Chapter 1- It happened.
Finally, after all the years, after spending countless hours of research, writing, rewriting, typing and editing it finally happened. Shannon Lee's novel of Mythic Blood had been published! Such a sense of pride filled her as she stared at the hand drawn cover done by a very talented friend. One of her main characters named Dante stood on the cover in the nude, yet not to the full extent. On his bare chest was a blood trail that formed in the image of a dragon. She couldn't wait to see if people liked the story or not. But that wasn't on her mind just yet.
Instead, she found herself waiting in line for an autograph from her favorite wrestler Kane who just happen to come back to Canada for a promotional tour. She was going to give him a book, after all she started writing with fan fiction. Never in her wildest dreams did she think her passion would led her this far. And it was because of him and the other WWE superstars. She thought it would be an appropriate way of thanking him for the inspiration.
Just then her turn came, she approached the big man nervously as he signed a poster she brought, reaching out she thanked him for his time and gave him the book. At first a confused look came over Kane as he looked between her and the hardcover. "It's my first novel, I want you to have it if you want it" she explained nervously.
In the back of Kane's mind he was thinking, 'Oh great, a chick vampire novel… then again, this one does have blood on it' He thanked her for the gift and set it off to the side, not knowing the book itself would set off a chain of events.
It occurred after the session. Kane went to the hotel room for the night and tried to find something to do before bed. There were no good movies on or to order, and the TV offered nothing of value to him. Oddly enough, his attention drifted to the book. He shrugged his shoulders and figured "What the hell. Let's see what this chick writes"
He opened the book and found a note in the book for him. 'To Kane, for inspiring me to write and perfecting my craft, Shannon Lee'
A half smile came over him as he opened the book. Kane felt the atmosphere of the novel seep out through the pages, sure there was a bit of romance in the beginning, yet the detail in it caught his eye and kept his attention. So much death occurred in the prolog alone it brought a twisted smile to him. "So, this isn't like Twilight"
Kane kept reading until late at night, but he just got to the juicy part of the novel, unbeknown to him, he had tore through half the book already. Staring at the clock at his dresser side, he realized it was late and the story would have to wait. He placed the book on the night stand and tried to sleep. But it wouldn't come. The story brought him to Dante's perspective, he stumbled upon a concentration camp during World War Two, and it was late at night as Dante and his brother snuck in to investigate the horrible place.
He stood before a grey wall, caked with blood and his hand trembled towards it. Kane stopped then and there upon seeing the time, yet he couldn't stop thinking about the part of the story.
Waking up once more, he vowed just to the end of the chapter than he would sleep. The Big Red Monster was stunned as to the detail the author went into about the camps and how Dante suffered from a horrible vision after touching the wall. It continued on until the end of the chapter where the two brothers were forced to walk away. "Damn" Kane whispered to himself. "That's heavy"
He closed the book once more and finally got to sleep. But the next chapters still caught his mind as he grew curious as to what would happen next!