What happens when a lifemate is still too young but the hunter is so very close to turning? Companion piece to Dark Sanctum, this is Lena's short story. Small amount of angst. One shot, but long. - REOPENED- Five years later, a horror haunts Lena once again, but she has had it with being stalked yet again!

Layla Cook doesn't see herself as pretty so instead she dwelves into the realm of fiction. That was until she met Andreas Dalca, a hunter and a Carpathian, creatures that Layla thought only existed in books. Even more amazing...Layla's his lifemate. HIATUS UNTIL REWRITTEN

A shell in the shape of a girl comes to town, all that is left of her is dark tainted ruins, and her bad temper ...

She had always felt his presence in her mind, whatever he was. Something beyond her control, something dangerous, something she wanted no part of. Somewhere far away would do, anywhere else but there, somewhere far away from whatever it was.