Chapter 1

APOV

I live in Romania with my wife Luna Sterling. On her 18th birthday, it was my job to change her into a vampire on sacred grounds. If I wasn't so crazy, I wouldn't have done it. But I fell in love with her the day before our scheduled date. I never noticed before how beautiful she was. I have always wondered where I would be if I never bit Luna but I am so deeply in love that I really don't care where I would be.

When we took a vacation and stayed in my grandmother's mansion in Dullsville, I met a girl named Raven Madison. She was just like me. She was dressed in gothic clothes and black makeup. She looked so beautiful. The first time I saw her was when I went to the store to get the things on the list that Luna had made. I was going to say something to her but when I did, a guy walked past me and wrapped his arms around her waist. The guy dressed just like her. They had combat boots, black makeup, matching black t-shirts, and baggy, black jeans. I couldn't help but think that either they dressed alike on purpose or by accident.

When we were in line to pay for our things, the guy that was with her turned around and spoke to me. "Hey, what's up?"

"Nothing much. Just getting my shopping in. My wife got mad and said that one of us needed to go shopping and get some food because the freezer was empty."

"Yeah, that's what Raven said to me. My name is Jake. May I ask what yours is?"

"Oh, mine is Alexander. Alexander Sterling. My wife and I are staying in my grandmother's mansion while we are here on vacation."

"Which mansion is that? The one on Benson Hill?" he finished with a little laugh that said 'yeah right.'

"Actually, yes." He looked kind of shocked like he didn't expect us to be living there.

"You're serious?" I could see the fear in his eyes. "Um, Raven, this guy is Alexander and he is staying in the mansion on Benson Hill."

She turned around to look at me and I knew that if my heart could beat, it would be racing. She was the most beautiful girl I had ever seen. I loved Luna so much but if I had to choose between her or this girl standing before me, I would definitely choose Raven. "Do you seriously live there?"

"Um, yeah I do. My wife and I are on vacation and we are staying there. It use to be my grandmother's place. She built it herself. If Luna likes it here, we might actually end up moving in."

"Awesome! I love that place. It looks so cool."

"There are so many rooms there that we might end up either using them for storage or just renting the whole place out and staying in Romania."

As much as I would have loved to ask her if she wanted to stay in a room, I didn't and kept that thought to myself. I couldn't help but let my mind wander with all the different things that could happen if she did happen to stay in one of the rooms. But like I said before, I kept those thoughts to myself because I didn't want Jake getting all defensive on me. I could tell that she would have loved to stay in the mansion because when she heard that I lived there, her eyes lit right up and she looked like a little kid that just got exactly what she wanted for her birthday. It was so adorable.

Even though I had just met her, I felt like I had known Raven for a long time. She was so beautiful. I just loved everything about her especially the fact that she loves black. What am I thinking? She loves Jake and I have Luna. I can't leave her. Well I can but her parents will kill me if she doesn't get to me first. Not to mention what my own parents would do to me. Eh, maybe they will just realize that I don't love Luna anymore and that I have found someone else. One could only hope.