Chapter 1

I watched Katrina, my love, sit by Ramses' side on the living room floor of her home. She was holding his hand and he was starting to stir. 

I assumed he was coming out of his coma. Whatever he needed to do in his mind he must have completed, allowing him to come back to his body. 

“Ramses, hey baby.” She said, softly, and his eyes started to flutter open. That was my queue to leave. I took one last glance at Katrina, as this would be the last time I would ever see her. 

The last look I would have of her beautiful face. I shoved down the pain radiating through my chest at the thought. I reached for the necklace Katrina had given me earlier and clasped my hand around it. “Goodbye, my love.” I whispered, and then I materialized away from her house. 

I intended to go home, but I didn’t quite make it there. I found myself, instead, staring into the spring in the forest where Katrina had pulled this necklace from. It had me wondering just why it was in there to begin with. 

I still had my hand clasped around it, but I couldn’t feel any type of energy radiating from it. I thought it might be some sort of magical pendant… An amulet or artifact of sorts… But it seemed like it was neither of those things. 

I kissed the pendant and placed it back under my shirt. I then took some of the spring water and splashed my face with it. I wanted to go back… 

Act like I didn’t leave, and just stay there. I could share her with my brother. Our chemistry worked great, as we already have seen, so why not? 

“Fuck.” I said out loud, as I fought to keep my composure. I don’t know why I cared… I was alone and had no one to impress. 

This was the hardest thing I had ever had to do, but I knew it was necessary. Katrina was not mine, and she would never be. This was for the best, and we both fucking knew it. 

“Viper, you there?” I called out to my Wolf. I had never done this before. I tried to ignore him, mostly. But I thought maybe this was a good time to get to know him better. 

I was alone, after all. I had been putting it off for years and it wasn’t fair to him, really. He’s stuck in here with me… We may as well make the best of it. 

“Yea, I'm here!” Viper said, rather enthusiastically. Shit, I didn’t really think things through… I had no idea what to say. 

“Uh, this might be hard, and take some time, but I think I'm ready to try and get to know you.” I said to my Wolf. I could almost feel him jumping with anticipation in my mind. “What do you need me to do?” He asked. 

“Well, that's the thing, I’m not sure. So why don’t we try this… I’m going to start off by not blocking you out for two days of the week… Like Tuesday and Thursday? So for those two days I wont block you out, and we can just get to know each other. Talk, hang out, whatever you want to do. How does that sound?” I asked. 

“Ok! That sounds really great. I will try not to be annoying and talk your ear off, but I have a lot of questions.” Viper said. 

“That’s ok, we can work through it together. After a while of those two days, we can maybe go for three days… And so on, so forth, until we have a better relationship. Sound good?” I asked. 

“Sounds great!” Viper said. “Ok I’m going to push you out until Tuesday, and then we can start from there. Bye for now.” I said, and pushed my Wolf back to the recess of my mind. 

That’s a start, and a start is better than nothing. I thought. I spent more time than I wanted to at the spring, but I couldn't bring myself to leave just yet. It was too much, it was too hard. I had too many emotions to make a rational decision. 

Every bone in my body was telling me to run back to Katrina, and every piece of my mind was telling me not too. Fuck this. I thought, as I finally had enough strength to materialize myself back to my home. 

I stood outside my front gate just looking in at my mansion. The rose gold accents were glittering in the sunlight. I pushed open my rose gold gate adorned with an eight pointed star, my mark… 

And I thought of how much I longed to see this mark on Katrina’s beautiful face. Then I mentally slapped myself. I would get over this, over her... I had to. 

I walked through my gate and headed towards my front door. My assistant, Ivy, opened the door for me. She must have seen me coming. “Are you ok?” She asked me. I didn’t say anything to her, I just walked by. 

I’m sure she could tell I was troubled, otherwise she wouldn’t have asked, but she let me be. One of the reasons I liked her. The other being she is a Vampire. And a new one, at that. I hadn’t broken her in quite yet, but right now that was the last thing on my mind. 

I headed up to my room and to the shower. I stripped off my clothes and placed my hand around the necklace Katrina had given me. I contemplated taking it off, but I promised her I wouldn’t let anything happen to it... 

Not that she would even know if I had taken it off, I was never going to see her again. The thought sent a new wave of pain through my chest. I shook my head, and left it on. 

