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"I know her walk, her scent, her voice..." CREATUS SERIES ~ Paranormal Romance Excerpt

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Creatus Series

For four thousand years, creatus have concealed themselves from the humans who hunted them almost to extinction. Now, one creatus will endanger them all by breaking one of their laws: falling in love--with a human.

 This is just an excerpt. If you'd like to read the first three chapters you can read them here.


“I want to talk to her.”
“The family won’t allow it. She’s a liability. And if it didn’t work…”
Derrick drilled a gaze at his brother again. “It’d never happen. I think I made myself clear on that. She hasn’t said a word all these years. Obviously, she’s forgotten.”
“What if she recognizes you? You’ll only look a few years older to her,” Michael said, as if he had to remind him what he looked like.
“I think I’m in love with her.”
“Derrick, you don’t even know her.”
“You’re wrong. I know everything about her. For the last year, all I can do is think about her. I know her walk, her scent, her voice… I know that she only reveals her real self to her best friend. I know that she fights invisible demons in her sleep, just as I do every night. I know that she dreams about moving somewhere safer and warmer, where I’ll never see her again. I know that she’s lonely. And…I think she’s waiting for me.”
“Damn, Bro, you’re a regular stalker.”
“You know it’s nothing like that. I’ve only protected her. But now, it’s there. The connection that I never understood, the reason I could never fall for another woman. My heart skips a beat every time I hear her voice. I’m not just worried about her anymore…I want to meet her—personally. Who knows, I might be like one of the other guys she meets, and she might turn me down flat, and then, you’ll win. I’ll walk away. But shouldn’t I get a chance? We’re the perfect age for each other now.”
Mike shook his head. “She’s still too young, dude. Few humans make lifelong relationship decisions at twenty-one, and she drinks too much. She’d be a liability. 


The Creatus Series is not your normal paranormal story...it's a realistic twist of the myths you've heard your entire life. Prepare to believe...



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