Page 1 of The Wentworth Vampire (Pittsburgh Vampires #29)

M ateo Wentworth stood firm, defending his younger brother Teo and the people of his Coven.

His older brother Michell had already been killed in the course of this disgusting mess, and he refused to be a party to whatever his father was instigating.

He was calling out the depraved cruelty of his father, Master Rodrick Wentworth, and his second in command, Claud Thierry.

His father had demanded that Mateo join him in his disgusting descent into magic and madness, but Mateo refused. When it became clear that he would never bend to their will, Master Rodrick conjured an elimination spell and cast Mateo into the unknown.

"Where did you send him?" Claud asked, not recognizing the spell he'd used.

“To hell.” Master Rodrick snickered, and Claud laughed hard; he was so pleased by the fact that the father killed the second son just as he had the first.

“He thought he was something special and capable of stopping us.” Claud continued to laugh.

“He wasn’t even capable of saving his own life.” Master Rodrick spat on the ground in disgust.

Teo Wentworth was saved from death by Thayer, the Cyprian Knight, and it was discovered that Thayer was his beloved.

Rodrick and Claud were blinded by power and deep within the mire of dark, blood magic.

They had sacrificed family and friends to further their despicable power grab.

In the end, Hadden Coven put an end to Master Rodrick Wentworth and Claud Thierry and halted the degradation and destruction of the Wentworth Coven of Baltimore.

Thayer and Marek, the Cyprian Knights, made a pledge to Teo that night to find his brother Mateo.

They swore to never give up until they brought him home.

In the meantime, the Baltimore Coven was being overseen by Master Nikolas Hadden, with Commander Killian Fray and his team residing onsite.

They would remain until Mateo Wentworth, the rightful ruler of Wentworth Coven, returned and took over the reins of power.