Chapter 1 ; old memories new places
The house was medival looking , dark and gloomy . Maddie looked up she couldn't believe her parents had dragged her halfway across the country again , She was happy in South Africa, Belgium.Paris and had had just enough time to make good friends in America and now dad's job has dragged them to yet another unexplored corner of the world Derbyshire , well at least we get to live in the house great grandpa was living in . Even if no one had permanent residance in it for twenty years because people thought the house was haunted. Damon her little brother ran ahead excited with the prospect of getting to choose his room first Grandpops had always taken care of the 18th century house making sure it was in perfect order it's like walking into a museum. The walls and floors have been kept the same throughout the years ! Accustomed to being yelled at for her loud music and singing Maddie ran to the top floor finally after three sets of stairs she found the room she was looking for , the room was small but it had huge glass doors that opened onto a balcony where she could play the drums to her hearts content with only the owls to listen. That was something else she left behind Chronicles of crazy , the garage band she had put together with Jackie, Katie, and Brit they had made a cd and been at open mike nights with Brit's voice and katie going nuts on the guitar they had been a success . Maddie was looking around the room she had chosen it was a rich red color with gold curtains it had faded pictures of old playbills and movie posters from the 80's. Dirty Dancing . The clash , The bangles, the beetles. Dad had called it the poster room Maddie understood why , she walked slowly around the room and discovered a record player and a whole bunch of records gathering dust on a shelf just in her reach . Thinking she would look at them later she turned and ran out the door going downstairs to help her mother unload the car. She didn't see the bright yellow eyes or the siloute of a boy sitting in the tree staring down at her.
Fifteen years earlier
Lilith , a girl of fifteen who had beauty but never flaunted it , she was somewhat of a bookworm who had taken a liking to disobeying her cheating mother needless to say it pained her father to see that she was becoming as difficult to comprehend as her mother . She was leaving late at night and returned early in the morning the same person that she was when she was ten years old but the worst thing happened In her opinion she fell in love with a mysterios stranger who left her to become a creature of the night without strings attached . She would never forgot the day she met him after he sang at a club . She was being interigated by a shady character that kept staring at her neck with clear intentions, his kanine teeth were long and sharp he made her nervous. Of course she had heard about vampires but never had she came in contact with one . Standing face to face with the monster she whispered a hail mary but didn't move an inch . The thing was speaking to herAre you here alone ? She racked her brains smiled and proclaimedhe went to the john she then shoved past him hoping he would leave her alone she walked out the door . Unaware that the stranger had followed her she suddenly felt a cold hand on her mouth and gently fingertips around her waist she turned around and looked shocked into the green eyes of the musician he smiled at her and all of a sudden they were flying through the air they were in a tree branch he was holding her firmly by the waist making sure she didn't fall he began to speak hey blue eyes I will give you one chance to prove you don't taste as good as you look Lilly stared at the musician seeing for the first time that he had fangs he had her hyponitzed she was beginning to melt being so close to him without being afraid even if he wanted her blood she would let him take it , then her brain kicked in she realized that the butterflies in her stomach were because of a vampire , a monster with gorgeous eyes she smiled icily and took a step closer and whispered in his ear a vampire never bothers to ask anything about his food , you must be cursed with a conscience or human emotion The vampire was taken aback by this outburst of understanding she could see that clearly . Four months later he sung under her window and even though he did not drink her blood he was in love with her she felt the same he did so they did what lovers do and then Mike, the vampires name found out that his beloved was pregnant with a half blood , she begged him to let her drink his blood . But he explained that the baby would die and she would be eternally damned being a vampire was a curse not a cure to solve difficult problems. Lilith ran away with Mike who told her that her parents should never know about the baby . The babies birth was an extriodary one at that he was born at midnight ready to drink blood which his father readily supplied in a bottle but the next morning he was happy little baby asleep in his crib awaiting his mother to feed him milk. The baby was only partially vampire. Mike said he would have to leave Lilith and tom forever. So Lilith and Tom lived in Derbyshire and never moved . Tom was a junior in high school and Lilith owned a little book shop /café joint that was a popular hang out for students and grown ups alike .