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Chapter Thirty-One- Adriana Gervais - 19 yrs old
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Passions Rising: A Forbidden Vampiric Love Story Chapter Thirty-Two- Adriana Gervais- 19 yrs old
Ana sat in her living area at the tiny secretary desk. She tried to make notes for the next sitting that would happen in a matter of a few hours. After the meeting, she needed to write a report to be sent to the emperor on what was going on there and she didn’t know how to phrase any of it. What caused the distraction, and her anxiety, was she had to call George in to investigate her office? She’d noticed more noises coming from the office when no one should be in there. Every time she entered, no one was there, and nothing appeared to be disturbed. This was distracting and annoying. Ana made a decision that she wouldn’t let it scare her. They’d still not spoken about the training session or the kiss. His disgruntled mood showed itself again and Ana felt sure it was all because she’d not called him at the first noise. Ana now waited for him to come in and lecture her for that as well. The look he threw her when he’d gone into the small office warned her that the co
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All this time and effort trying to find the person wishing Adriana dead, and it turns out to be a mutt. A mutt. The problem is that the mutt wasn’t anywhere before this. She may believe the dog killed that cat and left it there. But that cat wasn’t killed with claws and teeth. It’d been killed with a blade, which George knew meant this mutt was placed here to throw them off the hunt for the real guilty parties. Adriana is correct, but she doesn’t need to be rude about it. Mary still hadn’t been found, and that George believed was far more than a little concerning. The longer Mary was unaccounted for, the greater the chance that she wasn’t alive. What George wanted to know was why she left here after finding the cat. She didn’t tell anyone that she’d left. That, in George’s eyes, meant Mary hadn’t planned on leaving. So, he must find out what happened to her. “Evening George. So what brings you do
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This sitting looked like it would drag on, just like the other one. Ana could only sit there and wonder if this was going to be the rest of her life. “Good sir. I do object with your assumption that the Vampiric Empire would do any such thing. Why would we? Please enlighten us on why you think we would be that petty and ridiculous?” Annoyed didn’t describe her mood right now. Why some of these ambassadors thought it was permissible to throw question onto other factions’ motives with no explanation at all? Well, she’s never understand it, but they wouldn’t be allowed to do that with the Vampiric Empire. Ana wouldn’t allow it. It only became worse when the ambassador speaking avoided her request for clarification. “Please stop there. If you can’t answer my question, it means your reasoning has no grounding in fact or reality. It’s just prejudice. We aren’t here to play politics, sir. We are here to deal with politics. May I request t
Passions Rising: A Forbidden Vampiric Love Story Chapter Thirty-Five- George Atwood- 23 yrs old
George left Ana to her own devices after the meeting. He’d sent a message that informed her that her training session and their promised meeting after the formal sitting had to be postponed as something came up and he needed to address it. That was all he planned to tell her. She didn’t need to know more yet. George wouldn’t tell her about Mary’s death until he could get more details about it first. There wasn’t any point in telling Adriana about it until he could answer the questions, she was bound to pepper him with. He found it interesting to see how often Maximus lurked around the security office. Clearly, he was listening for information. George couldn’t be sure what information Maximus was fishing for as he struggled to befriend their security force. Maximus was not naturally what George would call a friendly person. The vampire was what he’d call a stereotype elitist and security staff, royal or otherwise,
Passions Rising: A Forbidden Vampiric Love Story Chapter Thirty-Six- George Atwood- 23 yrs old
George stalked through the wooded area beyond the gardens of the NARC facility. He’d just finished investigating where poor Mary was found. He’d only met her a handful of times in the last few days, but he was trying to decide whether she was involved in this or if she’d encountered a person or people involved in threatening Adriana. From the initial report, he would not go any further in speculating until he had more information about how she died. He couldn’t agree with the conclusion that she’d been killed onsite here. There wasn’t any evidence of her putting up a fight. Yes, her blood appeared to be missing, but vampires weren’t the only blood drinkers, and with this cast of suspects, their abilities could mimic a vampire attack as well. Whoever left her here did so with every intention of her being found after it was too late to save her or for her to say anything. That part told George the killer or killers were connected to the threat made ag
Passions Rising: A Forbidden Vampiric Love Story Chapter Thirty-Seven- Adriana Gervais- 19 yrs old
