I had sat there smiling at my lingering fans, listening intently to their questions when I heard a familiar voice call my name deep in the recesses of my mind. It was a voice I had not heard in many years. I half expected to look up and see Vladimir standing before me. I thought it was only wishful thinking until turning to pick up my purse once the event had ended.
Upon the table, it sat alone, the amethyst brooch, lying on an embroidered handkerchief. Tears came to my eyes as I picked up the carefully folded piece of parchment beneath it. I quickly wiped the tears from my face before reading the beautifully written script.
“My Dearest Niece and Beloved Claudia,
How well you have done for yourself, though I admit I have watched you from afar; a silent guardian throughout the centuries if ever you were in need. How beautiful your words and the truth behind our lives now told. In my many years, never could I have dreamt a creature so vile and despised as I would grow to be loved. You have shown the world the truth long forgotten about our family and for this, I am eternally grateful. Perhaps, one day you shall come to visit me in my new home.
Your loving and devoted Uncle,
D.
“Vladimir,” I whispered but he was gone.
On the back of the envelope was an address I recalled fondly from days long past when I was known by another name and he as my uncle.
The book tour will come first, a whirlwind event followed by a possible movie contract. It might be two to three years in the making before I will see him again, but I know now my silent guardian watches. He lives. Vladimir has done what my father did not believe was possible. He has healed his heart.
And should I ever be in need, if I call to him, Vladimir will be there for me just as he was all those years ago when his blood saved me from death, and I saved him from my father and himself.
The Works of Candace L. Bowser
Origins Blood in the Sand
Origins Reign of Blood
Origins The Blood Key
All soon to be released as second editions
as the Children of Lilith series
Immortal War the Tears of Lilith- a companion book to
The Children of Lilith Series
Mantis Pray for Death
Mantis Pray for Absolution
Thirteen Pieces of Eight
Kashmir
The Dead Claim Their Own
With T.E. Blackburn
The Wolves of Dullahan Series
As Hargrove Perth
Dark Days Remy Broulette
Book One of the Dark Days Series
The Quintessential Gentleman
Forthcoming Releases by Hargrove Perth
Forsaken Guild of Bones
Dark Days the Kindred
Dark Days Sundown
Dark Days Ascent of Darkness
Chronicle Dark Sea Triad
About the Author
Born in South Central Pennsylvania, Candace found the fragrant surroundings of her youth to be a profound inspiration. A fan of the great classics such as the works of Poe, Blackwood, and Irving, she aspired to achieve her dreams of writing the horror novel she had begun nearly 25 years earlier, and in 2010 the first book in the Origins Series was published.
In 2011, she was named one of the Top Twenty Most Prolific Authors by AKG magazine, and has since become an Amazon Top 100 Seller. Her inspiration comes from ancient history and the Victorian Era where she seamlessly blends her characters into historical events through dedicated research where she writes traditional horror, dark romance, and YA in the same categories, with YA and YA dark romance being the specialty under her penname of Hargrove Perth. For more information concerning the author, please visit her website at www.candacelbowser.com.
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