Esther’s POVMy flight was fifteen hours long with one stop on the way, I don’t sleep very often but I was ready to crash after this day. I wasn’t able to sleep on the plane, but I was really looking forward to my hotel bed. I arranged for an Uber to bring me to my hotel and a service to bring Elizabeth’s remains to a storage facility until I was ready to deliver them to her father. Rome held many memories for me, several of them were happy but in contrast some of my darkest memories stemmed from this city as well.In my younger years I played with some dark magic here, the kind of magic that threatened to claim my very soul, it was without a doubt the lowest point in all my existence. I am sad to say I fell into it as a rebound or distraction from my heart breaking, because of the very man I was going to see. When I first met Dimitri, I fell head over heels for him and I thought he felt the same, over time I realized I would never hold his heart the same way that he held mine. Now lo

Esther’s POVI awoke the next morning to the sound of the door closing as Silas returned to the hotel room with some coffees, biscuits, and pastries. “I do believe, I love you, Silas” I said in a joking tone.“Well, I am pretty irresistible.” He joked back“Especially when you are carrying food and coffee.” I smiled at him and sipped on the coffee “So what did you hear this morning?” “You are not going to like it, but apparently Dimitri has already learned you are back in town.”“What how?”“Apparently, he has someone check every flight for you and your known aliases. What exactly happened between you two that he would do something like that?” Silas’s eyes were practically glowing with joy at his newfound information. “Damn it, I knew I should have got new papers” I huffed, I really didn’t think Dimitri would have anyone checking on me after all these years, but I guess I was wrong. I could feel a tiny sliver of my heart warm at the thought that he was still thinking about me. I sho

Esther’s POV The great hall is where you were really reminded that you were in fact in catacombs. The pillars that ran up the sides of the hall were encrusted with human bones, the two large chandeliers that hung from the ceiling were made up of bones as was the railing for the balcony. A rich red carpet with gold edges led the way from the doors to the very front on the hall where Dimitri was seated on for lack of a better word a throne. On the stone walls were various paintings portraying historical moments of importance to the Vampires. Between the paintings hung large deep red velvet curtains. The rows of blood red chairs all faced the stage. As soon I stepped inside my breath caught in my throat there he was, Dimitri. Dimitri was a tall man, his muscles were all defined but not too much there was still a softness about him, his skin was a warm pale not quite tan, but close, his facial features strong and beautiful. He was the perfect mix of pretty boy and rugged man all wrappe

Esther’s POVI stood up from my cot to get a closer look at the girl. She had round face, a small stature, dark brown hair and didn’t appear very muscular. I raised my eyebrow in curiosity and a little bit of disbelief. “You staked five vampires” I questioned, I have learned to never underestimate people over the years, but I still found this quite shocking. “I allegedly staked five vampires” she said making quotations with her fingers. When she said this, I got a better look at her dark brown eyes, they were empty and void of emotion. “I allegedly did it while they were sleeping, after having sex with them.” A smile spread across her face, and she looked genuinely pleased with herself. “And allegedly why did you do that?” I questioned “A while back me and some girlfriends were at a club and these sleaze balls started hitting on us and tried to convince all of us to come to some underground club where we could see vampires, I of course thought they were out of their minds and said

Esther’s POV “Open this cell!” Dimitri shouted at the young guard. “And then get out!”“Yes sir” The young guard answered fiddling with the keys, I was worried Dimitri would get mad at him, so I waved my hand unlocking the cell door and letting it swing open. The guard looked at the cell door dumbfounded. “Out!” Dimitri shouted while taking large steps towards my cell and me. I held my ground and maintained eye contact. Within seconds he was in the cell rushing towards me. He grabbed me by the neck pushing me back into the bars. “How dare you!” he growled his fangs elongating. His chest was heaving up and down, his breath unsteady and apart of me was becoming increasingly aroused.“How dare I?” I questioned “You sent me to the cell block!” his grip on my neck tightened slightly, still not hard enough to do any damage. He leaned his head closer to mine our faces were now mere inches apart. “You lied to me!” He said through gritted teeth. He was so close, his scent wafted around me,