Vampire Legend Series

Book 1

First Dawn

By Kat Francis

A/N: Thanks for those who reviewed the prologue I am mighty grateful. I hope that this will satisfy those who haven't reviewed and make them want to review. I love seeing what you think so R & R.

Disclaimer Applies!!!

Words To Know:

Nourriture parfaite perfect food

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Windy Hopes

The sun shone through the cheery trees as cheery blossoms rained down from the light breeze. A petite woman wearing a blue sundress smiled as the pink-red petals landed on her straw hat and she laughed as she saw a small child twirling in the shower. Walking softly along the path, her ivory legs were decorated with tie-up silver shoes and clicked softly on the pavement. Skittering around the small boy that was still twirling around in the petals, she barely missed the mother that was coming to collect the young one. Her pink lips slithered into a small smile as she laughed at the child who was gasping with joy. She, herself, remembered the first time that joy was so joyful to experience.

As she made her way through the small park, her cornflower blue eyes scanned the park were children played on swings and slide. She smiled as she remembered her aunt and uncle taking her and her cousins to the parks around their apartment. As the breeze picked up, her hat flew off and her golden-silver hair shone glossy in the white light of the sun. Chasing after the hat, she laughed as her hair tried to escape the white ribbon she had decided to put in on a spur. Suddenly, she rammed into a person and fall back, landing on her bum as she gasped.

Looking forward, she saw her hat and smiled. "There you are," she whispered, not really caring about the person she had bumped into. Reaching out, she grabbed the hat the same instant the person had. Glancing up, she had a comment on her lips yet it died as she gazed into stormy blue eyes. Cocking her head to the right –a habit she had when she was curious- she looked at the darkly bronzed male that looked back. Something, she thought, makes me think I know him. Suddenly a hand was placed before her and she stared at it like it was foreign.

"Do you intend to take my hand and accept my help or stare at it all day?" the deep baritone voice asked shocking her. Grabbing the hand, she smiled as she was pulled up. She laughed again as she grabbed her hat and put it on her head. After she looked up, the smiled died as the man had turned around and started walking away.

"Hey! Mister!" she yelled as she ran, tripping over a branch and landing in someone's arms. Looking up again, she blushed as the same blue orbs stared back up at her. "Thank you twice over," she laughed as she righted herself. Sighing, she gazed at the male for the fourth time and had a feeling of knowing. Gazing over him, she saw the black hair that glinted in the sun and tumbled into his face, the dark tanned face that was set in a grim look, and the rosy red lips. Something made her sigh and she jumped back, wondering why she felt safe in his arms.

"Your welcome…" he left the sentence hanging waiting for the young lady in front of him to tell him her name. His heart swelled as he looked at her and a name so long dead came to him, the name of his late wife. Serenity, he gasped. Have I finally found you?

"My name is Serenity Hill. Yours is?" she asked in a rosy voice, cheerful at finally finding someone polite in the city.

"Endymond Black," he smiled and looked around him then down at his watch. "It is about lunch time. Are you hungry? I know this little restaurant that is on the edge of the park. It sells nourriture parfaite."

Serenity gazed at him with an eyebrow raised. "Sorry, Mr. Black, I do not usually go anywhere with a strange man I just met." Her stomach growled and she blushed. "But since I haven't had breakfast and been working all morning, I will take you up on that offer."

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Serenity sat back in her seat in her office, gazing at the midnight blue walls and wondering what she was going to do. Not only did she have the problem of her work but the problem of a date with Mr. Endymond Black. Sighing, she tapped her pencil on her legs that were propped up on the black wood desk. Now she had a mess. Rotating around, she looked out into the lake that sat behind her office windows and smile.

"Ms. Hill, Mr. Dark is here to see you. He says it is important," her secretary stated over the intercom. Serenity groaned and rolled her eyes, knowing what would happen if she let her main employer into her office.

"Tell him to come in, Molly, and then take the rest of the day off. You have earned it." Turning back around so she was facing her magical lake, Serenity only heard the soft opening and closing of her French door and the shuffle of feet against the dark blue carpet. Waiting, she rapped her fingers on her legs as the man behind her breathed heavily from his slow gait.

"Ms. Hill, you seem to have forgotten about our meeting with the head vampires this early afternoon," he started out slowly. After his pause, and getting no response from her, he continued on. "Now, if we can't stop the King from anger, there will be about a million deaths in this city alone." He paused again, sitting in the high back chair that was the same dark wood of the desk.

This time, Serenity turned around and gazed at the old man in front of her. His graying eyes bore into hers and showed wisdom and a lot of stress. The hair that had remained the old brown color that was natural had turned gray with the past couple of weeks. Serenity, slowly recognizing the weight of what this man had gone through, felt sympathy for him. "Mr. Dark, I told you once that I will not be in the same room of a vampire unless it is to kill. This was part of the contract that you signed. Now, if I can help, maybe I have some ideas of how to slow the King's wrath down or completely dissolve it."

"I am willing to listen, young lady," he stated as he gazed down at his hands clasped weekly in his lap.

"The King is ready to celebrate the death of his wife, so we do not need to worry about him attacking in the next week or so. This is information to all who can listen." She smiled at him yet her meaning was quite clear. "Yet, after that, he is also celebrating the night of his rebirth which he can used to cover up his attacks. That will be something to worry about. Not that you need to. One idea is to give him a gift that he wants and another is to…" she trailed off then and shook her head. "Don't worry about it. I am sure it will take more then this morning's meeting to set him off. Now, is there any more business that we need to discuss?"

"Yes, there is a matter. There have been several disappearances on some important people. Must have been found with their blood drained and three are still missing, one my daughter. I want her found alive, Ms. Hill, and last night, she went out with her boyfriend. I don't care what it takes and I will pay you handsomely. Please, just find her." The last part he whispered, tears springing from his eyes as he thought about his lovely daughter, his pride and joy.

"You do understand that if she is found alive, it might be risky to get her out?" Serenity questioned Mr. Dark even though she felt saddened. The thought of losing someone was not her favorite part of her job, even though it was a killing one.

He nodded and Serenity sighed. "You better keep your wife calm, Mr. Dark, for the next couple of weeks. If I find anything out about her, I will contact you immediately."

It was a couple hours later, as Serenity sat at her desk typing in the details of the missing person that was the mayor's daughter, did Serenity remember her promised date again. Glancing at the clock on her computer, she cursed under her breath as she hurriedly shut down her computer, grabbed her flash drive, laptop and purse, before running out of the office and locking the door behind her. A chuckle met her ears as she turned around.

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Endymond paced the floor before the table, watching the hands on his watch click forward. Where was she? he thought softly as he looked around again. No sounds of people approaching his table reached his sensitive ears and he couldn't even smell her soft fragrance in the air like he did earlier that day. The question he thought raced through his mind as he gazed over the area once more before taking off. Fear, then adrenaline, raced through his veins as screams echoed in his mind.

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Wolf: So did he find her, after years of waiting?

Kat: I don't know, did he? Also, it was only a few hundred.

Wolf: So! What is planned for the next chapter?

Kat: You'll have to wait.

I might combine these things to make a good chapter but it depends. Only one, though, is what I original made-up but I thought it would be cool for me to do something different.

Kat