The Vampire Duke and Natasha. The Hastings. Book 4.

This chapter goes to @SenonaAquino for being interested in reading this story. Please help me in the search for a name for His Grace?

Chapter 4

1844, London, England

My crystal clear blue eyes stare back at me in front of the glass mirror, I turned 17 a few weeks back and now it was I making my own debut on the society stage just like my three other sisters.

I cocked my head to the side studying the reflection I saw of myself and not liking what I saw one bit. I was a bland girl among swan sisters I told myself day in day out.

Eva the first born was ravishing and seductive.

Bonny had a goddess like beauty she glowed like a beacon.

Jessica was the dark haired one resembling our mama in looks.

And I as I stated before was the bland one, white platinum blond hair, very cold crystal blue eyes like the mirror I sat opposite. At times I wished I was given a beauty like Eva seductive or a siren like Bonny even Jessica had a mysterious beauty that captured Baron Lawrence affection two years ago.

Hearing my name called from downstairs, I knew it was time to go on down, lightly touching the pastel coloured dress I wore. The in thing today of fashion was a much lower bust line then when Eva, Bonny or Jessica made their own debut and I shivered at how grown up I appeared a lot older than 17 years.

"Natasha" I heard a voice yell out again showing annoyance at my invisibility to appear downstairs.

"Coming mama" I shouted back, I pushed the chair back and opened my bedroom door stepping outside the corridor for the stair case. I gulped down what mama and papa would say about what I looked like. Moving on I lightly touched the wooden railing with my fingers taking a few tentative steps down until I turned the corner seeing mama and papa waiting for me to approach them.

Mama glanced up when she heard me step closer and her eyes widened in disbelief making me very nervous and shy.

"Natasha you look beautiful" insisted my mama taking hold of me in a great big hug. I smiled at the affection mama gave to all of us girls not caring if we were only girls to society.

When she let go of me mama wiped a tear from her eye, "I cannot believe this is your come out this year Natasha, you were only a baby a few years back and now look at you a young lady."

I rolled my eyes at how extreme mama was at times and papa smirked amused by her blubbering.

"Come now Elisabetha" came papa's reply pulling me next to him and he gave me a simple sapphire necklace to wear around my neck.

"Thank you papa" I accepted his gift with a hug, happy to be making a come out or was I?

Mama and papa had done this three times before but I was the novice at this stuff.

"Are we ready" asked papa impatient to leave?

"Yes papa I am" excitement and uneasiness was building up inside me.

"Let us leave then before we wisk you back upstairs" a laugh in his tone. papa held out both his arms for mama and I to hold onto and we walked towards the door and our butler opened the door for us.

"Don't wait up" joked papa to our butler.

The stoic butler replied "as you wish your lordship."

"Papa" I said rebuking his joke.

He laughed a low rumble hearing the rubuke in my tone "up you get Natasha and Lizzie" he replied hoisting us both up into the carriage.

Some part of me was a frazzled bunch of nerves riding in our new carriage papa bought for the family. I sat staring out as the sun set to a golden glow outside before the night covered us in darkness.