and came to Paris with a fancy invitation from someone

but I remembered how the very name of Paris had brought a rush of excitement to me in the past. And considering that there

o spend a tiny portion of my eternity there or go around those ghost cities lik

war, the tower now looked like a skeleton of a dead soldier who refused to fall. Colossal buildings, massive cathe

fashioned by history, always seemed timeless from the age of Emperor Na

adventure for tonight. The palace

*

d and I stepped out into the freezing air. Behind me walked my guards who dressed in formal black suits. Estella and Claire, the two vampire women, whom I came to favor during the last few we

ted into view. He twisted his curved mustache and adjusted his expensive suit when he rea

and kissing it, but then he paused as if to think of something. The man cleared his thr

in his native tongue. Jean let

ed and well-educated young woman! Such a lovely hon

I said. "I brought my friend

He said with a chuckle. "Now please come along this way and jo

it off. We followed the man down the Grand Hall and into what appeared to be an enormous ballroom.

f all shapes and sizes twirled around to the classical music. Tables and cushioned chairs around the hall. Some vampires w

idens looked like they couldn't wait to have their momen

towards a large couch with a long coffee table overflowing with food and drink. Several young boys and girls lay waiting aro

n," I said, making the man laughed. He sp

Duchess?" he said. "Every

d her arm around mine possessi

Highness," she whispered in my ear.

ith her," I said,

That doesn't count

tipped her chin up and g

she came towards me. The Frenchman nodded in encouragement and then he bowed away, leaving me to my joyous abundance. Estella and Claire took a boy and a gi

ouch and sat me down. Her light green eyes were fearless and exc

aid bravely. Her voice carried sweet seduction

id they say

iled and played with my blonde hair. "I have been secretly longing to see you and wish

m, offering herself to me. I felt the pulsing of h

aised her thigh and placed it over my lap, rev

she said in a sultry voi

hesitate to move over, straddling fully on my

ness?" she whis

again. My bite injected her with a rush of euphoria. She moaned and gasped as my mouth sucked

" I s

azed human girl whispered and bent

r to suckle on. This lustful state was luring me