All Chapters of Rise of the Phoenix: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

He was the fire. He was the flame. He was immortal and he could not die. Not that he did not try to. Oh, but he did. He did so many times but failed each time. He tried for the first few hundred years of his existence, but then he gave up and kept living his empty life without her. At first, he wanted her. Oh, he wanted her more than the air he needed to breathe. He looked for her everywhere, all around the world. Twice! But he never found her. She wasn’t there… After a few long centuries of not having what he

Just as she believed, Sarah had a time of her life on the trip.London was just as she imagined. London Eye, Tower, British museum, Big Ben, Tower Bridge, Notting Hill, Buckingham Palace, The Queen’s guards… oh those cute guards!Sarah knew she acted like a typical tourist. She was overly excited and taking photos of everything she could. She was sightseeing and visiting various places during the day and evening and nights she would use to visit pubs and restaurants that tourists rarely visited, but only the locals. That way, she ate and drank what locals did and got an insight into the real London life, the one that most of the tourists never had a chance to experience.Her stay in England lasted for 10 days and it included organized tours in London, experiencing the city on her own, and an English village tour. Oh, how she loved that one. Riding the bus with the guide and all elderly couples, enjoying everything about those cozy, lively places, lo

Luke spent the night standing on the corner of the street, not far from where he knew his mate was. He even caught the glimpse of her when she walked by the window before the lights went off, but even for his eyes, it wasn’t enough to notice any significant detail about her.He stood there long after she, for sure, was fast asleep. He knew it was pointless, but either way, he couldn’t make his legs move and take him from the spot where dawn found him. Only the first rays of the sun reminded him of where he was and what he was doing, so he quickly straightened and followed the way back to his home.By some chance, the hotel his mate was staying at was not far from his villa. Yesterday, it took him just a couple of minutes to locate her following his senses. Now, he needed even less to get back to his sanctuary.All along, Luke was thinking about what he had done. And what he is about to do…A whole night of thinking and contemplating with himsel

When Sarah lazily opened her eyes and recognition blazed through them, Luke found himself petrified in front of her.How was it possible that she knew what she was to him? he wondered.To his utter surprise, Sarah’s hand found its way to his cheek and for a moment, a second, Luke let himself enjoy the feeling her hand brought. That moment was all he could afford before the memories of all the sufferings without her in the past rushed back and anger took place of all of his other feelings.Sarah didn’t miss the sudden change in him, and it confused her.“You hate me,” she whispered her conclusion, retracting her hand and stepping backward. “You don’t even know me… why would you hate me?”He stood there, watching her with hate and amazement, his breath rigid and labored. He looked like he couldn’t get enough oxygen in his lungs like he was drowning…“Why do you hate me?”

            "All right... How do you want to do this?" After some nagging from Sarah, Luke gave in. He could tell she was serious and that she would indeed leave, and he didn’t want that. No matter what, he didn’t want her to be in danger…Sarah pulled him by the hand, and he followed her out of the house. She didn’t stop until they reached a particular tree in the garden, the one she saw when they passed by earlier. She sat down on the grass right where the shade of the tree was the most comfortable, and she motioned to Luke to do the same.Luke rolled his eyes, but either way sat down, not too close to her. Holding her hand for less than a minute was temptation enough. For now, he shouldn’t push himself too far.“Well, I was thinking something like asking questions… you know… I ask something and you answer and then you ask something and I answer…&rd