Ana sat alone in her apartment with Xavier her new dog and roommate, it seemed. The pup wouldn’t leave her side now for very long. She could get a guard to walk him, but Xavier kept finding his way back to her. She looked at her calendar for the few months. It wasn’t like it would change all that much. Ana wouldn’t be going back to the royal court any time soon. She saw her parents’ anniversary of their mating was almost her. As she was exiled, there’d be no way she could join the festivities, even if she’d want to.It reminded her about how everything there was going on without her. She’d set a report to the emperor but had yet to hear back any kind of response.Ana knew she shouldn’t have been surprised by this. She wasn’t in his favour. Of course, he wouldn’t respond. She’d be lucky if one of his many underlings wrote a quick set of instructions on what he expected from her position. There was no mention of George or anything th
Passions Rising: A Forbidden Vampiric Love Story Chapter Thirty-Eight- Adriana Gervais- 19 yrs old
“George, I just found out that when the council stops sitting and takes a break, we can’t stay here. That means we need a place that we can go.” Adriana and George walked through the gardens again. This time, there was no running or training. This was where they spoke of things without Maximus being close at hand. Maximus disliked any form of exercise or training. He was a nobleman, and he would have others to protect him. Then he didn’t see the point of wandering aimlessly about without a destination. “Lovely. I gather we’ll need to find a location to reside in sooner rather than later. How would you like to go about this then? Do you trust Maximus to find a safe location, after all, this should be his job to find options for you.” George listened to Adriana speak and mentally took notes on what she wanted this location to have. He already knew what security the location needed to have. That was something he knew well. What he also knew about her n
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The emperor charged George to look after Adriana just three weeks ago. Already there’d been a couple of threats and a death involved with her. He was still investing all of those.Now he had to do Maximus’ job because Adriana didn’t feel safe with Maximus doing it without adding in an ulterior motive for someone else.The worst part of it all, even though he felt annoyed with this new job, he had to agree Maximus was not all on the up and up. Something was off about him. George just felt it even if he couldn’t place why he felt that way, at least not yet. So George now had more than enough business every evening to deal with. The incident investigations, Maximus, and now finding alternative accommodations. He wasn’t angry with Adriana, he just felt that his job was becoming compromised because of how Maximus was acting and using his position to push some unknown agenda. It felt so juvenile and petty. He could only put it down to the foolishness that
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Passions Rising: A Forbidden Vampiric Love Story Chapter One Hundred Fifty-One- Adriana Gervais- 21 yrs old
Caun stood in line with the last of the guests filing through past him. He’d lost count of the hundreds of hands he shook. There were guards everywhere, and it made him uncomfortable, be he as George, who he still identified as, belonged with them. He kept his eye on his mate and marvelled at how she pretended not to be bored and uncomfortable with the many comments on her unique dress. The side-eye glances and the judgemental glares. It would be a difficult and busy evening. Caun hoped things would get better from here on out. That they’d be busy enough that she wouldn’t be able to brood or her the courtier’s opinion on anything.“So far, so well, this evening. Let’s see how far we can go with no scenes with any of the superficial fools who think they are powerful people.” He whispered this into Ana’s ear. It was a joke, because no matter what he said to Ana, she wouldn’t believe him. She now was a secretly powerful person. “We’ll see the night is sadly still young
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Evening of the Celebration of the Life Partner Pairing Adriana thought it was crazy to see the clothing laid out for Caun and her. She’d never seen Caun every in such regalia and her own unique sense of fashion so intricately woven into the more traditional garb of a formal event. Instead of a full-length gown with sashes, ruffles, and silk flowers enveloping it. Ana wore a full dress with a closed slit up the front of the gown. Beneath it, she wore a pair of trousers and boots. Her bodice was a beauty with false draping that allowed her to wear a short, cropped jacket that Matched Caun’s jacket only it was far shorter. It was feminine, but allowed her to show her rank as the Vampiric Ambassador and a soldier within her father’s military. Which pleased her greatly because it meant her skills weren’t a dirty secret or an embarrassment to her father. Ana’s lady’s maid didn’t have a comment or criticism about anything she assisted Ana
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Ana could see the sigh of relief at her words in the way her father relaxed and Eva, too. As if even this setting didn’t quite keep her father’s anxiety at bay and Eva somehow shared in it. Could she really be supporting this?Ana couldn’t see how this would be in her best interest to let this happen. If she even pretended to go along with it and encourage it, then Ana could, too. “I am relieved to hear you say this. Eva has been pressuring me to get this done before we celebrate anything because she doesn’t want there to be any miscommunication between us. I admit I agree with her. There’s been too many things keeping me from being fully in your life and now with most of that gone, I hope you will accept my attempts at rectifying that.” Her father stood up at saying this. “Come here. There’s one thing I’ve missed since you could talk.” Ana frowned because she wasn’t sure what he was speaking about and took a step back.
