Blood Pact

**Originally published under the title The Venom of Vipers**Ryder wants to be more than a lab rat; he wants to be free.Katie wants him to save the world. Purists want him dead.A supervirus threatens to wipe out the human race.The only hope for the future is a cure hidden inside the human hybrid Ryder Stone. Created in a lab and brutalized, betrayed and hated by humans, Ryder yearns for freedom. On the outside, a group of human genetic purists want him dead.When Katie Marsh, a brilliant young geneticist, discovers his secret, she must fight to protect Ryder, gain his trust, and convince him to save humanity before the purists destroy them all.