I'm sorry it took so long to update. Here is the third chapter and the fourth comes very very soon!!

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Chapter 3: Human Josef and Vampire Kostan.

The door opened on the green park and the fresh air of the morning brushed her skin. The sun was hidden behind the high trees and its beams pierced the leaves and the branches making the park into a biblical picture. She walked on the wet grass and let the wind decide her way. She closed her eyes as the steps touched one by one the ground. Her senses were opened to the world around her; the sound of the wind through the leaves came to her ears as the scents of the grass surrounded her body. She slowly opened her eyes and found herself between the old oaks and the pines which hid the little way to the temple.

She looked at her arm and saw the wounds on her skin. She knew she'd made a mistake by letting him drink her blood, but unconsciously she'd wanted it. Her anger was no longer there, because she'd finally understood that she'd been angry at herself. She stared at the little way and turned her face to the lonely manor. The windows were like blind eyes, the glasses reflected the sunlight like mirrors and behind them there was no life. She looked back at the way and distinguished the shy grey form in the shadows of the morning light.

Freia walked between the trunks and saw the stones of the temple slowly appear from the shadow. Her heart beat loudly in her chest as she remembered the last time she'd been there. Her body was drawn by the place like an insect by the light. A strange force emanated from the walls and she couldn't resist it. She wondered what she expected by walking there. Emotions from the night before came back in her mind. The feeling of his lips on her skin, his breath, his tongue and his fangs piercing her flesh. Freia could feel the blood warming her cheeks. Unconsciously her hand rubbed her arm and she hardly felt the two marks in her skin.

Before she realized it, the heavy doors slowly opened and a figure came out from the darkness. The steps on the grey marble made her shiver as she saw the vampire graciously walk down. Freia couldn't move like if the vampire used a paranormal power against her.

"What are you doing here?"

The voice was as sharp and cold as ice. Freia felt her body shiver. She opened her mouth to answer but couldn't make a sound. She looked at Eva standing in front of her, staring at her with cold eyes full of disdain.

"You're not welcome here, miss Griffin."

Eva made a gesture in the direction of the manor and Freia understood that she had to go. She walked back to the manor and she turned to see Eva. She was standing with a severe posture next to the temple, staring at her to make sure she was leaving the place.

***

Freia was all alone in the castle since the morning and she'd tried everything to avoid the cold Eva. She'd not seen Vanessa and she guessed that she was somewhere in the manor with the master of the place.

She walked down the corridors and stopped in front of a large door that she'd not noticed before. She cautiously opened it and discovered a spacious library. She came inside and read the titles on the covers of many old books. Her hand rubbed the old brown wood of the shelves and she was quickly lost behind the high bookcases.

As she read the titles, she realized that she was in a wonderful collection of someone who was knowledge-hungry. Freia finally found a book which caught her attention. It was an old french book about photography. She opened it and tried to read the first pages as she walked in the large room. She was quickly lost in the book and didn't even hear the door close and the steps approaching her.

"Did you find something interesting?"

Freia let slip the book and it fell on the floor as she heard the voice behind her. She turned around and saw the vampire looking at her with the mysterious smile he used to have. She'd not seen him since the other night and looking at his eyes made her remember the strong emotions. She took the book on the floor and put it on the table next to her.

Josef Kostan held himself against the shelf and looked at her with amusement. "Eva told me she found you in front of the temple. Were you looking for me?"

Freia began to feel a sudden anger against Eva. "No I wasn't. I was just walking in the park. Is it forbidden too?"

The only answer she received was a mischievious smile from Josef. She realized that it was the first time they were in another place than her room and that they were having a conversation. She looked at him in the corner of her eyes and thought a second before she add. "If you want me to take picture of your human part, I need to know more things about you. After all, I only know the vampire."

For the first time, she distinguished surprise in his eyes. Then the ordinary smile came back to his face. Since he didn't say anything, she decided to take control of the situation. She walked to the bookshelf where he stood and rubbed her hand on the covers.

"These are wonderful books. They're even first edition. How did you get them?"

A proud smile appeared on his face as he answered. "400 years is a long time to make the perfect collection."

"400 years!" Freia realized that the man standing next to her had seen many great and terrible things through the centuries. Suddenly many questions ran through her mind. "How do you deal with your past? You must have seen so many things; wars, new technologies.."

"Well, I don't live in the past, miss Griffin. I only think about the futur."

"You must have had many identities? Many different lifes?"

Josef felt the sudden excitement filling her body. He noticed that she didn't see him like a monster any more, but like someone who could feed her curiosity. He found a certain amusement in her questions. "Of course, vampires have to create new identities. That's how we survive through all those years. And secret is our first rule. So now you know that if you tell anyone about us, I'll have to kill you."

