The Beloved

The Beloved

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By:   R.L. Marcelain  Completed
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In the 1860s, Hunter Eldridge is a military veteran with a tumultuous home life and a fraught relationship with his father. When he returns to London, Hunter reluctantly visits the family bookstore, dreading an encounter with his loathsome father. Upon entering he sets eyes on the enchanting Eliza Carlisle. They fall deeply in love—soul mates to the core—and spend fifteen years happily married before tragedy strikes. On Hunter’s birthday, after enjoying a wonderful night with family, he and Eliza are out for a leisurely stroll when a horrific creature of the night attacks them. Eliza is murdered, while Hunter is transformed into a vampire. In this new state, he finds a mentor in his father’s peculiar business partner Garret Wilkins. Hunter also eyes a suspect in his tragic attack and vows revenge. Over the next century, Hunter must rebuild his life as an immortal. He is lucky enough to find love again after years of loneliness and despair. Endless time allows him to unravel the mystery of reincarnation while struggling with a darker side of himself. In Hunter’s continued thirst for vengeance, he realizes death is only the beginning as he reveals a small piece of a bigger event that is about to grip the country.

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Never in my existence did I believe that life could end as it did, shocking was the truth. The horror of that night and by whose hand death came. Though I have not seen that blood-sucking parasite, I still remember the pain and tragedy she caused. My rebirth through fire and blood did nothing to quench the pain of losing love and a part of my soul at that same moment. It became a never-ending agony for years. I live, hoping that love is not fully lost because, in every shadow of night, there is breaking dawn. The universe is magical, and in its power, life can be reborn...Just as I am reborn, love will surely one day live again. This is all that I can pray and hope for. It is the year 2008, and I stare out the balcony of my penthouse It's been nearly half a century since my life was forever changed. I look back on my human life, and it is days like this where I miss that time. It was so simple and full of love. Now everything felt complicated. Sometimes I just wa...

