Chapter 1
"I had that dream again," said Elizabeth in a pink summer dress sitting on the veranda over-looking The Butterfly Garden drinking tea with Lanie who was wearing a beautiful and elegant yellow dress.
"The one with the fanged man. I thought you said it stopped," said Lanie with a concerned expression she almost never gets.
They were watching Sara play in the garden by herself whistling with the bluebirds and robins. She picked 3 daisies and put one in her wavy red hair then walked up to the veranda.
"It did, for a fortnight, then it appeared again last night," explained Elizabeth sipping her tea ever so carefully. "Now, shush, Sara needn't know about my delusions."
"A flower for my sister and one for my sister's dearest friend," Sara placed a flower in Elizabeth's bun and one in Lanie's blonde braid. "Are we talking about my sister's vampire dreams?" Lanie shot Elizabeth with a look that said how could you shush me when you all ready told her.
"I guess Elizabeth has also informed you of the immorality of these visions, yes?" asked Lanie with a sure stare on her face directing at Elizabeth.
"No," responded Sara "What do you mean, do you mean that my virgin sister has sexual dreams." "How scandalous!" Elizabeth looked shocked for a moment at Lanie for telling such things to her baby sister, who also look surprised. Then she realized why.
"Sara, when did you learn words and phrases like that, you are only just 9." Exclaimed Elizabeth who had a curious and astonished appearance.
"Not true, I am almost 10 and have read many of your books including the Duchess' Scandal." Said Sara in alarm of her sister's underestimation of her. Just when Elizabeth was going to protest at her sister's disregard to her belongings, her fiancé, Sir Edward Lexington, walked onto the veranda and first smiled peacefully at Elizabeth then looked a little unsure by the shock on her face by her sister's statement.
"Hello, darling," said Sir Edward unaware that Elizabeth now looked guilty for her discussion of her dreams with her adolescent sister. Sir Edward Lexington dressed in a white suit and had a long, thin black mustache. He had black hair that never moved and was simply tacky. There is no other way to put it. He thought he was every woman's ideal and that no woman, no matter what class found him absolutely irresistible in every way. The truth of it was that the only women that sought after him were whores and women like Lanie who only wanted him for his money and even though that was most women in England Elizabeth certainly didn't care for him but she knew that she was the heir to the Wheaton wealth so she had to marry him to keep the life she had became accustomed to. Also, her father had become ill so to keep him happy she was willing to marry for riches not love. And oh, did she desire love but for her father she would give her life even though at times he can be harsh and cruel to her passions she understand that he only wants the best for his first-born daughter.
"I had that dream again," said Elizabeth in a pink summer dress sitting on the veranda over-looking The Butterfly Garden drinking tea with Lanie who was wearing a beautiful and elegant yellow dress.
"The one with the fanged man. I thought you said it stopped," said Lanie with a concerned expression she almost never gets.
They were watching Sara play in the garden by herself whistling with the bluebirds and robins. She picked 3 daisies and put one in her wavy red hair then walked up to the veranda.
"It did, for a fortnight, then it appeared again last night," explained Elizabeth sipping her tea ever so carefully. "Now, shush, Sara needn't know about my delusions."
"A flower for my sister and one for my sister's dearest friend," Sara placed a flower in Elizabeth's bun and one in Lanie's blonde braid. "Are we talking about my sister's vampire dreams?" Lanie shot Elizabeth with a look that said how could you shush me when you all ready told her.
"I guess Elizabeth has also informed you of the immorality of these visions, yes?" asked Lanie with a sure stare on her face directing at Elizabeth.
"No," responded Sara "What do you mean, do you mean that my virgin sister has sexual dreams." "How scandalous!" Elizabeth looked shocked for a moment at Lanie for telling such things to her baby sister, who also look surprised. Then she realized why.
"Sara, when did you learn words and phrases like that, you are only just 9." Exclaimed Elizabeth who had a curious and astonished appearance.
"Not true, I am almost 10 and have read many of your books including the Duchess' Scandal." Said Sara in alarm of her sister's underestimation of her. Just when Elizabeth was going to protest at her sister's disregard to her belongings, her fiancé, Sir Edward Lexington, walked onto the veranda and first smiled peacefully at Elizabeth then looked a little unsure by the shock on her face by her sister's statement.
"Hello, darling," said Sir Edward unaware that Elizabeth now looked guilty for her discussion of her dreams with her adolescent sister. Sir Edward Lexington dressed in a white suit and had a long, thin black mustache. He had black hair that never moved and was simply tacky. There is no other way to put it. He thought he was every woman's ideal and that no woman, no matter what class found him absolutely irresistible in every way. The truth of it was that the only women that sought after him were whores and women like Lanie who only wanted him for his money and even though that was most women in England Elizabeth certainly didn't care for him but she knew that she was the heir to the Wheaton wealth so she had to marry him to keep the life she had became accustomed to. Also, her father had become ill so to keep him happy she was willing to marry for riches not love. And oh, did she desire love but for her father she would give her life even though at times he can be harsh and cruel to her passions she understand that he only wants the best for his first-born daughter.