title: Blood Challenge (The World of the Lupi, Book 7)
author:  Eileen Wilks 
description: Eileen Wilks is a national bestselling author and a three-time RITA Award finalist, and has been nominated for a Career Achievement Award by <i>Romantic Times.</i>
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  #  ** _Only Human_**  
  
  
  **_World of the Lupi – 0.5_**  
  
  
  **_by_**  
  
  
  **_Eileen Wilks_**
  
  
  # Chapter 1
  
  
  HE DIDN'T HAVE much face left. Lily stood back far enough to keep the tips of
  her new black heels out of the pool of blood that was dry at the edges, still
  gummy near the body. Mist hung in the warm air, spinning halos around the
  street lamps and police spotlights, turning her skin clammy. The smell of
  blood was thick in her nostrils.
  
  The first victim, the one whose body she'd seen four days ago, hadn't had his
  face ripped off the way this one had. Just his throat.
  
  Flashes went off nearby in a crisp one-two as the police photographer recorded
  the scene. "Hey, Yu," the man behind the camera lens called.
  
  She grimaced. O'Brien was good at his work, but he never tired of a joke, no
  matter how stale. If they both lived to be a hundred and ran into each other
  in the nursing home, the first thing he'd say to her would be, "Hey, Yu!"
  
  That is, assuming she kept he