Life can suck sometimes right? Yeah, we all know it. At some point in our life we get pushed down and we all experience heart break. Some get through it as easy as blinking, others struggle so hard they think it's the end of the world. It all depends on how you look it.

I've been through heartbreak but this time was different, I needed a friend and I had one until they brought someone unexpected into the mix. This person had a huge secret of their own and boy did it cause a ripple effect on the people around them.

I've lived in the heart of Los Angeles for almost 6 years, since I was 18. I successfully made into the position of CEO of a large corporation called Wolfram and Hart. It only took a year and half, no I didn't suck ass and go on coffee runs for the big head ponchos, I did it with my head down. Well, not exactly just that, my great grandfather founded the company in 1863 and I was his only heir, my dad died before I was born and my mom died two days after she gave birth to me...or so I was told. With that in the equation, it wasn't inevitable that I would inherit the position and firm.

The apartment I live in is amazing, penthouse view and my own gym. I share it with my roommate Marley, we've been friends since we were in kindergarten and it was always our dream to move into the big city, get an apartment and live together until one of us got married and left the other to die alone and miserable. Just kidding, but you get what I mean.

Sometimes finding out the truth isn't always a good thing but then again not knowing is worse than finding out.

"Mara, what did you think of the movie?" Anna asked, a hand held out as if to hold a microphone. "Was it as good as you expected it to be?"

I narrowed my eyes and cleared my throat, "Well Anna-Belle, I would honestly have to say that the movie was of the utmost quality and yes, I believe it has largely lived up to my expectations if not exceeded them by a fair amount" I announced with a large fake smile, like the ones those uptight reporters put on whenever they report on those stupid stories about rescuing kittens from trees.

Anna laughed hysterically for about twenty seconds as we arrived at Take 5, it was a restaurant that Anna and I went to every Friday night after work, we sat down at a table at the far end of the restaurant, "So, what look's good?" I pondered as I scoured the menu up and down. "I feel like something with pasta, hmm" I could feel my mouth water at the thought of eating lasagna.

Anna looked up at me from her menu and clicked her tongue and nodded her head, "I think I'll get the steak, medium rare with some chips" She always got the same thing every week, never ever finishing a whole plate.

I laughed at her choice, "Right, well in that case...I'm getting the Alfresco Ravioli" I placed the menu down and watched as Anna hailed the waiter and told him our order.

"We have got to stop coming, I'm going broke. I have to pay rent this week" I freaked, feeling a sudden urge of worry shoot through me. "Oh my god, I have to pay rent, my phone bill and take Marley in for her check up"

The only response I got from Anna was a large smile that turned into another fit of laughter, "Y-you're going broke" she attempted to blurt out, as if having a fit of seizures. "I'm over here working six days a week at some crappy real estate firm getting 40,000 a year and thats after taxes and you work whenever the hell you feel like and make four times my yearly salary." she paused, laughed again and took a sip of her beer that the waiter placed down while she was having a laughing fit, "Don't tell me about being broke"

I smiled like a chesire cat and nodded my head, "You're right, I'm completely over reacting" I agreed, reaching out and swallowing a few mouthfulls of beer down my throat.

"What are you talking about I'm right, of course I'm right." she used her ghetto accent and squinted her eyes, "I'm always right homie"

I raised my beer for Anna to clink with hers, "It's not like you pay the rent for the very expensive skyview apartment we live in." I smiled. "But you know, you're always right 'homie'" This was my turn to laugh at my really dry sense of jokes.

Anna opened her mouth to say something but closed it after she realised she ran out of anything to contradict that. Her head tilted to the side and her gaze stared out behind me. "Give me a second" She said, pushing her chair back and standing up. "I'll be right back" with that she trotte off.

I raised my eyebrows and turned my head slightly to watch which direction she was headed in, no surprise as she walked up to a table near the window of the whole restaurant and stood there. Anna began to sway side-to-side and I caught a glimpse of who she was chatting to, a guy with coal black hair that was slicked back, big green eyes, the sign of dimples and a brooding type of personality. I turned around before we even made eye contact, I stared down at my phone after I pulled it out of my bag and scrolled through my emails and then quickly glanced at my text messages.

