Esme sat at her dining room table, which was really of no use considering she was a vampire. Esme had her Carmel curls pulled up into a messy ponytail, so that way it didn't get in the way when she went on her earlier hunting trip. Esme looked around the room. When she first came here, she had decorated the kitchen in multiple fruit and flower arrangements. She had painted the walls with a vibrant dandelion yellow to mix into the peaceful aroma she wanted the kitchen to have. The dining room had the sane colors and arrangements as the kitchen, except, with a wood oak table in the middle of the room, a balcony was just outside the screening glass door exiting the dining room. Esme would sometimes go out there and draw while listening to the peaceful sounds of nature. She had painted the balcony white because it was just wood when she arrived. She also would have horrifying flashbacks of when her ex husband, Charles, had smashed her head against the hard wood of her old houses balcony then he proceeded to rape her. During the rape, he bit her neck and fled thinking he killed her. Esme was very frightened by what she had become. Esme starved herself avoiding as much human contact as possible. Esme had heard tales from her older brother about vampires, such as, fear of garlic, crosses, holy water, dying in the sun or being staked. But, to Esme's surprise, none of the legands were true, except the drinking blood part. Esme discovered instead of burning in the sun they sparkle. One night, Esme also discovered while on the balcony and her thirst no longer controllable, that she could live off of animals. She also learned a year later, that if you don't drink human blood your eyes turn gold. Now nearly twenty years later, Esme was ready to go on a journey among humans. Although her thirst for the sweet, luscious, human blood had calmed years ago, just at this very moment had Esme decided to take the first step into the human world. Esme yearned for companionship among people. Esme had yet to find a vampire who fit her life style. Of course, there were the Denali but they were to naïve for her taste. Esme also yearned to be a mother. Before Charles had 'killed' her, she had become pregnant. Esme so badly wanted to adopt but she couldn't do it alone. She also couldn't deny, after spending a decade with the Denali and seeing Carmen and Elezar, she wanted a lover. Someone who agreed with not only agreed with her vegetarian lifestyle, but also loved children. A man who would hold her gently and with care, who would whisper he loved her in her ear. Esme sighed, she wanted all that, but with her luck that would never happen. Needing to get out of the house and making sure the sun wasn't shining. Esme went to the park for a walk.