title: By Blood & Benevolence
author: Hardin, Olivia
description: A Bend-Bite-Shift Story... All of it fits...
  Viktor has battled the darkness his entire vampire existence. His wife and the life they made together manage to keep him from the brink of despair, but it’s always near the surface. A strange and dark encounter at a party unleashes his repressed past, overwhelming him with memories of his cruel maker and lost love. His sanity is challenged when a mysterious dhampir arrives on his doorstep with information that will cause him to question everything he thought he knew.
  A short story that bridges the Bend-Bite-Shift Trilogy to the upcoming For Love of Fae Trilogy.