Which of you turned her?” There were no coincidences when vampires were involved. His stomach churned at what they must have done, at what her final hours had been like at their hands, and his blood was up, exhilarated, ready to let. He hadn’t wanted to kill Lady Daneira, but now he was itching for a massacre. Remy said nothing. The vampire glided closer, emboldened by his silence and their numbers. “What’s one more dead, then? Who’s to say that we didn’t stumble upon a depraved hunter assaulting a sweet young girl out here and took justice into our own hands? The Summer Lords and the humans are on the verge of an alliance now, aren’t they? We’ve got a moral obligation to report crimes, don’t we? And you did kill her. Where’s the lie in that?”

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Because of The Girl From the Well and The Suffering, I already knew Rin Chupeco was a dab hand at the horror genre. Silver Under Nightfall really solidified this for me. There’s not really a mystery in the sense that we’re immediately told that rabid mutant vampires are the threat to the kingdom. But still, Chupeco still manages to send chills skittering down the reader’s spine with the use of incredibly evocative language. He let go, and in the blink of an eye vanished, reappearing on the other side of the forest and calmly straightening his collar. Only then did Remy notice the curved sword at his hip, at the sheer arrogantce of the man not having used it at all. He was expecting the newcomer to be yet another dramatic brat. He was only partially correct. The stranger had dramatic stapled to him, but it was the kind of dramatic that attached itself, unwanted, like a very glamorous leech, and demanded attention on behalf of its owner whether it was warranted or not.Even though Malekh and Song are clearly in love and engaged to marry each other. Remy can’t understand why either of them wants him when no one else has ever wanted to do anything except use him for their own purposes.

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Gently, he placed her head against the crook of her arm and breathed a small prayer over the body, as he’d always done and was expected to do, though the words brought him little comfort and even less peace. Basically, the politics behind everything are beyond Byzantine – as much as that is still an understatement if I ever heard one. By whom?” Remy was still raw, still seeking an outlet for his rage. Lady Daneira’s blood was still on him, still seeping into his clothes. “You? And what punishment will you deem worthy, milord? A slap on the wrist? A temporary limit on his monthly allowances?”But as the three face dangerous hardships during their journey, Remy develops fond and complicated feelings for the couple. He begins to question what he holds true about vampires, as well as the story behind his own family legacy. As the Rot continues to spread across the kingdom, Remy must decide where his loyalties lie: with his father and the kingdom he’s been trained all his life to defend or the vampires who might just be the death of him. He would’ve liked nothing more than to forget every ball he’d ever been forced to attend, but the mind is a funny bastard, one he’d trained to retain information on the off chance it could save his life. And so he remembered. He remembered her. To the point where I’ll probably be squeeing uncontrollably more than reviewing per se. But I did love it so, so hard.

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Was she your lover? Is that why her death causes you such anguish?” The fresh intensity in the lord’s eyes had only increased, and it made Remy feel… uncomfortable. Vulnerable. The stranger seemed incapable of pain, but he was more than capable of fury. The dark eyes on him promised a thousand cutting deaths more excruciating than any Remy’s scythes could deliver. But Lady Daneira’s preternatural beauty was not for her protection. Lady Daneira’s beauty was bait.And there was something about the noble—because there was no bloody way in hell that he wasn’t one—that set off warning bells in Remy’s head the way Lady Daneira and the vampire youths had not. He has a chance at having the kind of happiness that he never expected to even get a glimpse of. And he’s so, so certain that someone will take it away from him – unless he does it to himself first.