Passions Rising: A Forbidden Vampiric Love Story Chapter One Hundred Forty-Eight- Adriana Gervais- 21 yrs old
Ana couldn’t help it. When they entered the private well-lit moon garden of the Vampiric Emperor, she had to marvel at the artistry of it’s many curated garden paths. It was like a maze laid out before her and put Tatiana’s garden to shame. Here her father could find a little quiet solitude away from the prying eyes of his courtiers and guards alike and he guarded that privacy as if it were more precious than gold itself. She held onto Caun’s arm as they entered the space and stepped down toward the pathway Edger used to lead them to her father. The gravel that made up the surface of the path crunched softly under their feet as they followed. The sounds of night birds in the trees floated down to them as a few random lightning bugs flitted between the trees, and the space looked like someone had infused it with a sweet healing magic that was full of warmth and gentleness.“I have to say I like your father’s choice of private spaces. Between this and
Passions Rising: A Forbidden Vampiric Love Story Chapter One Hundred Forty-Seven- Adriana Gervais- 21 yrs old
Edger did return after they’d relaxed a little and changed. Ana still couldn’t help it. When she discovered the clothing, her father had commissioned for her, she’d stopped dead in her tracks in disbelief. Her new lady’s maid gave her a note written in her father’s handwriting which spoke volumes that he’d not dictated it to someone. He’d taken the time to write to her. Ana knew that wasn’t a normal relationship between child and parent, but they weren’t exactly normal people. [Adriana love, this note is to ensure you understand that situations of safety and security forced my hand to do and say things I never wanted to say to my daughter. You aren’t hidden or an embarrassment to me. I am relieved to have proven you are my daughter. Your mother tied my hands when it came to raising you, but I kept eyes on you at all times. Your life partner and you will find I’ve arranged for clothing for you in the tastes you are comfortable in, with a touch of nob
Passions Rising: A Forbidden Vampiric Love Story Chapter One Hundred Forty-Six- Adriana Gervais- 21 yrs old
Ana entered the suite first, followed by Caun and finally Edger. A smartly dressed couple stood there waiting for them. They weren’t in the royal livery, though they clearly wore a livery. It wasn’t unusual in the days before Adriana’s birth for other leaders to have their servants in their own livery. There were a few these days, but many were no longer used since the houses no longer existed. “The Emperor took it upon himself to outfit your servants in your personal livery. This is Jacque and Rachel. They will ace as your personal maid and valet.”Ana nodded at them in recognition. These were people her father hired for them, and that was fine. They knew enough not to say anything suspicious in front of them. The pair curtseyed and Ana dismissed them. “We’ll speak later. I’m sure you have plenty to keep you busy. Are my weapons going to be a problem for her Edger?”“No, Princess, she has received training to look after, maintain, and store your weapons appropriately should the need
