content Notes: M/M/F, M/M, M/F, light bondage, anal sex, bloodplay, non sexual graphic violence