Introduction: Twice Bitten (Chicagoland Vampires #3) Merit, Chicago鈥檚 newest vampire, is learning how to play well with others. Other supernaturals, that is. Shapeshifters from across the country are convening in the Windy City, and as a gesture of peace, Master Vampire Ethan Sullivan has offered their leader a very special bodyguard: Merit. Merit is supposed to protect the Alpha, Gabriel Keene鈥攁nd to spy for the vamps while she鈥檚 at it. Oh, and luckily Ethan鈥檚 offering some steamy, one-on-one combat training sessions to help her prepare for the mission. Merit must accept the assignment, even though she knows that she鈥檒l probably regret it. And she鈥檚 not wrong. Someone is gunning for Gabriel Keene, and Merit soon finds herself in the line of fire. She鈥檒l need all the help she can get to track down the would-be assassin, but everywhere she turns, there are rising tensions between supernaturals鈥攏ot least between her and a certain green-eyed, centuries old master vampire....