Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of Atlantis Betrayed and Vampires in Atlantis comes the story of an immortal Atlantean warrior who falls in love with a panther shapeshifter as they battle vampires. Atlantean warrior Bastien is sent to make an alliance with the panther shapeshifters in the Florida Everglades, but he wants something more intimate than a political allliance with the female shifter he's obsessed with. First, he must contend with the nest of vampires who also want the shapeshifters' allegiance. Previously published in Wild Thing