Balthazar (novel)

(You may be looking for the character  Balthazar More)

Balthazar is the fifth novel in the Evernight series by Claudia Gray. It is a spin-off from the main series, revolving around the character of Balthazar More. It was first published in March 2012.

Synopsis
"For hundreds of years, the vampire Balthazar has been alone - without allies, without love. 

''When Balthazar agrees to help Skye Tierney, a human girl who once attended Evernight Academy, he has no idea how dangerous it will be. Skye's newfound psychic powers have caught the attention of Redgrave, the cruel, seductive master vampire responsible for murdering Balthazar and his family four centuries ago. Now Redgrave plans to use Skye's powers for his own evil purposes. ''

''Balthazar will do whatever it takes to stop Redgrave and exact his long-awaited revenge against his killer. As Skye and Balthazar stand together to fight him, they grow closer - first unwillingly, then undeniably. Balthazar realises his lonely world could finally be changed by her..."''

Plot
A month after the events of Afterlife, Skye Tierney has returned to her hometown of Darby Glen and reenrolled in her former school of Darby Glen High. She is not looking forward to attending, as she will have to see her ex boyfriend Craig and his new girlfriend Britnee, and many of her former classmates view her as a snob for attendinh Evernight and shun her. To make matters worse, ever since she allowed Bianca Olivier to posess her, Skye has developed psychic powers that cause her to have visions of violent or traumatic deaths whenever she comes across a place where a person died. She contacts Lucas Ross and Bianca about the visions and they promise to help.

Skye is out riding her horse Eb in the woods near her house, when she has another vision of a Native American woman who was killed long ago. As the vision fades, she prepares to return home but senses someone watching her. She is soon chased by a vampire, only to be unexpectedly rescued by Balthazar More, who had come to see Skye at the request of Lucas and Bianca. Balthazar recgonises the vampires as Lorenzo, a member of his former tribe, and manages to chase him off, though he worries that their sire, the extremely dangerous and manipulative master vampire Redgrave, may also be lurking.

Balthazar takes Skye home and stays the night in her house, deciding to stay in Darby Glen to keep watch over Skye. It becomes clear the pair are attracted to each other, though Balthazar in particular holds himself back, due to having a rule about not forming relationships with humans as it puts them in danger.

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Trivia

 * It is the first and only Evernight novel to not be told from the perspective of Bianca Olivier, nor focus on her.
 * It is the only novel in the series written in third-person.