title: Ravenous: Book one The Ravening Series
author:  Erica Stevens 
description: Erica Stevens is the author of the Captive Series, Kindred Series, Fire &amp; Ice Series, Ravening Series, and the Survivor Chronicles. She enjoys writing young adult, new adult, romance, horror, and science fiction. She also writes adult paranormal romance and historical romance under the pen name, Brenda K. Davies. When not out with friends and family, she is at home with her husband, dog, and horse.
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  Books by the
  
  
  author
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  The Captive
  
  
  Series
  
  
  Captured (Book 1)
  
  
  Renegade (Book2)
  
  
  Refugee (Book 3)
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  The Kindred
  
  
  Series
  
  
  Kindred (Book 1)
  
  
  Ashes (Book 2)
  
  
  Kindled (Book 3)
  
  
  Inferno (Book 4)
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  The Ravening
  
  
  Series
  
  
  Ravenous (Book 1)
  
  
  Taken Over (Book 2)
  
  
  Special thanks to my husband for always
  
  
  believing in me,
  
  
  my parents for always being there for
  
  
  me,
  
  
  and Leslie from G2 Freelance Editing
  
  
  for helping to make this book even better.
  
  
  Refugee
  
  
  Erica Stevens
  
  
  Copyright Heather Cox 2012
  
  
  Published by Gilmour-Cox Publishing at
  
  
  Smashwords
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  PROLOGUE
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  The figure slipped silently into the
  
  
  room. The deep gray cloak it wore covered most of its body; the
  
  
  hood shielded its features as it moved with inhuman silence. But it
  
  
  was not inhuman; Gideon was reminded of that fact by the solid beat
  
  
  of its heart, and the alluring scent that pricked his appetite. But
  
  
  this human, especially this 