Dance with the Devil

Zarek's Point of View: Dark-Hunter: A soulless guardian who stands between mankind and those who would see mankind destroyed. Yeah, right. The only part of that Code of Honor I got was eternity and solitude. Insanity: A condition many say I suffer from after being alone for so long. But I don't suffer from my insanity-I enjoy every minute of it. Trust: I can't trust anyone...not even myself. The only thing I trust in is my ability to do the wrong thing in any situation and to hurt anyone who gets in my way. Truth: I endured a lifetime as a Roman slave, and 900 years as an exiled Dark-Hunter. Now I'm tired of enduring. I want the truth about what happened the night I was exiled-I have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Astrid (Greek, meaning star): An exceptional woman who can see straight to the truth. Brave and strong, she is a point of light in the darkness. She touches me and I tremble. She smiles and my cold heart shatters. Zarek: They say even the most damned man can be forgiven. I never believed that until the night Astrid opened her door to me and made this feral beast want to be human again. Made me want to love and be loved. But how can an ex-slave whose soul is owned by a Greek goddess ever dream of touching, let alone holding, a fiery star?

Zarek's Point of View: Dark-Hunter: A soulless guardian who stands between mankind and those who would see mankind destroyed. Yeah, right. The only part of that Code of Honor I got was eternity and solitude. Insanity: A condition many say I suffer from after being alone for so long. But I don't suffer from my insanity-I enjoy every minute of it. Trust: I can't trust anyone...not even myself. The only thing I trust in is my ability to do the wrong thing in any situation and to hurt anyone who gets in my way. Truth: I endured a lifetime as a Roman slave, and 900 years as an exiled Dark-Hunter. Now I'm tired of enduring. I want the truth about what happened the night I was exiled-I have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Astrid (Greek, meaning star): An exceptional woman who can see straight to the truth. Brave and strong, she is a point of light in the darkness. She touches me and I tremble. She smiles and my cold heart shatters. Zarek: They say even the most damned man can be forgiven. I never believed that until the night Astrid opened her door to me and made this feral beast want to be human again. Made me want to love and be loved. But how can an ex-slave whose soul is owned by a Greek goddess ever dream of touching, let alone holding, a fiery star?

A caged butterfly longing to be free. A lonely artist searching for inspiration. A love that started by chance-and will need a miracle to survive... Genevieve As the younger sister to Damien Libellula, I've been shielded from the criminal side of my brother's life for as long as I can remember-or, at least, that's what Dame thinks. The truth is that I've been curious about the dark side of the Family for even longer... curious and fascinated. When I meet Cross, my fascination almost becomes an obsession. As a professional ballerina, it makes sense that I would consider our first few dates a sort of forbidden dance. On the outside, he's everything I'm not: dark, brooding, and-most importantly-a Sinner. That's right. Damien's little girl fell for a man who wears the mark of his former enemy. But Cross is no sinner. A sensitive yet guarded artist who unwittingly sweeps me off my feet, I want to believe we have a shot to be together. There's a truce now between the Dragonflies and the Sinners Syndicate, and with Damien settling into wedded bliss with his new bride, I think... maybe. Maybe it's time I show him I'm not that same little girl I used to be. And that's when I discover just how dark and twisted the life can be... Cross I've never wanted anything more than I do my butterfly. I don't care what her last name is. I don't care that, every time I imagine marking up her unblemished, beautiful skin, I'm risking a bullet between my eyes from the head Dragonfly. When I see her, I feel for the first time since I was kid who lost everything. More than that, I'm inspired. Until, one night, everything changes. I do everything I can to protect her while we're trapped, but when she's eventually forced to be as brutal as any gangster, my pretty ballerina with the wicked mouth and innocent smile breaks-and, once again, I'm left alone and empty-handed. But that's the difference between Carlos and Cross. Carlos accepted that fate was cruel and there wasn't anything he could do to change that. Cross? He'll burn down all of Springfield to get his Genevieve back-so long as the flames don't get their vengeance on him first.