"You'll kill me anyway, remember? So there's no reason to be afraid."

Freia smiled for the first time in front of him. All the tension she'd felt with him before was gone. She discovered a new face of the man she'd seen like a monster until then. She realized that there might be a reason why he'd acted so coldly with her and she was determined to find out why. One question came to her mind. Her hesitation was noticed by the old vampire until she finally asked. "How did you become a vampire?"

Josef looked at her astonished. He hadn't been prepared for this question so soon and she had something in her eyes, a little sparkle, that reminded her of someone who'd asked him that same question with the same curious tone years ago. He suddenly realized that something had changed in the human. She wasn't afraid anymore and what he'd taken as curiosity was something else, something she wasn't aware of yet, but he could smell it and hear it through her heartbeat. A cold voile covered his face as he watched her.

Freia waited for the precious answer when she suddenly noticed a change on his face. His smile slowly disappeared behind cold eyes. The monster was back. She kept her calm and understood that her question was too early. She tried to ask something else and have the other man back, the one who smiled, but she saw the vampire turn and leave the room without a look in her direction neither a word.

***

Freia went upstairs to her room as her thoughts were still preoccupied by her meeting with Josef. She'd had the beginning of a real discussion with him and when she'd opened a new door to understand who he was, the monster had closed it. For the first time, she'd seen something human in this man. There had been something in his eyes that she'd not seen before and she wanted to see that part again.

She walked down the corridor and approached the freshie's room. She knocked on the door and heard a happy voice telling her to come in. As she entered the room, she saw Vanessa in her bed painting her toes. She lifted her face and noticed Freia that she welcomed with a large smile.

"Hi Freia, good to see you!"

Freia answered with a shy smile and went to the other side of the bed. She stared at the freshie concentrate on her toes; she could see all the energy used through the gesture of painting the little toe with a deep red color. Her tongue rubbed her lips as she put the polish when she finally asked:

"So what are you doing today?"

Freia went to the window and looked outside. She could see the high trees and remembered the figure coming out from the temple.

"I try to avoid Eva."

Vanessa turned her face to Freia astonished "Oh, I completely understand. She can be so cold, but she's not that bad."

"How do you know her?"

"Do you know she's a vampire?" Freia nodded. "Well, before that, Eva was like me, a freshie. She wasn't a common freshie, she was the freshie! All the vampires wanted to taste her, she had a special power on them, because of her blood; it was a special one. I knew her as a legend, all the freshies were talking about her and we all envied her. She was beautiful, brilliant and she was the only one who could decide which vampire could bite her." Vanessa stood up and sat in one of the chairs. "Someone told me, that one night Eva met a vampire who refused to stay in the same room than her. It was the first time a vampire didn't show her interest and of course she was attracted by him. She decided to be his freshie and it took one year before she finally approached him. I don't remember how but he took her as his freshie and they became lovers. Everyone talked about them; Adam and Eva."

Freia looked at Vanessa with scepticism. "It must be a joke!"

"No, it's not. His name was Adam. He was one of the eldest vampire in the world and that's why he called himself like that. Anyway, their story was such a romance and all the freshies dreamt of having the same thing. With time, Eva understood that being a human was an obstacle to their relationship and she wanted to be turned. But there was another vampire who loved her. His name was Vladimir and something terrible happened. Eva had just been turned and Adam got killed right after. I don't know the true story about the turning and how Adam was killed. There are many versions of that story; some think that Vladimir killed Adam and turned her. Others tell that Adam turned Eva and Vladimir killed him. I believe in the second version.

I also remember that day when I first met Eva. I was working for Josef and we were in this manor. One night a black car stopped here and Eva walked in. I remember it like if it was yesterday; it was raining outside. The door opened and I saw that woman coming in, her hair wet and her face completely devastated. Josef came to her and took her to a calm place. It was only the day after that I realized that it was the Eva. It was one week after Adam's death."

Freia watched the trees moving under the windblow. It slowly became clear for her why Eva was so cold. "It's a very sad story. So since that night, Eva works for Josef?"

"Yes, he knew her from the time she was a freshie and I heard he was one of Adam's friends. When she came that night, she never left the manor. Even when Josef drives back to New York or L.A, she stays here."

"L.A?"

"Yes, that's where I met him. Josef owns many places, you know."

Freia sat next to her. She realized that this conversation could give her the informations she wanted about Josef. "How long have you been working for him when you met her?"

"It was my first year with him when Eva came here. She was a legend, but now it's only the ghost of who she was. Josef has been very good to her. He saved her from death."

