Preface

I stood stunned at the events that unfolded in front of me. I blinked furiously, willing this horrible dream to stop. But that was just it. It wasn't a dream. I saw the two sides, fighting each other fiercely, to the death.

Was this what I wanted? What did I want? Who did I want? Who did I love?

I looked to one side and saw the deep brown eyes of a wolf look pleadingly at me. Begging me to choose life. Begging me to choose what was meant to happen. Begging me to grow old, and watch my children grow up from a porch veranda with him along side me.

I looked to the other side and saw the velvet crimson eyes of a vampire, who'd waited for so long to find love, begging me to choose death. Immortality, begging me to choose was never meant to happen. Begging me to live alongside him for eternity, and have everlasting love.

I didn't know what side to choose. To break the heart of a man that I was fated to be with, or to break the heart of a man that would live forever in pain…

Chapter 1: Normality

I hummed along to the Jason Mraz song that played through my trusty blue shuffle. Taking pictures of every single sight to be seen.

"Geez Kate. Really?" Libby pointed at the beaten up old camera around my neck.

"Do you have to act like a Asian tourist?" she continued chuckling lightly. "Hey, I'm on holiday. I'm a tourist. So I'm going to act like one dammit. And Japanese tourists are so cool!" Is said laughing at the memory of being a thirteen year old and running into every single tourist's picture, pulling faces with Libby and wrecking their perfect hard earned shot, we even heard from my aunt in Japan that we had made it into a magazine once. Some wedding of these pop-stars and, we where in the background, putting the most offensive finger up and sticking our push pop blue tongues out.

"Oh whatever" She said flicking her black hair over her shoulder "It only makes you look bad around all these hotties" She said, stretching to soak the Italian sun with a devilish smirk.

"Mummy dearest did not give me money to travel around the world so that I could hook up in every country, Libby" I emphasised each word dripping with an accusations.

"Argh. One of us has to" Libby said like it was a chore. "As long as you have that dratted bracelet around your wrist anyway." She laughed shaking my arm, making my promise bracelet move all along my arm, and even temporarily blind me, thanks dad.

I laughed and settled back into the large beach chair that overlooked the pool.

"That's more like it. Enjoy Volterra. Weird name always means interesting nightlife, so we are going to a nightclub tonight."

"Only if I can go to the Palazzo Dei Priori today" I smiled.

"Oh you take the fun out of everything. I thought this would've stopped back in Sweden." Libby grumbled crossing her arms.

"You're the one that got us detained because you chose to break it off with a customs officer. 3 minutes after-" I was swiftly cut off by Libby.

"FINE. Fine. Nightclub tonight. You may leave to go to the Piazza Di Boring." She conceded.

"Oh how I love you Libby!" I hugged her tightly.

"Yes, yes, whatever. You better find a nice little nerd whilst you take pictures." She smirked.

I walked in blocking out the murmurs of the fellow tourists, and instructions from the group leader. Wow. This place is just. Wow. I couldn't stop looking at the ceilings and marvelling at the sculptures of angels and gold plating that was everywhere. Soon enough I found myself lost and wandering aimlessly in the large place. I walked through a door and found myself outside in a garden that had obviously been painstakingly taken care of.

"You like the garden?" A husky voice said from behind me, I turned quickly to see a man, who was so, incredibly, undeniably beautiful, it couldn't be possible for a human to look so good. His hair hung down to his chin, waves putting it perfectly around his face, but his eyes caught me. They were crimson red with a dark circle around the outside of iris.

He smiled, somehow knowing I was awestruck. Damn you incredibly hot looking man.

"Yes actually, I love the roses. They are really. Pretty. I guess" I squeaked trying to overcome the lump in my throat.

He smiled even larger and cocked an eyebrow. "Your tour group awaits. Till we meet again" I turned to the direction he pointed, as soon as I turned back, he was gone.