A caged butterfly longing to be free. A lonely artist searching for inspiration. A love that started by chance-and will need a miracle to survive... Genevieve As the younger sister to Damien Libellula, I've been shielded from the criminal side of my brother's life for as long as I can remember-or, at least, that's what Dame thinks. The truth is that I've been curious about the dark side of the Family for even longer... curious and fascinated . When I meet Cross, my fascination almost becomes an obsession. As a professional ballerina, it makes sense that I would consider our first few dates a sort of forbidden dance. On the outside, he's everything I'm not: dark, brooding, and-most importantly-a Sinner. That's right. Damien's little girl fell for a man who wears the mark of his former enemy. But Cross is no sinner. A sensitive yet guarded artist who unwittingly sweeps me off my feet, I want to believe we have a shot to be together. There's a truce now between the Dragonflies and the Sinners Syndicate, and with Damien settling into wedded bliss with his new bride, I think... maybe. Maybe it's time I show him I'm not that same little girl I used to be. And that's when I discover just how dark and twisted the life can be... Cross I've never wanted anything more than I do my butterfly. I don't care what her last name is. I don't care that, every time I imagine marking up her unblemished, beautiful skin, I'm risking a bullet between my eyes from the head Dragonfly. When I see her, I feel for the first time since I was kid who lost everything. More than that, I'm inspired . Until, one night, everything changes. I do everything I can to protect her while we're trapped, but when she's eventually forced to be as brutal as any gangster, my pretty ballerina with the wicked mouth and innocent smile breaks-and, once again, I'm left alone and empty-handed. But that's the difference between Carlos and Cross. Carlos accepted that fate was cruel and there wasn't anything he could do to change that. Cross? He'll burn down all of Springfield to get his Genevieve back-so long as the flames don't get their vengeance on him first.

Immortalized in the spellbinding documentary Dear Zachary, this angry, raw, and brutally honest memoir of murder and loss chronicles a system's failure to prevent the death of a child. In November 2001, the body of a young doctor named Andrew Bagby was discovered in Keystone State Park outside Latrobe, Pennsylvania, five bullet wounds in his face, chest, buttocks, and the back of the head. For parents Dave and Kate, the pain was unbearable-but Andrew's murder was only the first in a string of tragic events. The chief suspect for Andrew's murder was his ex-girlfriend Shirley Turner-also a doctor. Obsessive and unstable, Shirley Turner lied to the police and fled to her family home in Newfoundland before she could be arrested. While fending off extradition efforts by U.S. law enforcement, she announced she was pregnant with Andrew's son, Zachary. The Bagbys-hoping to gain custody of Zachary-moved to Newfoundland and began a long, drawn-out battle in court and with Canadian social services to protect their grandson from the woman who had almost certainly murdered their son. Then, in August 2003, Shirley Turner killed herself and the one-year-old Zachary by jumping into the Atlantic Ocean. DANCE WITH THE DEVIL is a eulogy for a dead son, an elegy for lives cut tragically short, and a castigation of a broken system.

Immortalized in the spellbinding documentary Dear Zachary, this angry, raw, and brutally honest memoir of murder and loss chronicles a system's failure to prevent the death of a child. In November 2001, the body of a young doctor named Andrew Bagby was discovered in Keystone State Park outside Latrobe, Pennsylvania, five bullet wounds in his face, chest, buttocks, and the back of the head. For parents Dave and Kate, the pain was unbearable-but Andrew's murder was only the first in a string of tragic events. The chief suspect for Andrew's murder was his ex-girlfriend Shirley Turner-also a doctor. Obsessive and unstable, Shirley Turner lied to the police and fled to her family home in Newfoundland before she could be arrested. While fending off extradition efforts by U.S. law enforcement, she announced she was pregnant with Andrew's son, Zachary. The Bagbys-hoping to gain custody of Zachary-moved to Newfoundland and began a long, drawn-out battle in court and with Canadian social services to protect their grandson from the woman who had almost certainly murdered their son. Then, in August 2003, Shirley Turner killed herself and the one-year-old Zachary by jumping into the Atlantic Ocean. DANCE WITH THE DEVIL is a eulogy for a dead son, an elegy for lives cut tragically short, and a castigation of a broken system.