CHAPTER 1

I was an only child, my father was in the confederate army while my mother died in childbirth taking the baby with her so I was left alone with my nurse maid who stuck around so I wasn't left all alone while my father fought the war. Our small 2 bedroom cabin was set in a wooded area about half a days ride from the nearest town which gave us privacy and land to farm and raise farm animals which consisted of chickens, cows, lambs and horses. It was nearing sundown when the red eyed people came, I hide under my bed as I heard my nursemaid pained screams then silence. I tried to remain quiet but screamed when the bed was thrown across the room and a tall blonde male with bright red eyes lend down and sniffed my neck before he opened his mouth and bit me, all I felt was a burning pain spread through my body.

74 YEARS LATER

I gave Jasper a quick kiss as I finished getting dressed.

"Do you remember the newborn Peter that escaped a while back?"

I gave Jasper a questioning look as I nodded my head in confirmation, Jasper looked around the empty barn to make sure no one was lurking outside or nearby. Once he was satisfied that no one would hear him he stepped closer to me leaning down so he could whisper in my ear.

"He came back, he told me about a coven who lives peacefully in the north. I want you to come with me when I leave, I want to give you a better life."

"W-what about Maria. She will hunt us down and kill us, she won't let you leave willingly."

Jasper smiled as he grabbed my hand and interlocked our fingers.

"Then we will kill her, her sisters already abandoned her and the newborns are loyal to me. We can kill her and all the recently newborns and let the others go while me and you go north to find this coven. Please Amy, I can't leave without you."

I took an unnecessary breath as I nodded my head in agreement, I would never forgive myself if I let Jasper go and something happened to him.

"Maria plans on going out to hunt on her own tonight, when she leaves we will kill the newborns and then leave. I would rather not have to kill her, she trained both of us. She knows how we think, how we work, she would slature us Jasper."

Jasper smirked a little at me as he playfully bit at my neck.

"I doubt she could beat me but it doesn't matter, if you don't want to fight her then we won't."

-COUPLE HOURS LATER-

I said my goodbyes to Maria before she left in the night promising to be back before the sun came up, Jasper gave us 4 hours to do everything and leave to give us plenty of time to get away.

I killed the last newborn as Jasper explained what was going to happen to the older ones that could control their thirst without a handler. I held my hand out to Jasper as he smiled at me and pulled me into a deep kiss as we started our way north to find a new way of life.