Vampire Legend Series

Book 1

First Dawn

By Kat Francis

Mon amour, mon espoir, ma vie. My love, my hope, my life.

Amour Love

Prologue

"In the sacred blessings of the Gods, I now pronounce these two wed until the Earth cease to exist," the Priestess voice echoed in the silent stone room. The altar, which was bounded in flames, water, and lightning, twinkled at the words as the two in its center smiled at each other lovingly. These two, whose gazes were trapped, stepped forwards to take the veil of the bride's face. When they entered into their own world with a passionate kiss, the crowd around them burst into a change of cheers and calls at their new royalty. To them, it was a dawn of a new age; even if they did not know what lay in the immediate future.

Together, the new royalty turned on its banks and stepped on its first foot towards the crowd as they descended from the altar. An aura of gold and silver incased them as they marched and the mass watched in awe as they saw the miracle that was happening before their eyes. Walking down the marble with a carpet of red satin laying under their feet, the two wedded in matrimony soon made it out of the incased building. Outside, the white of the structure gleamed in the ages old sun as the procession greeted and exchanged their well-wishes to them. Soon the sun sunk below the trees as the last of the people disappeared and finally the husband and wife ascended into the black and silver carriage that awaited them.

As the carriage made its way to the castle in the distance, the King took his chance to look at his new wife. In his stormy eyes was admiration as he gazed at her while her eyes were adverted on the scenery that passed them by. There was a whole village that they passed which was celebrating their wedding in happiness before they disappeared into the countryside and woods that were apart of their new home. The green and red leaves rushed past them in a blur of fall colors and the birds that were gathered in those trees chirped merrily in the late sun. Slowly, the new Queen turned to gaze into those eyes of her husband and blushed delicately when she figured out what he was staring at.

"Serenity," he chocked out slowly as he moved to sit beside her. His black hair, shaggy and looking unkempt, fell drastically into his eyes as he looked at the petite lady in front of him. "Mon amour, mon espoir, ma vie. How did I ever get so lucky to have you in my life?" Those stormy eyes clouded as he gazed at her: the fullness of her pink lips, the ivory satin color of her skin and the cornflower blue of her eyes that withheld a scant of silver. Everything about her, to him, seemed perfect. Unreal, really was the word.

"You didn't get lucky, Endymoin, mon amour." She tested the word on her tongue as she smiled lightly. "It was a horse and your sister's fault for the meeting we had. If we hadn't meet you would be hitched to Madame Molly. Pardon." She looked at the god in front of her, her breath caught in her throat as she moved the unruly locks out of his face. As she moved her hand back she was caught by surprise when he grabbed it and kissed the palm, his nose tickling the flesh that was there. She laughed in delight, both out of the fact that she was aware of their love for each other and for the fact that his breath was tickling her lightly.

Slowly, like time had stopped for these two, he pulled her towards him and kissed her with the passion that he had withheld at the ceremony. A moment like this was what they were both waiting for, dreaming about, and now it was happening. Suddenly, though, they were pulled out of their lands when the carriage came to a halt in the middle of the courtyard in front of the wide, vast stone castle.

Endymoin was the first one to step out, gazing at the home that they would now occupy. He turned around, reaching to take Serenity out of the carriage and smiled at her as her eyes widened at the view. Chuckling, he twirled her around, letting her gaze at the rose gardens that sat beside the road and green of the grass that spread around the area. Finally he sat her down and looked down at her.

"Darling, welcome to our home." Endymoin stated as he started walking towards the steps leading to their home. Turning he picked up her small body and took them both into the castle.

"I am glad to finally be home," Serenity laughed as she lay her head on his shoulder. Yes, she thought, I am finally home.

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He lay her gently on the bed, her satiny hair spreading out against the red sheets. Smiling softly, he leaned in and kissed her on the lips. Beneath him, she wiggled and moaned in the back of her throat as his hands traveled down the clothes on her body. As he broke off the kiss, she gazed at him with lust in her eyes as he torturously took off the beginning of her clothing.

Her back arched as he kissed the peaks of her breasts and as his lips traveled down, her hands went into his hair. "Endymoin," she spoke breathlessly as he once again captured her lips. She could not speak more then his name and slowly that turned into breathing moans. Completely aware of the tanned muscles in front of her, she let her hands travel south on his body and heard his intact of breath as she glided over his hard flesh. However, that turned distant as he captured her wrists and trapped them above her head. Kissing down her body again, Endymoin smiled in appreciation of the sent that now lingered in the room. His hand and his mouth lingered above her waists before it delved into the soft skin of her mound. She bucked as his tongue flicked her and entered her canal, grounding as she started to reach her peak. He lapped all her juices up when she finally came before he leaned up and kissed her lips again.

