New Beginnings

Part 2 (Section 2)

          Alone with my thoughts once again I walk across the carpet, to my desk, feeling my feet sink into it's softness. I gracefully sit in the small wooden chair and riffle through a stack of papers. None of them say anything of importance, just deeds and stocks and a few letters from family. That is until my fingers grasp a single sheet of yellow paper. In the middle is a message, Meet me in the library at midnight.....or I'll find you.

          I lift the paper to my nose and take a nice long sniff, the smell of cracked peppercorns and mint invade my nose and I sneeze. Odd. I don't know any vamp with this scent. Curious, I slip the note into my pocket and leave my rooms. Silently moving down the long hallway, I take a left and enter the first door into the library. The warm, comforting atmosphere surround me and calms my nerves exponentially. Walking along the ceiling high shelves, my fingers bump from book to book, eyes skimming the titles of thousands of book I've already read. A fire burns steadily in a large stone hearth surrounded by oversized chairs and a large couch.

          Having only 2 hours before midnight I lock the door to the library, pick up a random book and sit to read.