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  “You got it, cuz.” Lauren gave her a hug and the four of them laughed together.

  “I swear, Liv, you just—” Sophia broke off abruptly, her face going pale.

  “What?” Olivia looked at her anxiously. “What is it, Sophie?”

  “It’s Nadiah.” Sophia put a hand to her throat. “Sylvan just bespoke me. He said he got an urgent message from the HKR building in Sarasota.”

  “An urgent message?” Kat grabbed her hand. “About what? Is she okay?”

  “I don’t think so.” Sophia’s eyes were huge with fear. “He says Detective Rast told him she fainted. And now…now she won’t wake up.”

  The End…or is it?

  Author’s Note

  When I first planned this series, I was sure there were only going to be four books in it—I even knew all their names, Claimed, Hunted, Sought, and Found. Nice and neat, right? But unfortunately (or fortunately for those of you who can’t get enough Kindred) as I wrote book 4, ideas for books 5 and 6 started popping into my head. Anyone reading Found can probably tell that book 5 will deal with Nadiah and Detective Rast. As for book 6, well, I think I left you enough clues to figure that one out too. So the good news is, there will be more books in the series. The bad news is, I have no idea what to name them. I’m hoping the appropriate titles will come to me as I write.

  So when are the new books coming out? Not until sometime in 2012. My muse needs a little break from the Kindred before I can continue. Though I love their world, it’s all I’ve been writing for an entire year. In order to come back fresh and do a good job on books 5 and 6, I need to write something completely different for a little while. I have a YA (young adult) series planned and I may work on that.

  Of course, I’ll be writing my YA books under another pen name which is not associated with my erotica—I don’t want to corrupt any young minds. But I will announce on my website and on FaceBook when I have a new book out and what name you can find it under. I truly hope that some of you who have followed the Kindred series will give my new work a try.

  That’s all for now. Thank you again to everyone who has read the Kindred and everyone who had written to tell me how much the books mean to them. I promise to get back to their world in 2012. In the mean time, Happy Holidays to all of you!

  Hugs and Happy Reading

  Evangeline Anderson

  October, 7, 2011

  About the Author:

  Evangeline Anderson is a registered MRI tech who would rather be writing. And yes, she is nerdy enough to have a bumper sticker that says “I’d rather be writing.” Honk if you see her! She is thirty-something and lives in Florida with a husband, a son, and two cats. She had been writing erotic fiction for her own gratification for a number of years before it occurred to her to try and get paid for it. To her delight, she found that it was actually possible to get money for having a dirty mind and she has been writing paranormal and Sci-fi erotica steadily ever since.

  You can find her online at her website www.evangelineanderson.com Come visit for some free reads and to find out what’s coming soon.

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  Brides of the Kindred Glossary

  AllFather—the evil head of the Scourge, a race that are the byproduct of a failed genetic trade. The AllFather is one of the Old Ones and has the power to reach into a person’s mind to harvest emotional pain and trauma. He lives for the fulfillment of the Scourge Prophesy.

  Bespeak—to contact someone mentally using a Think-me device. It is considered rude to bespeak someone you don’t know intimately.

  Beast/Rager Kindred—come from Rageron—a jungle planet full of beautiful but deadly flora and fauna. They have dark hair, golden eyes, and hot tempers but their most defining characteristic is the mating fist. The mating fist is an area at the base of the Beast Kindred’s shaft which engages fully only during bonding sex with his chosen mate. When engorged it swells to keep the Beast Kindred and his bride locked together until she is completely bonded to him. This ensures sex that is both extremely long lasting and multiorgasmic for both partners.

  Blood Bond—a bond formed by the exchange of blood between a female and the male her parents choose for her in childhood. This tradition is native to Tranq Prime and the bond created from the exchange is both legally and physically binding. Only a very strong male, such as a Kindred warrior, can hope to break the bond between the Tranq Prime female and her intended mate.

  Blood Fever—a condition suffered by unmated females on Tranq Prime, the home world of the Blood Kindred. Blood Fever or Burning Blood as it is often called, is caused by a parasite living on the icy world that affects only women. The parasite—found in the fleeta or blood beetle—reacts with a compound in the Tranq Prime water supply to cause the fever. Symptoms include chills, increased sexual need and the feeling of the blood heating in the veins as well as increased coloration of the nipples and sex. If the fever is not treated in forty-eight hours, it will result in death.

  Once a Kindred male has had a female’s blood, he forms a natural antidote to Blood Fever which he can pass on by sharing body fluids with her. The most effective way to get the antidote into the female’s system is for a Blood Kindred to bite her, thereby injecting it along with his essence. However, it is also possible to pass along the healing fluid through sex.

  Blood Fever used to be very common on Tranq Prime which is what prompted the cold, proud natives to initiate a genetic exchange with the Kindred in the first place. A recent vaccine has nearly eradicated the disease, however, and the original inhabitants of the ice bound planet have little reason to continue the trade. A faction calling themselves Purists are against any further trade with the Kindred.

  Blood/Tranq Kindred—are blond with pale blue eyes and come from Tranq Prime where ice, snow, and arctic-like temperatures are the norm. To combat the severe weather conditions, the Blood Kindred have higher than normal body heat with double the human amount of red blood cells. They have developed specific biting rituals to share their supercharged blood and take the blood of their mates during their own version of bonding sex. They have a set of double fangs located where a human’s canine teeth would be. These fangs do not develop fully or become sharp enough to pierce flesh until a Blood Kindred is with a woman he wishes to mate and bond with.

  Bonding Ceremony—a wedding-type ritual which takes place after the Claiming Period if the bride chosen by a Kindred warrior has allowed him to have bonding sex with her and joined her mind to his.

  Bonding Sex—the extra step a Kindred warrior takes to bind his bride to him permanently during intercourse. For the Beast Kindred, it is the use of the mating fist. For the Blood Kindred, bonding sex means sex during penetration. Twin Kindred bind a bride to themselves by entering her and coming in her at the same time.

  Claiming Ceremony—a sort of engagement service that takes place when a bride is first claimed by a Kindred warrior. He declares his intentions toward her and she vows to obey the laws of the Claiming Period.

  Claiming Period—women who are drafted are required to go up to the Kindred Mothership and spend a thirty day “claiming period” with the warrior who has chosen them. If, at the end of that time, they have managed to resist the charms of their Kindred mate, they are allowed to go back down to Earth and resume their normal life. However, if they succumb to their Kindred male’s seduction, they are mated for life and must move to the Kindred ship to live, leaving everything else behind and seeing their family and friends on Earth only infrequently. Of course, many women are unwilling to give everything up at the drop of a hat, draft or no draft. But the Kindred have a secret weapon—devotion to their female’s pleasure and attention to detail during incredibly hot sex.

  Claming Period Rules—The Claiming Period lasts for four weeks during which the Kindred warrior atte