den before sunrise.”
“Where’s that?” she mumbled, still lost in the intricate twists of the night’s events.
“New York.”
Her attention snapped to him. “I can’t go to New York! I have to go to work tomorrow.” The sentence died on her lips as the full realization of her new status crashed down on her. She struggled to come to terms with everything that had happened in the last handful of hours. Hours. Was that all it had been? A few hours had taken Tristan away and changed her?
Changed her like she’d once asked Tristan to do.
“Have fun with that.” Lennon stood and offered her a hand. “I hope you don’t act this stupid when you meet Claudius.”
A mixture of panic and elation coursed through her and she fought to master it. “Is Claudius your brother?”
“Hardly!” He snickered. “He’s the coven master. We’re supposed to get permission before we make fledglings.” He frowned. “I don’t know what to tell him. I’m not really sure why I did it.” he squinted at her. “You’re not bad looking, I guess, but we need to work on a better story than this.” He waved his hand around the abandoned grounds as if to indicate the truth.
She had no answer for him, though he didn’t seem to expect one. He tugged her to her feet and led her through the rainy fairgrounds towards the exit.
Vampire.
Somewhere in the back of her mind she could hear Jennifer’s voice echoing, “He thought he was a vampire.”
That’s because he is, and now so am I.
The sign over the exit made her giggle softly. “Have a Happy Day”. Bizarrely, she would never have another day again. There would only be night after night from now on. But it was all right; or it would be once she found Tristan. Never, never give in. Never, never let something so important slip away. Don’t just sit there and cry about your lost paradise. Get up and do something about it.
And now, she had an eternity to do it in.
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You can find Elsa in the full length novels Shades of Gray and Brothers of Darkness by Joleene Naylor. You can also find Benjamin (the motel owner) in his own short story.
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About the Author
Joleene Naylor is the author of the glitter-less Amaranthine series, a world where vampires aren’t for children. As a compliment to the novel series, she has also written several short story collections and the Amaranthine Files encyclopedia..
In what little time is left she watches anime and updates her blogs, all from a crooked Victorian house in Villisca, Iowa. Between her husband and her pets, she is never lonely, and should she ever disappear one might look for her on a beach in Tahiti, sipping a tropical drink and wearing a disguise.
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