Bound by Sin [Paperback]

USJacquelyn Frankis theNew York Timesbestselling author of the Immortal Brothers series (Cursed by Fire, Cursed by Ice, Bound by Sin, Bound in Darkness), the World of Nightwalkers series (Forbidden, Forever, Forsaken,andForged), the Three Worlds series (Seduce Me in DreamsandSeduce Me in Flames),the Nightwalkers series (Adam,Jacob, Gideon, Elijah, Damien,andNoah), the Shadowdwellers novels (Ecstasy, Rapture,andPleasure), and the Gatherers novels (Hunting JulianandStealing Katherine). She lives in North Carolina and has been writing romantic fiction ever since she picked up her first teen romance at age thirteen.chapter

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Jaykun felt the sword puncture the hard leather of his armored vest, the power of its wielder outstanding. The sword went through his vest and entered his heart, cleaving it nearly in two. The shock of it drove him to his knees.

His enemy leaned in with snarling laughter and spit in Jaykun’s face.

Jaykun lost his temper.

He surged back up to his feet, startling the man looming over him. He reached for the abandoned hilt of the sword driven into his chest, and with a mighty heave, he yanked it out of his body. He knew he had only minutes before the trauma caught up to him, so he used those minutes wisely.

Finding himself armed with a sword in each hand, he hurled himself at his enemy, who was now weaponless. With an ear-­splitting battle cry, he plunged both swords under his enemy’s armor—­one through the man’s neck, the other under his arm and, reciprocating the honor, through his heart.

When this man fell, he did not get up again.

Jaykun’s enemy was facedown in the mud and blood only seconds later, having drawn his last breath in this world.

Jaykun threw down the inferior sword the man had used in an attempt to slay him and turned to look back lÛ