Freia saw the sadness on Vanessa's face but as she mentionned Josef, a light appeared in her eyes. Vanessa noticed that Freia didn't want to know only about her past as a freshie. "He found me in a model agency. One of my friend was a freshie and told him about me." She made a pause and Freia saw that she hid something that was probably difficult for her to tell. "I've only worked for him. He's really kind to his freshies." She noticed a little surprise on her face.

"Good for you, because I can't say that about me."

"Really? That's really surprising."

Freia noticed that Vanessa was studying her and she began to feel uncomfortable. "Well, I guess I should go. Thanks for the story."

"My pleasure. And don't worry, Eva isn't mean. She just lost pleasure in life."

Freia closed the door and went to her room. As she walked in, she realized that it was later than she'd thought. The light outside mixed the orange of the sky with the dark green of the park. She looked through the window and distinguished a thin figure slowly walk to the temple. It was Eva. Freia felt sad for her; she realized that vampires had a double identity and she understood that they had both a dark and a good side. She'd seen it through Josef at the library. She'd noticed a little light of humanity in his eyes and she'd felt safe with him. But suddenly something happened and his dark side took over. She knew there would be a way to let him open himself to her and she was no more afraid of him. In fact, she began to like this place and the people living in the manor. They were all hurt by life, just like her and it was the first time she'd felt people more like her, even if the half part were monsters.

Freia felt her body tired and walked to the bathroom to take a warm shower and calm down. She took off her clothes and stepped inside the shower. As she opened the warm water, the condensation covered the glass of the shower. She let the water rubb her body and cover it with a warm caress. She was lost in the touch of the water and didn't hear the door of the room open, nor the steps approach the bathroom. She didn't hear the door of the bathroom slowly open, nor she saw the figure standing in front of the shower, looking at her naked body. It was only when the door of the shower opened, that she saw the vampire in front of her, his eyes ice-blue, the fangs extended.

She didn't move and looked back at him. This time she wasn't afraid. The rhythm of her heartbeat was low. It was the same monster she used to see, but his look provoked a new sensation; she was attracted by him. He made a step towards her as she made a step back. She shivered as she felt the cold marble touch the skin of her back. He instantly felt the reaction of her body, the blood pumped fast through her veins and the millions cells of her skin eructed with the coolness. She saw his hand approach her body. It came close to her bust and stopped only a millimeter from it. Her breath went heavily as she anticipated his touch, but instead of it, she saw the hand slowly go down along her stomach. He wasn't touching her but he could feel her arousal. His senses were all appealed by the call of her body. His hand was now in front of her warm entry. He hardly touched her skin and felt her body shiver. His fingers lightly rubbed her hair and went between her thighs. He heard a moan as he touched her.

She closed her eyes as she felt his finger caress her wet entry, when she suddenly heard a cold voice "Look at me." She opened her eyes and saw the vampire looking intensely at her as his fingers entered her. A warm wave grabbed her as she felt him moving inside her. The sensation was intense and she closed her eyes.

"Look at me!" It was more an order than a favour. She looked at him and distinguished something violent in his eyes. He wasn't enjoying the pleasure he was giving her, but he took pleasure from the power he had on her.

He moved faster inside her as his thumb rubbed her clit. She felt the pleasure getting stronger through his touch and slowly lost control of herself. She couldn't hold his look and uncousciously closed her eyes through the strong emotions.

"Look at me!!" His order was a loud growl which echoed in the bathroom. She instantly opened them and at the same time she felt his movement faster inside her. She was tighter around him and was close to climax. He could feel it and a cold smile appeared on his face.

"Look at me" he said as he moved faster inside her, making her moan and suddenly explose of pleasure.

She felt his fingers move outside her thighs and saw him walk away. She came back to reality and stepped outside the shower. As she reached her room, she saw him open the door.

"You think I'm afraid of you, or disgusted, but I'm not. I know why you did that and you failed. I know there's a part of humanity inside you and I'm definitely decided to discover it. The monster doesn't scare me, mister Kostan."

Josef stood next to the door and listened to her words, without looking at her.

"You wanted me to show the human inside you and I will."

The vampire left the room and closed the door silently.

***

Freia woke up early in the morning. Her night has been short as she kept thinking of his face while he caressed her. He'd tried to disgust her showing her his darkest side, but it had excited her more. She knew she'd touched him early in the afternoon; something she'd said had worried him and he'd tried to scare her. She wanted to find out the truth about Josef Kostan whatever it would cost her.

She stood up and put her clothes on. She went downstairs and reached the dining room. The breakfast was ready and she sat at her seat with a cup of tea. As she began to eat, she heard the cold steps of the ghost. She lifted her face and saw Eva, in her usual black dress, stand in the frame of the large door.

"Master Kostan want you to leave the manor today."