Author's note number one: Now, this story is a complete AU if I've ever seen one. This is a True Blood arranged marriage that came to me in a dream recently and poked at me to write. So! Try to stay with me here. If you have any questions, comment or send me a DM and I will be sure to get back to you and explain to the best of my abilities. This story is un-beta'd. I do not own True Blood nor any of its characters, just the characters that I create. Thank you for reading; enjoy!
Anna was only seventeen years old. Two years prior, her mother had forced a move from Washington state and nothing had gone back to normal. Older brother Kendrick had fled the nest before the move, attending the renowned Harvard University for law. He was incredibly intelligent, that Kendrick. Even waiting five years to go back to school, he had picked up everything again like he had never left. One of the top in his class… and he had seemed to forget about home completely, save his constant text messaging his one and only sibling, Anna.
Now, Anna was a practical shut-in. She only left the house when she was attending school or escaping through the second-story window for a party within a mile away. Shreveport, Louisiana was her new city, with anything she wanted at her fingertips. At home, she was quiet, practicing her Swedish and journalist to keep her mind as far away from reality as possible. Her father had been fluent in Swedishw, wherever the poor bastard was now. She missed him so much… His strong arms that fought away every fear and doubt. James wasn't her biological father, but he was better than what she could've ever asked for. She wished that he would have taken her with him. Anna yearned to have him back, but he had been lucky enough to escape her mother's clutches with the suit on his back and a law degree like Kendrick. He… had stayed.
Anna was thinking about him again, praying that he would come to his senses and rescue her from her mother's snares. Deep down inside, she knew that her fairytale rescue was a farce. Her journals were littered with her hopes and dreams, James's return being at the top of the list for those two years. But there was a night that everything changed. And that night stretched into a week. And that week became a month… A dream that haunted her and left her with only a shadowed face with short, beautiful blond hair and fangs drawn. The vampire race had come out publicly about the time her mother packed and moved. Now, they were in a vampire hotspot, though she didn't worry at all. Reported human attacks were few and far between. And, her mother being the freak she was, had vampire friends in the area. Only a couple, but it was a good way to keep track of Anna. Regardless, what could the dream possibly mean?
Anna continued to ponder as she always did. Who was the mysterious man in her dream? What could the dream mean for her? For him? Did he even exist outside her dream, or was he just a fantasy she conjured to make dealing with her sometimes sleepless nights bearable? All of these things she pondered every single night, an there was never an answer to her questions. Not one single answer and it was starting to get sickening, because as of late, there was nothing she could do to make these dreams cease. And to add to her laundry list of things to ponder, her mother had been very secretive lately, hiding things from her like she was an ignorant child, but she noticed. Damn, did she see, but she couldn't figure out what her mother could possibly hide here. New boyfriend? She would get her answers shortly, but for now Anna was was in order, and she was bound and determined to remember more of the God-forsaken dream if it killed her.
Anna curled up on her bed and looked out the window to see a storm brewing. The moon was obscured and lightning flashed across the sky, followed by uproarious thunder that shook the house. Tonight, something was going to happen. Tonight... there would be answers.
Author's note: Yes, short beginning chapter, but I am hoping to have another one up and written soon. Hope y'all enjoyed! Rate, review, do whatever you'll do. Thanks!