Read Confessions Of A Vampire for Free Online Page A

turned over to throw an arm around my husband. My eyes flew open when I was met with an empty bed and my mood quickly turned when I found the note on his pillow.
     
    He'd been called away again. Lucifer never gave us a break. By now I should have been used to it, but it still always bothered me when I woke to find him gone. I missed him terribly when we were apart.
     
    Sighing heavily I rolled from the bed and hurried to shower. I'd just made it down the stairs when the doorbell rang and the fresh faced young man appeared in the living room behind the butler.
     
    I motioned for him to sit, taking my own seat across from him . He rushed to unpack his recorder and I could see he was anxious to get started.
     
    “So , last night you were telling me about how you and Severus were getting along right after you met. Do you want to continue from there, Mrs. Severus?”
     
    I hesitated and timidly shook my head. “In order to understand what happens next I have to take you back a few hundred years.”
     
    I didn't wait for his nod or even an argument. I was already consumed by the memory.
     
     
     
     
    Chapter Eight
     
     
    It was the early 1400s and I'd pretty much given up hope of ever finding the masked man from that party sixty years prior. Star thought I'd finally lost my mind to still be searching for him. Of course, she couldn't understand this desire I had to find him. No one could. I'd have done anything to have just another second spent in his arms and it had all but consumed me these last few years.
     
    I attended every social event I could in hopes of seeing him there. Each night ended in my disappointment when he failed to show . But this night was to be different but not in a way I could have imagined . I'd reluctantly agreed to attend a ball with Star. She had her sights set on a young Duke and had all but begged me to tag along in case she needed help luring him away from his intended.
     
    I dressed halfheartedly in a deep purple dress with cinched in waist and curve hugging bodice. The color set off the paleness of my skin and flowing curls. My blue eyes lacked the fire they'd once held but I could easily pass for a happy human woman.
     
    I pinched my cheeks to give them some color and descended from the carriage with the help of our driver. Star's excitement bubbled over and I almost gave her a genuine smile. Letting her lead the way, we entered the chateau just on the outskirts of Paris . A lively waltz played in the grand ballroom as o ur cloaks were whisked away by a dark haired maid who never uttered a word.
     
    I stood to the side allowing my sister to be the center of attention for a change. It wasn't as if I cared about even being t here , anyway. This was her game and I was just a participant.
     
    My back was against the wall and I was sipping a glass of champagne when I felt a cold hand on my arm. One whiff of the air around me and I knew I was in the presence of another of my kind. He was tall, ove r six feet in height and lanky, t he type of man a girl could find herself fantasizing about in the dark hours of morning just before dawn.
     
    He asked me to dance and I politely refused, happy to sulk on my own and definitely not looking for a man to cure my increasing disinterest in life . But he wasn't taking no for an answer and I soon found myself being twirled around the Italian marble floor to the simple strains of an orchestra that was being overpaid.
     
    He handled me as if I was a fragile flower and he was the only thing keeping me from sudden demise. As soon as the song came to an end I high - tailed it out of there , trying to keep my composure as I did . I don't know what I was running from but I just had to get away from him. He'd made me feel things I'd long since thought I couldn't feel for anyone but that mystery man.
     
    Stopping to decipher where I was , I l et out a hoarse scream when he suddenly appeared in front of me.
     
    “ You can run, but you can't hide from