Blood Red

Natalia Darling looked forward to her wedding…

     I needed to pee, so I waited for my best friend, to return from whatever she was doing, and help me find a larger bathroom stall. I wore my wedding dress, and my nervousness wasn't going to let me wait until after my ceremony. If Willow didn't get here soon, I'd have to hunt for the restroom on my own or spend the entire ceremony dancing from side to side, in these heels.

     "Willow Jackson, you had better have a good explanation for not being here when I need you most." Apparently, she did, her hand was down the front of my husband-to-be's dress pants, in the ladies' room, in the back of the church. They both tried to explain.

     But how do you explain that kind of betrayal?

     I'd scheduled the time off from work, and I had the reservations for Castle Cozy in my purse. Why shouldn't I go ahead with our– correction my plans, and spend the time reflecting over what had gone wrong.  

      My plans were going great until I remembered I hadn't charged my phone earlier. My cell phone died, and I got lost in the middle of a blizzard, while searching for the castle.

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Serhan Gorky…

     I kept myself hidden in my small, modern-day castle in the Adirondacks. It was modern compared to my family's castle in Kaliningrad, but it was mine and had been for nearly one hundred years.

     I left my home and family behind. I was tired of being called a monster and a bloodsucker. The deciding factor had been my wife's betrayal. I couldn't get past that.

     The woods surrounding me were abundant with wildlife, and though I knew I'd occasionally miss the taste of human blood, I could survive on the blood the animals would provide.

     I was comfortable here.

     I had everything I needed.

     Until her scent permeated the air.

     Follow Natalia as she discovers a world full of the monsters her father read to her about at night. But these monsters don't want to play nicely.