Semua Bab In love with a vampire: Bab 1 - Bab 4

With the sharp stench of coal smoke and dead leaves strewn across the cobblestones the October wind blew through the Bowerys windswept streets. In 1847 New York was a city of contrasts with the glare of gas lamps futilely trying to drive back the darkness of the empty alleys. With her thin fingers feeling for warmth in the tattered fabric twenty-year-old Eleanor Blake pulled her wool shawl tighter around her fragile shoulders. Despite everyones advice she chose to walk home alone after leaving a fun party at the Harpers a family of longtime friends. An internal conflict had caused her to decline her hostesss offer of a carriage ride home despite the pleasant evening being interspersed with light conversation and laughter around an unplaying piano. She desired to walk to experience the cool air on her face and to briefly escape the oppressive norms of her world. A little rain that had stopped moments earlier had made the cobblestones slick reflecting the flickering light of the oil lam

It appeared as though an unseen cage had closed in on Eleanor in the little square where she had stopped. A warped shadow was cast across the shining cobblestones by the dried-up fountain in the middle with its eroded sculptures reduced to blurry shapes by the low light. It appeared as though the buildings around it their facades blackened by years of neglect and soot were leaning toward her their boarded-up windows suggesting eyes. Along with a subtle hint of decay that came from the gutters the air was heavy with the smell of damp stone and sea salt. Following the overwhelming feeling that she was being followed Eleanor lay still still attempting to quiet her racing heart. She wanted to convince herself that it was nothing that it was just a shadow a trick of the light or an unreasonable fear brought on by her fathers tales. However a few meters ahead of her a figure appeared out of a recess shattering the nights quiet like a thunderclap before she could continue walking. In additio