The Arcane Court

My name is Cimmerian. I’m a dragon shifter living in New Orleans. Someone is screwing up my pre-Mardi Gras plans by leaving mutilated human bodies all over town. I have to find out whether or not a demon is behind this. If so, are they building a human to animate with demon magic? If not, we have a human serial killer just in time for the town to flood with tourists. 

Things were so much quieter on vacation. 

Damn, I’m glad to be back at work.

The oldest living demon drug dealer is trying to take over Las Vegas. His newest creation, Red Lady, allows shifters to see demons as they materialize, which could tip the balance of species domination. Granted, in a direction I like, except, there’s a catch. The drug is so addictive shifters will do anything to feed their habit and distribution in energy drinks has human’s hooked. Including my ex-fiance’s boyfriend.

I have to go to Vegas and save him, among others.

This is going to suck.

As a Dragon Lord of the Arcane Court, it's my job to hunt down demons who toy with or kill humans. My bonus is the magic I absorb sucking down their putrid squirming souls. The new local demon lord, Kragen, is the oldest living drug dealer and we blew up his primary warehouse in Vegas last year. I'm sure he's planning ways to pick my scales off one by one.

In the meantime, his most dangerous henchman captured human women, chained them to a wall, and captured a fellow dragon. I know it's a setup, I don't care. No one hurts humans in my town.

If my demon powers keep me alive long enough to survive the trap.

Demon children deliver themselves, killing their human mothers in the process. Raye survived the birth of her daughter twelve years ago because she was at work in the ER. Now, her daughter shifts into horror movie monsters during class, gleefully taking in the fright of her classmates and landing her mother in the principal's office way too often. 

With the pending threat that she may get thrown out of school, Ariel, her demon father, swoops in to save her. Like most demons, he could charm the panties off a statue. Sleeping his way through town cost him his marriage, and now, his daughter is growing into her demon powers. 

Ariel's enemies kept an eye on his family and are ready to make their move when he steps in with them again. 

Raye needs Ariel and it pisses her off. Together, they have to save their daughter...if they don't kill each other along the way.

Cemeteries in New Orleans are famous. Seeing one on television before I'm fully awake isn't unusual. The dead bodies lying across headstones, that ruins  my grumpy dragon morning and breakfast.

Bloodless? That puts it in my territory. I'm Cimmerian, the Death Dealer, killer of demons who drinks their souls to protect both the supernatural community and humanity, and Dragon Lord of the Arcane Court.

Someone is hunting humans and using the vampire mythos to stir up trouble.

It's my job to make them regret it.