I then stepped inside the glass enclosure letting the hot water run down my body. I heard Ivy walk in and gather my clothes. She was instructed to do this for me, and for a moment I caught her stealing a glance at me through the glass. 

She put her head down as soon as she noticed that I had noticed and she walked out silently. I snickered. Of course she did, how could she resist me? 

Our charm doesn’t work on Vampires the same way it does on Humans… But she’s a new Vampire. This means she is still struggling letting go of her Human side. 

Which means she is still affected by me, and very much so, at that. At this time though, the only woman I wanted was Katrina... “Viper?” I called to my Wolf, letting him back to the forefront of my mind. 

“Wow, twice in one day. This has to be a record!” He joked. I laughed a little too. He was right… Twice in one day was a lot when usually he didn’t even get once in one day. “I just figured I might use the company, even though it’s not quite yet Tuesday.” I said. 

“Well I'm here, and I will do whatever it is you need me to do. Talk, stay quiet, listen… Just let me know what you need, man.” Viper said. I appreciated him at that moment, something I never previously did. 

“Just stay quiet for now. I just like the fact that you’re there, even if you’re not talking.” I said, as I jumped out of the shower and threw on some rose gold basketball shorts. 

I headed out of my room to my kitchen. Ivy was wiping my countertops down. I stood and admired her from afar for a moment. She wasn’t Katrina, but maybe that’s just what I needed. Anyone who wasn’t her.

 I took a breath in at the thought of Katrina. When would her memory stop hurting? I walked over to the counter by Ivy. She stopped what she was doing and waited for my command. She had only been here six months, but she learned very quickly, and she didn’t make mistakes. 

I waved my hand at her. “Carry on.” I said. She looked confused. I had never approached her without needing something before. She did as I said though, like always. 

I just watched her bustling about the kitchen, cleaning up things that were already immaculate as she knew how I liked my home. 

“When were you turned?” I asked her, causing her to stop dead in her tracks. She slowly turned towards me but she kept her eyes down. “You may look at me.” I said, and we locked eyes. 

“How… How did you know? I mean, your brother did say…” She stammered. I raised an eyebrow at her. “Two days after I accepted the job here, with you. That’s when I was turned.” She said. 

“My brother? Ramses? That night he came over?” I asked.  She nodded her head. Of course he spoke to her, and of course he knew she was a Vampire instantly… A new one at that. “Yes… Ramses.” She replied. 

“So you were turned that recently, huh?” I said. “Yes sir.” She replied. “I like Vampires. They are one of my favorite species, you know.” I purred. She didn’t reply, but stood there in silence. 

“I… I... have trouble controlling my... Urges.” She stammered. I could tell she was nervous now. I stepped out from behind the counter and walked up to her. 

“And what, urges do you mean?” I asked, knowing full well what she was referring to.  

“Please, sir… I can’t control it. I don’t want to hurt you. I attacked your brother too, on accident.” She cried. I just smiled at her. “Oh sugar, you couldn’t hurt me if you tried.” I purred, as her eyes turned blood red and she lunged at me. 

I stepped to the side, grabbing her by the neck as she flew by me, Then I slammed her down onto the ground. Her fangs were elongated, but she quickly calmed down under my grasp. Once she was back to normal, I helped her up. “I’m so sorry. I just… Ugh, this is so hard.” She cried. 

I felt for her. Being a newly turned Vampire with no one to turn to for help, she must have been miserable this entire time. In any normal circumstance I wouldn’t care and she could figure it out on her own, but I was in a very vulnerable state. 

I even surprised myself by what came out of my mouth next. “Let me work with you to help you get this under control. I need something to take my mind off of… Other things, anyways.” I said. 

“You would do that?” She asked. “In a normal circumstance, no. But things aren’t normal right now. You could say you caught me at an opportune time.” I said. I closed the gap between us pushing her up against the wall behind me placing my hands on either side of her head. 

“Also, you do realize that I will be the one to take that pretty little virginity from you, right?” I purred. 

That’s all it took to send her into another frenzy, this time a lust fueled one. She lunged at me again, and again, I threw her to the floor so she could calm down. 

Once she calmed down she grabbed me and pulled me to her, forcing her lips against mine. While I meant every word I said, I wouldn’t push it on her. 

I was going to wait for her to come to me, begging for it. 

Because she would… Oh trust me, she would.