Immortal Rapture: Immortal Heart (27 page)

She had gone to Saint Petersburg in 1741 and became smitten with the handsome Dante immediately and
he with her. One night she revealed what she was. When Dante learned the truth about vampires: that they don’t have to kill to live, they can walk in the sun, they don’t require an invitation to enter someone’s home. That their only weakness is silver to the heart or decapitation, and that crosses and running water do nothing to hinder them, he begged her to save his brother from the invading Swedish army by turning Tavian.

She agreed to protect
Tavian but only if Dante joined them. He did and she took Dante as her lover. She never would tell me why she left; boredom is my guess. She had spent a hundred and seventy years with him and I doubt she really ever loved him. He and Tavian were just toys to her.  

I took Dante’s extended hand. “Janie told me there was a woman in here cleaning out all the men who dared to challenge her at pool. She says you could probably give me a run for my money.” His voice was deep and beautiful with the slightest bit of Russian accenting it.

I smiled at him. “Um, well I’m pretty good, but that was just a really exceptional night.”

He smiled back with a
ten-thousand watt smile. “Care to see if you might have another exceptional night in you?”

Did
I ever
.

He took the bait and the look he gave me said he really hoped I would
too. “Love to. Loser buys the next round of drinks?” Janie gave us our drinks and a wide smile as we started to walk off. She also gave a suggestive eyebrow wiggle when Dante wasn’t looking.

We took up the table next to
Tavian, Sarah, and Rachel. After brief introductions Dante let me break…silly move. I cleared the table before he even got one shot in; round of drinks on Dante.

“Well, well, well, looks like someone was being a little modest.” He smirked.

“Maybe a little.” I mimed about an eighth of an inch with my thumb and index finger. “But I didn’t want to scare you off.”

“I don’t scare very easily
,” he said with a wicked little grin. As he broke, he then continued to shoot, clearing the table. He was good. We were collecting an audience as the night went on. The games and the drinks were going by fast. Thankfully, I have a really high tolerance.  By the sixth game we were tied and it was time to call it quits, I was hoping to leave him wanting more.

“Well, I think I’ve had enough. It seems we’re pretty evenly matched
,” I smiled at Dante, “until next time.”

“And when will next time be?”
he asked in a deep voice. I stared at him for a second, caught off guard by the depth of his voice and the scent of attraction coming off him. I caught the look Tavian was giving him out of the corner of my eye…of course he could smell it too.

“I’ll be around
. I like this bar,” I responded coyly and turned to leave, waving and calling out “nice to meet you” to Sarah, Tavian, and Rachel.

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I kind of like to think of myself as a normal lady living a semi normal life. I’m not sure that’s all that accurate; I have a sweet husband and two dogs-my girls- that I think of as my children. I grew up in Sonoma County, California and I never pictured myself moving. Funny because now I live in North Idaho and I love it here, I love
the summers; camping, Barbeques with friends, and the farmers markets. I find the winters magical and I love the snow. I left a lot of amazing friends and an amazing extended family. I met my now husband a few months after the move and was married to him in June of 2006. In 2008 I finished college and became a wedding planner. I love a good party and I live to decorate and make things beautiful and amazing for those around me. In 2010, I suffered a few medical setbacks and I am now considered legally blind and I work each day with a small amount of remaining vision in my left eye.

I started writing as a hobby. I’ve been one of those people who are obsessed with the world of the paranormal for as long as I can remember. I self published my first book in August of 2011 at my husbands’ urging.

Life is a constant balance of what we want and what we need. It's also a lot like a Battle. A battle that we all have to fight in our own way. I chose to try and love and cherish every minute that I get to chase my crazy dreams and create a world and characters to get lost in.

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