Chapter 1

Leonard Four was a broken vampire. Gone were the days when he would hunt and play with his food, gone were the days when he would pity his prey and only drink what he needed then wipe their memories and leave them alive. He stayed in this one huge room now and never once left it. Rakasha Michaels a young woman he had sired over five hundred years ago brought him his meals and got rid of them when he was done. He was waiting. He had promised that he would wait for her over five years ago and since then he had not left his chamber once. He was worried she would come and he wouldn't be there. Rakasha had tried to convince him many a times that the woman he sought was not about to return to his arms. But he never listened he was willing to wait for eternity if that was how long it took. And he had been right to wait; she had come. She had followed Rakasha as the jealous vampire led her to her master. He had stood as soon as he saw her, his long legs raising him from the decrepit chair. Five years… it wasn't a life time especially for a vampire but it had passed like a life time. Time always slowed when she wasn't near.

"Minerva…" He had whispered as he took her in his arms and dismissed an angry looking Rakasha. He had wanted to take her then he has wanted to change her to make her into something better, to give her his gift. But the timing was not right he would wait the time would come soon.