"Mara, I want you to meet Vladimir Tepes." Anna Introduced as she stood in front of me, my head still looking down at my phone. "Amara" she repeated sternly.

I turned my phone off, tucked my long blond hair behind my ear and looked up. There he was, as our eyes met we stared at another for a moment, "Hi" In that moment I became speechless for words, the way he looked at me sent shivers down my spine and gave me goosebumps. "I'm Amara Beauchard" I nodded as I held my hand out to shake his, as I still smiled like a love struck idiot.

Vladimir rose his hand to mine and gently gripped it and smiled as he placed a small kiss on my hand, "Pleasures all mine Ms Beauchard, please call me Vlad" his voice made me melt on the inside, it was a deep dark sexy. His piercing green eyes entrapped me.

Anna smiled and gestured towards the spare seat that was pushed into the table, between her chair and mine. "Would you like to join us?" she asked in her usually annoying work voice.

"I'm sorry but I wouldn't want to impose on such a lovely night like this for you ladies" he kindly declined, not breaking eye contact with mine.

I pressed my lips together and slowly bit my tongue before I said something, "No, it's absolutely fine. It's not everyday I get to meet any of Anna's associates" I nodded my head and showed a small smile.

Vlad sat down and Anna took it from there, blabbing on and on about how amazing some house off near the valley was. Vlad and I kept making that awkward eye contact, when it would happen he would smile and then look back at Anna.

I sat in silence eating my pasta, chewing slowly and taking my sweet time with it. I wiped my mouth, drank down some beer and cleared my throat "So you're last name is Tepes?" I asked, deciding it was time to save Vlad from the never ending speak-a-thon that was coming from Anna. "The first bloodline in relation to Vlad The Impaler?"

As I said that Vlad forced a small smile, sipped his wine "Yeah," he answered, "The pure bloodline has been spoiled over the years but yes, its the one and only. He's one of my ancestors"

I nodded my head, "That's pretty cool, I mean having a reputation for impaling those those you kill can be pretty cool too, just depends on how you look at it" I replied, "Didn't his father sell him to the Turks back in 1492?" I queried, "As a royal hostage?"

"Yeah, a royal hostage he was" Vlad answered, biting his bottom lip. "How do you know much of him?" he asked, "As to why anyone would want to know anything about such an awful person is beyond me"

I shook my head, "I found the subject alluring, I was in Transylvania at the time for work and I found myself going to The Castle Dracula, and for some strange reason I knew everything about him, even things that weren't written in books. Vladimir or Dracula which ever you would prefer, wasn't an evil man, he was raised by cruel people and taught nothing but evil and dark things and thats all he knew but he became good and tried to redeem himself" I got lost in his eyes as I kept talking, his smile dropped and his expression became dull as if I had said something bad.

I probably did say something bad, "I am so sorry, it's not my place to talk like that" I appologised. In that moment I had the urge to jump up and I did just that, I had this strange feeling like something wasn't right. I chucked my jacket on over my arms and pushed my phone back into my pockets.

Vlad stood up after me, he stretched his arm out and caught my hand before I could leave. Our touch felt like fireworks igniting all over my body, I felt small flashes of images spring into my head

"Did I do something wrong?" he asked, "I'm sorry if I have offended you"

I shook my head and tried to show a reassuring smiling but god knows I failed miserably, "No, you were great. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said anything about your family, it wasn't my place. It really was nice meeting you but I gotta go" I slipped my hand out of his and ran for the exit. I walked through so many unnecessary back streets just trying to pass the time and clear my head.

I settled in the park on the grass, down the road from my apartment building. I sat there looking up at the stars for almost an hour, these weird images still stayed in my head -on repeat, constant repeat- I clenched my eyes shut and focused on my breathing.

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