iii Foreword
When I went to my friend and editor with the first draft of my completed manuscript and got it back covered in red ink and a note requesting the addition of a preface, I had to look up what a preface was. You see, I'm not a writer by any means; I've never undertaken a project like this before. So, although I knew a preface belonged at the beginning of the book, I didn't know what belonged in it. Luckily, Google did. A preface, it said, is the introduction of a book, typically stating the scope, subject and aims.
We'll start with the simplest: the subject. This book is not, believe it or not, about me—Well, it is in a way, I suppose, but it has more to do with one Lucas Brown, a great friend of mine and, coincidentally, a werewolf. I myself am a vampire of considerable power and pedigree, and it is this unusual union that led me to write.
As to the scope, this story relies heavily on the events that happened the spring of his twenty-first year, the events that would shape the rest of Luke and my life.
The aim is still unclear to me. Do I mean to instruct or entertain? Or do I write simply to chronicle a time in my life that was particularly puzzling to me and in so doing discover the answers I seek? Perhaps I mean it as an apology and tribute to a friend I'm beginning to think I never knew. Perhaps I ought to let you decide.
As for the title, well, blame that on my editor.
Disclaimer: The characters Malakai F.B. Ross and Lucas X. Brown are the sole property of eclecticlibra. The author in no way owns or wishes to own the characters or work of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series.