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BWeithaus
Hello my beautiful readers! I hope you are enjoyed Hunters story. I loved sharing it with you. If you enjoy it, look for it this Spring/summer on Kindle
2022-01-05 03:41:38
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UPDATES ARE HERE!!! I will be updating more this weekend.
2021-10-16 00:52:00
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R.L. Marcelain
Hello Everyone. Sorry for the delay with updates. My entire household is sick sith COVID 19 and 2 family members have died this week. emotions are very distraught right now. Please bear with me.
2021-10-03 23:28:01
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R.L. Marcelain
Hello Everyone. What are your thoughts on the book so far? This book is a reflection of Hunters life journey through highs and lows to rediscovering true love. .... I hope you are all enjoying it.
2021-07-28 21:54:52
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R.L. Marcelain
Hello my beautiful readers! Thank you everyone who is taking time to read my book. I hope you are enjoying it. It's a dream come true to share it with you.
2021-07-19 07:00:00
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50 Chapters
Prologue
Never in my existence did I believe that life could end as it did, shocking was the truth. The horror of that night and by whose hand death came. Though I have not seen that blood-sucking parasite, I still remember the pain and tragedy she caused.  My rebirth through fire and blood did nothing to quench the pain of losing love and a part of my soul at that same moment. It became a never-ending agony for years. I live, hoping that love is not fully lost because, in every shadow of night, there is breaking dawn. The universe is magical, and in its power, life can be reborn...Just as I am reborn, love will surely one day live again. This is all that I can pray and hope for.  It is the year 2008, and I stare out the balcony of my penthouse It's been nearly half a century since my life was forever changed. I look back on my human life, and it is days like this where I miss that time. It was so simple and full of love. Now everything felt complicated. Sometimes I just wa
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Chapter 1
The Perfect day.Some say "True love is like a rare gem, once it is found, it can never be truly lost". As I look back on my life and my years of living in England, with the one who has always held my heart. I feel the faint heartache and yearning. I remember that day well, the last day of my life.  I sat in my lounge chair, enjoying the cool air of a London morning, on my balcony, looking at my beautiful wife and with a warm feeling of contentment fill me.  I still remember our words that morning, it will forever be in my soul.------ Life seems to move slow today, I can see the next-door children playing on the lawn, as just like us their parents sip their tea. I have never cared for tea, I know odd being from England. My wife drinks her tea while finishing her needlepoint. With a smile, I turn towards her with love in my heart. "Eliza you are my rare gem of love, stay with me forever" She giggles and smiles "Hunter, you are my prince, that I wish to l
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Chapter 2
I walk with Eliza and ponder many things about Garrett, and the oddly disturbing Mrs. Norris, or "Bathilda' as Eliza calls her. They are so different from everyone yet, also I feel cold chills when associating with them like, both of them are looking at me, waiting for something to happen. What I do not know? Garrett does care for me, I can see in his eyes. Bathilda gives me the creeps, and I swear I catch her watching me with longing. I pray it is just my imagination. I am so engrossed in my thoughts, I do not hear Eliza calling my name.“Hunter? Hunter? Are you listening?” I turn to look at Eliza “Oh I beg your pardon, my dear, my mind was preoccupied with other things”. She looks at me irritated. I did not mean to ignore her. “I said, I think I want to go to the baker’s first, I would like to see if they have any sweets made”. I stand up and go to retrieve our coats. “That sounds very good, perhaps they’ll be enough for both of us”. We walk down the road, we ar
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Chapter 3
That day was so full of happiness, and I could not wait until the evening when I would take her out for our date to celebrate my birthday. I still remember it well. It had been many months since I took my lady to the Opera, it used to be one of our favorite pastimes with time comes change. my business was growing at an incredible rate. Garrett and I have been discussing expanding our business with more stores. He has ideas of even venturing out to new areas in the business field. I took over the business from my father 5 years ago, and in that time, it has started to boom into an Empire. Part of my marriage was also thanks to that, Eliza was from a renowned English family, her ancestors had ties to the old royal court and their influence sped up the store's success.  Last week, Members of Parliament came in to visit and check on success. she had no idea that her uncle funded the chance to build it into a mega-corporation. So, it was difficult to find time away from the
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Chapter 4
Terrified beyond belief, we see a figure in the shadows of the walk. It looks female, it all happens so quickly I do not have the mental ability to process the speed at which she attacks, I hear Eliza screams shortly and disappears into the shadows of night. “ELIZA!!!”I scream for her until I hear laughing. I could not believe my ears. How could this have happened to us? “That takes care of that wench! Do you know how long I have wanted you, watching you, and couldn’t do anything because she was always around!” I am staring into the darkness, mortified, praying for my beloved's safety. I have a heart-shattering feeling that she is lost to me forever. I hear her voice as if she can read my mind “Yes, Hunter, she is lost to you, she was never meant for you! You have always been mine secretly!” I am so enraged. “Show yourself, wench! I swear on this day, I don’t know what you are but, I shall make you suffer for what you have done!!” She laughs, and steps into the light, my heart i
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Chapter 5
It is so agonizing, this pain, so all-consuming. My insides feel like their being burned alive; my heart feels like it is scorched by the heat of the sun. Every nerve ending my body feels likes it's being electrified and charred to ash. I writhe in agony and try desperately not to scream from the pain. Nothing in my past years of being a soldier can compare to this living hell. Just when I think the pain subsides, it reignites in a new part of my body. it is constant torture of cool and boiling. As one part of my body feels like it's becoming like ice, my heart is now feeling it is being plunged through by a sword heated with molten lava. I endure this torment, feeling like I am bathing in hellfire and cooled down by ice. Wishing for death, a part of me knows that it will not come. I am turning into a damned soulless creature like her.At that moment I feel like I am being lifted and carried off into oblivion. Nothi
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Chapter 6
Ten Years Later...We have been living in a Chicago suburb for a few years. We relocated to America a decade ago. First I lived in Ithaca New York then, as my business started to become a bigger success, I wanted to venture to Chicago. Garrett moved to Chicago directly from England. Informing me that he was born here. So, it was like he was coming home. Garrett already being here, made the transition easier for me. Today is a full cloud cover, the perfect day of a Vampire. I am in my office when Garrett walks in. "Hunter, we need to leave Chicago." I stare at him in confusion "Why do you feel we must do that?" Garret scoffs "because if you continue with this killing spree you've been on lately like a mafia leader, the humans are going to become suspicious!" I roll my eyes, it has not been that bad "I have not been on a killing spree, it's only been fifteen men" Garrette shot me a look "exactly, Hunter, why?" I shrugged "Perhaps they shouldn't have pissed me off, some of them
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Chapter 7
I left the Northern woods of Wisconsin feeling broken, and a newfound hatred for those natives. Garrette has been by my side since I was a child. I am now alone, and in this waking nightmare, I feel rage. I will return, and they will suffer!One week later, I returned. I wait for the cover of night, and I follow their scents to their village. They stole my mentor from me! They will rule the day they ever destroyed the only person left from my life! It is now incredibly dark, I check my watch and it reads "midnight". I stalk into their village. “They’re all asleep, perfect”. I remember my years as an assassin, and I find a way to mask my scent. They have already grown to recognize the "vampire scent" so, I go into the woods and find strong earth scents such as wintergreen. There are six different huts that I can count, I am going to make each of them suffer for Garrett's death. They will boil in hellfire after this night. These a
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Chapter 8
New beginnings. I leave the North Wisconsin woods in the aftermath of my slaughter on the freakish shifter clan that resembled giant bears. If any in the nearby area see the smoke and learn what happened, they will know to never again fuck with a Vampire! As I drive back to Chicago on my own for the first time in existence, I don’t know where to go or what to do”. I do not know if I can return to the store, we ran it together. How can I go on without him there? I know he would say that I could, however, feel lost. I need to step away and rebuild myself in my current life. As I head to my house, I collect my mail, and I notice a letter. “From the coven''. I groan ‘what do these wretched fucks want?’ I had met them a few times, I detest them. Arrogant, pompous pricks! They act like they are above everyone in the universe due to their immortality. Humans are nothing but prey to them, they are not wrong but, I do not believe they should be
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Chapter 9
After three days of waiting for the moment of truth, did Victor survive the transformation? I let out a shaky breath I had been held for the past two days. He awakes with fresh eyes, reborn into a new life, the eyes of all newborns, sinister black with blood-red centers. I am so thankful my eyes have cooled back to my original color when I am not hunting. Those eyes freaked me out when I first awoke., I am sure they will be troubling, to help him I hid all the mirrors in the house. I realize that he will notice eventually, I want the chance to warn him first. Garrett let me look in the mirror to show me the difference as if I did not already feel it! “This feeling, I feel so different, so new!” He exclaims as he stretches his arms, looking over his newly changed body. “You will become familiar with it; everything right now feels fresh and indestructible,” I tell him as he is moving around the room. "Your eyes will be the most noticeable so, for right no
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