Hudson Vega

*And that's when I realize, Jaxon might ooze power and danger in his every movement, but Hudson has always been the real one to fear. Jaxon was a blunt weapon next to his brother, who seems to be cataloging my every weakness, every nuance and emotion, with surgical precision. this guy would know exactly how to hurt you the most - and you'd never see it coming.*

*That's how perfect he is at looking bad. At being bad. And that's before I even notice that his free hand is shoved negligently into the pocket of a pair of expensive-looking black dress pants. Because of course it is. Looks like the devil really does wear Gucci... -*Grace

**Hudson Vega** is a born vampire and he is the son of Delilah and Cyrus Vega of the Vampire Court. His younger brother is Jaxon Vega. Hudson Vega has a jawline that could cut glass. Hudson loves reading, music, his little brother, and himself.

Hudson Vega "died" a year prior to book one in which his brother, Jaxon, killed him. At that time, the paranormal community believed that Hudson was planning to kill all made vampires, dragons, witches, and humans so that 'born' vampires could rule supreme. Hudson was brought back to life by his ex-girlfriend, Lia Tanaka, by way of using Grace as a human sacrifice. Hudson came back to take revenge for his death only to be trapped inside of Grace when she transforms into a Gargoyle to protect Jaxon. Four months later, the pair returns but Grace has forgotten all that happened between them leaving Hudson to try and convince her that he doesn't need to be brought back as a human. Grace and her gang of friends work together to collect the items needed to bring Hudson out of Graces mind, but the only caveat: they need an alpha Wolf's canine, a powerful witches anethme, a full dragons bone, and the stone heart of an Unkillable Beast,

Throughout book two, Hudson aims to annoy Grace at every turn while he is trapped inside her mind. But he soon shows his true colors as he tries to explain that he isn't who Grace thinks he is, wishing that she could just remember the last four months they spent together; a particularly important moment is when Hudson and Grace dance in the laundry room. Hudson was in a momentary good mood and danced with Grace. But Grace was still pining for Jaxon, so Hudson let them be; however, he did not stop his fight to win his freedom back. Near the end, he tried to win Grace over, as she started to notice Jaxon's overbearing attitude, but she was too late to turn her friends off the path they had chosen as the group (Grace, Flint, Macy, Xavier, Jaxon, and Hudson) traveled to kill the Unkillable Beast. Hudson was unable to do anything from being trapped in Graces mind until he cried and begged her to listen to the Beast rather than attacking him. Grace speaks to it, as suggested, and realizes that the Beast is a Gargoyle just like her. Upon returning, Grace and Jaxon rush to complete the Trials so that Grace can become part of The Circle.

Hudson is free from Grace’s mind moments before the trial begins. Hudson leaves his powers inside of Grace so she can use them as a last resort in case she is in dire need of help. Hudson is forced to watch from the side lines as the Trials proceed and when the field finally comes down. Hudson is the first to reach Grace after Cyrus inflicts his Eternal Bite. Enraged, Hudson melts his father's bones and goes to save Grace's life. The second book ended with Hudson claiming that Grace was his one true-mate.

At the beginning of book three Hudson is prepared to let Grace to be with Jaxon no matter how much he wants to be with her but Grace loves Jaxon and Grace decided to stay with Jaxon. This creates a weird atmosphere between them. Hudson and Grace go to see the Bloodletter so that they could try and break Hudson and Grace’s mating bond. Jaxon is summoned to the vampire court and is unable to join them. Hudson is frozen for most of the time (his sarcasm and snarky nature having gotten the best of him) but for the time he was aware he had shown a deep mistrust and disliking of the Bloodletter. While frozen, the Bloodletter explains to Grace that her father and his Coven had come to see her before Grace was born. They were desperate for peace in the paranormal world and begged for a gargoyle to be born to help restore the balance. The Bloodletter agrees, but also creates a caveat - this gargoyle would be falsely tied to her "adopted" son, Jaxon. The purpose of this spell is for Grace and Jaxon to eventually become attracted to one another and the mate bond would form, but the Bloodletter is confident that this wouldn't have happened if they both refused it. Unfortunately, the bond between Jaxon and Grace gets broken by Cole right before the Trials. This allowed the mating bond with Hudson to snap into place when he rushed to her on the field at the end.

At this point, Grace reaches out to the frozen Hudson, and both she and the Bloodletter are shocked when he returns to his previously unfrozen state—the Bloodletter having not freed him, but Grace. ￼

The Old vampire suggest that they find the Crown, a many century's old relic that held the most sought out power in the world. She claims only this would be able to break the mating bond between them, and possibly restore the one with Jaxon. The last known person to have had the Crown was many centuries back and the Bloodletter suggests asking someone just as old - The Unkillable Beast. In order to be able to talk to him, they would need to free him from his enchanted chains that are spelled to keep him in his gargoyle form. In order to break the chains, the Bloodletter explained they need to find The Blacksmith who constructed and spelled the chains and points them in the direction of the giants.

