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and began to write. Writing about her days was the only thing that made them any better and it helped to keep her sane. There was so much uncertainty in her life that the outlet she found in writing was the only constant she had. Her words were the only things that were solely hers.
    Though she started out to write about the events of this day, after placing the date in the top corner, she found herself only writing about the events that had taken place within the forest. Sitting back, she stared down at the parchment for a minute. She felt there was something more that she should say, but she didn't know what that could possibly be. She waved her hand over the drying ink before lifting the lid of her trunk. She hid the inkwell and quill back inside before rising to her feet.
    She didn't hide the parchment away yet, she had to let it dry first, and the only one that would be returning before midnight was Camille. The minute she thought of her sister, she appeared in the open doorway and stepped into the main room with a fox in her hand. "I brought you something," she whispered.
    "Thank you," Genny said and took hold of the small creature.
    She would have much preferred a human but it had been months since she'd fed from a human. When Camille finally became an adult vampire their plan was to travel to the continent. Years ago, before either of them were even born, Marie had fled France when she'd been discovered stealing from a man she'd been sleeping with at the time. Marie had barely escaped with her life and had refused to return to the continent since then.
    Genny and Camille had agreed that the best place for them to escape Marie was France. There were vampire villages there, and they could integrate into one of them, but it would be safer for the both of them if they were able to sustain themselves on animal blood. Until they were safe somewhere she wasn't going to take any chance of being uncovered by humans. Marie would never follow them to France, or at least Genny didn't think she would, but she wasn't willing to take the chance that she might if she needed someone to take care of her. No matter what it took, Genny was going to do everything in her power to keep herself and Camille away from her mother's poisonous clutches.

CHAPTER 3
    Atticus slung the heavy wool cloak around his shoulders and pulled the hood over his head as he stepped out of the manor and into the rain. The sound of the rainfall echoed in his ears as the mud from the dirt lane splashed up to stain the bottom of his boots. He didn't hate the English weather as much as Merle but even he was getting tired of this incessant rain and the mud that accompanied it.
    He made his way toward the stable and threw back the hood of his cloak to shake the rain from it. The stable was nearly empty except for the young vampire boy feeding the horses. "I'd like to have my horse saddled."
    The boy's eyes shot past him to the driving rain beyond the stable doors. "Yes milord."
    Atticus turned to watch the rain as it beat against the ground and splashed water out of the puddles forming. It was crazy of him to go out in this weather but he couldn't bring himself to stay inside the manor for one more minute. Mainly because he was tired of listening to his father and his noble cohorts fight over who would rule next. What was making it exceedingly difficult to decide was that none of them seemed to covet the position of king, not anymore.
    Merle had slipped away an hour ago with a serving girl and as soon as Atticus had found his chance, he'd also disappeared from the main hall. The stable boy led his horse over to him and handed him the reins. "Your horse milord."
    Atticus took the reins from him, placed his foot into the stirrup and swung himself into the saddle. He pulled the hood back over his head and nudged Drago into the rain. Lost in his thoughts, he didn't feel the cold drops of water against his skin as he led the animal down the road and into the woods. He had