Traci Ashbe Dark Fantasy Author

Gomez and Morticia Addams

I’ve written a lot of couples throughout my books, but Xavier Tempest and Nadia Sylvan from War of Nytefall kind of stand out.  They aren’t on/off or complicated like the Luke Callindor/Kira Grasdon/Sari triangle or the Nyx and Delvin Cunningham relationship of Legends of Windemere.  Even those who are happily married seem to miss a spark that is unique to this vampire couple.  After some thought, I decided that they deserve a post to touch on this important, but overshadowed piece of the series.

First, Xavier Tempest and Nadia Sylvan never met in the games that the characters originated in.  He wasn’t even a noble when I played him, but a vampire looking for information on his past.  She was a noble in a live-action RPG that I was in as another character, so I only connected them in the books.  This is something that…