After being graciously told to leave, Grace and Hudson travel back to the Academy, where Grace tells Hudson what he missed while frozen. Since it's Saturday night, Macy is out with her witch friends and so Grace plans to eat some granola bars and go to sleep, but her growling stomach gives her away to Hudson, who suggests she shower while going to get her food. Once Grace is out, Hudson comes back with food (grilled cheese, fresh fruit and Dr. Pepper) she invites Hudson in to watch something. He picks Star Wars, Empire strikes back much to Grace's surprise. Tension fills the air as her and Hudson watch the movie to the point where Grace mentions that maybe not finding the Crown isn't the worst thing in the world - that maybe being mated to Hudson wouldn't be the worst thing. Before things are able to progress to a more physical level - Jaxon and the order show up and explained that there is now a warrant out for Hudson's arrest and that once he leaves the school grounds he is fair game for the royal guard.

Grace kicks everyone out of her room, including Hudson who is insulted/ hurt that she asked him to leave.

The only thing that is keeping them tied to the shadows is the warrant out for Hudson's arrest, which would send him to the Prison.

Along the journey Hudson and Grace were prone to fights and Jaxon still hating Hudson and in the Giant’s Forest in which Hudson bought Grace a Promise Ring. Not quite sure of what Hudson had promised Grace. The two end up making a move for one another at the Dragon Court in which they have a few days of playing around in the sheets. But the fun doesn't last long as the group has to travel to visit the Crone, the Crone gives Grace three flowers that will help them escape the Prison. This journey leads to Grace and Hudson learning that Jaxon now has a broken soul because of the breaking of their mating bond. Grace is heart broken but even more determined to find the Crown as a way to save Jaxon. They return to Katmere in low spirits as graduation roles around, Hudson is preparing himself for facing the horrors inside of the Prison. Queen Nuri apprehends Hudson after the graduation is thrown giving no time to think. But Cyrus had been done with his games and orders that Flint be brought to the Prison as well for trying and killing Grace all those months ago.

Hudson, Grace, and Flint are brought into the Prison in which they are bunked with Calder and Remy. The five of them are soon thrown into the sorting for the next six days in which they are chosen each of the six days, a first in the record books. Each night Hudson, Flint, and Calder have to face their crimes for approximately an hour and a half. Hudson torture for killing all of those students was being unable to stop himself from killing Grace a torture that was soon turning him into a shell of his former self. With the help of Remy, Grace is able to go into Hudson mind and intervene telling him that she believes in him and that she trust he would never do anything that would hurt her. That is the only reason they make it to the Pit without any further interruptions as Grace help Flint come back out of the funk he had fallen into.

They have eight hours to find a way out. They first meet up with Valder and explain what is happening, he gives them six hours for his crafting of a key to free the Unkillable Beast. Calder and Flint go off to find the price of having to leave. Grace and Remy go and get a tattoo and Hudson is sent to the Rings in which he fights all of the paranormal there winning far more money than they would need. But they adventure it not over yet as they reach the exit Grace and Hudson now must fight two giants to win their freedom because of the addonexus, Charon (Charlie), who runs the prison. Hudson is running low on energy but he snaps back after he tells Grace off when she thinks she could just lay down and die. They end of killing both Giants, Hudson is there to calm Grace down but they are all rushing for the exit.

Finally they make it back to the surface in which the Order, Jaxon, Macy, and Eden are waiting for them. But they quickly leave to find island of the Unkillable Beast, thinking they had beat Cyrus there was very wrong. Hudson goes off fighting using what energy he has to kill off vampires, Wolf's, witches, and dragons. Flint gets hurt and Grace is busy saving him taking energy from Hudson when he offers it up. He continues his killing until his brother stumbles back into the scene, having been bitten by the Eternal Bit. Hudson uses his remaining powers and disintegrate the mountains around them in an awesome display of power. This sends all the other side fleeing. Hudson says his farewells to his brother as he chokes back years as Jaxon gives the remainder of his powers to save Flint. Hudson is more than surprised when Nuri comes in and gives her Dragon's Heart to Jaxon bringing him not only back to life but also without a broken soul. They all return home, having lost Luca in the battle, to find that Katmere has been ramshacked. Marise being the only paranormal around, she explains that Cryus had kidnapped all of the staff and students leaving the group to try and find a way to save them all.