All Chapters of Taken By The Vampire King: Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

I’d invested so much of my life into this business—at the expense of making friends and boyfriends, or having any kind of personal life at all. I always had things to do. Tables to clean, order sheets to complete, bill roulette to play. Which utility company will get lucky this month? It was truly up to a wildly spinning chamber and fate.Pierre exhaled a small sigh and stood, his gut hanging just a little over his belt. He drew a creased handkerchief from his pocket and mopped his glistening forehead. “I know you have your reasons, Leia, but

When I’d been a child and Dad had been full of smiles and reassurances, I’d loved to see that book in his hands because it always heralded the appearance of one fun friend or another. That was when I’d thought Dad ruled the world. Back before Mom died and Dad became something else. Before he became this.I sighed and shook my head. I never thought about those early childhood days anymore. I could barely remember them and they were as far removed from the present as rainbow unicorns and fairytale castles. I’d taken responsibility for Dad’s descent into