The Carpathian Mortal

Prologue

The Mortal Coil

"What happened to me?" I look myself over and I'm covered in claw marks and what looks to be puncture wounds. The blood dripping from my wounds. I can barely see. I stumble through the dark for what feels like forever, recalling what happened before this. I was walking down the road, when I saw him. A man, staring at me with eyes of emerald with a blood red ring around them.

I ask him for help and I just see a glimmer of a smile on his face. The next thing I know, he is behind me and he has bitten my neck and is clawing through my flesh. He moans as he drinks from me. "You taste so sweet and yet so spicy, what are you?" He says between gulps. I hear a noise like an electrical charge and suddenly he is gone.

I'm stumbling through the dark just trying to find anyone who can help me. As I'm stumbling, I run into what must be a gate because I can feel the wrought iron of it. I push it open and stumble some more. I finally look up and see what can only be described as a huge mansion, almost like a castle. There aren't words to describe its beauty.

I finally manage to walk up to the front door, which I collapse in front of. I can feel the darkness calling to me. I shut my eyes and wait for death to come. It wouldn't be the first time I've done this. But right before the darkness overtakes me, I smell a scent like warm honey envelop me and I feel arms lifting me from the ground. After that, I fall into darkness.