His clothes soon disappeared, joining the pile on the floor that had been started by hers. Her gaze seared his flesh as a blush rose with her wondering eyes. The chuckles from his throat echoed in the room and she blushed even more. Before she could do anything, though, he covered her body with his and placed soft kisses on her before he entered. There was a intense pain in her lower regions but as he started slowly to pump into her it turned into pleasure and she danced with his body. They became frantic as they both neared their climaxes and soon they stood still as they came in a driving need. His seed spilling in hers as she yelled out his name.

Then, they collapsed in a sweaty mass of limbs as he continued to kiss her gentle lips. Finally, they both drifted off to sleep with dreams of tomorrow on their minds.

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Endymoin held onto his wife's hand as she moaned in agony. Tears stream down his face as, ever so slowly, she faded away from this world. "Please, Serenity, please don't go. Mon amour, mon espoir, ma vie. Don't go," he begged as he looked down into her pale face. His friend and comrade wiped her brow again as her sweat rolled down her face.

"Endymoin, amour, don't cry. Please, don't cry," Serenity whispered as her free hand stroked his face. "I will be alive again. We will always love each other in each life that we live. I promise that my love will never be dead and that I shall always find you, no matter what. Promise me the same." Her breathing faltered as more pain ripped through her. New blood spilled from the wound that gapped in her side. She moaned as more pain soaked her forehead and her eyes closed momentarily.

"Don't go! Not now! Please, no," he sobbed as he nestled in the crook of her neck. "I promise the same, my love. Forever, until the Earth dies, I shall love you. Even after the stars burn out, my love will still be true." He cried harder as his love's heartbeat started to slow.

"Endymoin, there shall be someone to visit in the next couple of days. He is a friend of mine. Do not be afraid by what he asks for he only comes with a promise," she whispered as her breathing slowed. "I…love…you…for…ever." With that, her soul slipped free of her dying restraint and her heart stopped.

Looking down at his wife's body, her eyes closed in peaceful sleep, he cried to the heavens at the loss of his love, his hope, and his life. Even the heavens cried as a blizzard started outside and the tears of the angels turned to snow in the cold winds of death.

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The castle was silent as Endymoin sat on his throne. Sleep had evaded him for days after his wife's death and still he mourned for the his lost. Faintly, he heard the soft talking of his guards and friends as they loitered in the room around him and ever so softly did his ears pick up on the opening and closing of the door to the room. Lifting his head, he saw a male about his height, only two inches less, making him at least six foot two. The person's hair was white as the snow that had been plagued outside for the last couple of days. Yet, his skin was bronzed after what seemed like years of work in the sun.

"Who are you?" he asked in a voice hoarse of tears.

"A friend of the late Lady," was his reply as he bowed before him. Endymoin saw his eyes of gray and was surprised by the years that were shown in them. Suddenly, he became alert and his guards came to his side. "I believe she told you I was coming."

"Yes, on her-" he stopped short and shook his head. "She said that you were here to tell me something that might change my life forever."

The male smiled and looked around. "I am here to offer you the gift of eternal life. All five of you. But, King, you have to have the answer from your heart and not from the chance of meeting your Queen again. With eternal life comes the seeing of death many countless times. It comes with haunting tales of deeper grief and sadness. You have to think."

"I though this was what you were going to ask, friend. I have though about it ever since my Queen's death, not because of it. I have heard of your kind but yet why do you offer us this gift?"

"Serenity was one of the Chosen. One of the ones that can live forever if she willed herself to. Yet, the wound in her side wasn't how she wanted to live, even if forever. Scars remain, no matter what, after you change over. She gave you the choice of becoming one of us, yet you would be different because she was our Queen like you are the humans' King. You would also be our King until you gave up on life."

"What is the downside?" he asked.

"You would have to drink blood, either of a beast or a human. But every full moon, you have to drink fresh blood. The sexual part of it isn't all that bad and it can be quite pleasurable when you mix it in with your drinking. Though, I hope that you will keep your heart only for your love and only indulge in the acts of sex when you need to." The man smiled softly like he was thinking of something that went along with his words that he only knew.

Endymoin looked over at his friends as they looked at him. Each of them had also suffered heartache, either from the greedy hands of death or from the hands of another male. Each of them slowly nodded their heads, weighing the cons and pros of this new choice. Endymoin finally nodded his head to the old man and at this the friend smiled.

From the castle that night, screams of new life were heard in the eerie darkness.

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This is the revised addition of the prologue.

See it is better.

Anyways, I hope that this clears the details that no one was certain about and I added another scene to it. Yea me!

Hope you like it,

Kat

P.S. I am going to put the revise as a new chapter and let you take a vote on what one you like better.

Added: 8-18-07

Revised: 3-13-08