Vampire love story by Miss Riddle (reading strategies book txt) 📕

Completely stunned he staggered to the huge gate. He reached for it and remained a moment to breathe, as a deafening howl resounded close. Ian gripped the iron bars in panic and pulled it. What luck! With a loud creaky noise it could be opened. He quickly slipped through and closed it quickly behind him.
Suddenly he lost his strength and collapsed. The world began to spin, a low groan escaped Ian's lips. The towers and battlements of the huge castle that loomed over him seemed to dance around him. Far away he heard soft footsteps through the pleasant darkness.
Then, at last he fell into the long-awaited unconsciousness.

A gentle female voice came in Ian's consciousness and brought him slowly back to reality. She hummed a wonderfull melody.
He opened his eyes flickering. The first thing Ian saw was a pair emerald green eyes that looked at him lovingly. The lovely melody had ceased, but the gentle voice now spoke to him, 'Here, drink this.'
A cup of water was given into his hand. Ian sat up carefully and drank so quickly that he choked. 'Careful.' The voice sounded caring beside him. Ian looked at the young woman. She looked so delicate and lovely as her voice sounded. Her hair was black and fell in thousands corkscrew curls over her bare shoulders. Her eyes glowed in the most beautiful emerald green and her lips were full and soft.
'Where am I?' Ian asked with his voice still scratchy. 'You are in the castle, you fainted-' 'Oh my God,' Ian interrupted the young woman and retreated back in panic, so he bumped his head on the wall.
'You, you are!' He stammered, staring wide-eyed at the long canines of the woman before him. She looked a bit concerned at him. Ian grabbed, still completely appalled, at his neck and checked it frantically, made sure there weren't any wounds.
The young woman took his hand to make him calm down. 'Nothing happened to you. I have saved you and I'm watching over you. You really don't need to be afraid, no one will do anything to you.' Finally he calmed down a little. 'But you are-' 'In reality I am not much different to you!' She gave his hand free and filled his cup with Water again.
Ian was watching this very closely. A vampire! A real vampire sat there and took care of him! It seemed absurd, he had had an entirely different picture of these creatures. Ugly and brutal blood-suckers, he had imagined them, not so lovely and graceful as the young woman infront of him.
She handed him the cup again. Ian hesitated for a moment but then he grabbed it, did not drink but kept the cup holding it with both hands in front of his chest.
'You live alone in this big castle?', he finally ventured to ask. She laughed, amused. What a wonderful laugh she has., Ian thought. 'Do you really think so?' She asked. Her eyes sparkled at him. Ian was confused. But then she further talked: 'No, this is the castle of my father. There are a fiew of us living here.'
'And are here even more -' Ian hesitated for a moment. 'Humans?' He asked. She shook her head slightly. 'No, you're the only one. And you are allowed to stay here only because I begged my father for it.'
Ian took a sip of water, then he put the cup away. 'But why? Why did you do that?' She looked at him a bit embarrassed and kneaded her hands nervously. 'I don't know exactly. I guess I felt sorry for you. And maybe I thought you look kinda like a nice guy...' He was amazed.
Suddenly she looked into his eyes again and grabbed his hand. 'You will stay here with me, right?', she asked and her eyes seemed to begg him. Ian looked at her a little frightened. His eyes wandered, without him noticing it, down to her dekoltee. Her round breasts pressed themselves with every breath against the dark red corset which she wore over her dress.
'I, uh.' he stammered. 'I'm actually not so sure-' 'Please!', she begged and came a bit closer. Ian's view still stucked on her breasts. 'I beg you! It can be so great here, you'll see! Please stay with me! No one will harm you!' Ian nodded just totally hypnotised.
'Great!' She shouted in youthful enthusiasm, jumping up. Ian shook his head like when he was suddenly snatched from a kind of trance and looked at the young woman who had turned around and was now walking toward the door.
'I'll just tell my father!', she exulted. 'Wait!', he called after her. The hand on the doorknob, she stopped and turned with a bewildered look on him. Ian had been thinking to tell her that he would not stay with her, but this sweet face!
'What's your name?', he finally escaped from the situation. The bewildered expression in the young womans face turned into a soft smile. 'Anna.', that was all she said and then she disappeared through the door.
One moment Ian was still staring at the massive wooden door. The urge to jump up and flee just gradually disappeared, somehow, he suddenly had the feeling that something great awaited him here. It had probably been his fate that he had ended up here.

Anna ran through the vast corridors, which were illuminated only by candles.
As she passed a door she stopped. The door led to one of the many balconies and there stood a tall man, slim with narrow hips. He wore fine material to the body and a leather pants. His hair was white-blond and with silver streaks in various shades of gray, it was long and he wore it as always in the neck tied in a braid. His face was turned to the full moon, which was enthroned at the starry sky.
Anna leaned against the frame of the open door and folded her arms over her chest. 'Are you dreaming again, brother?', she said teasingly and almost reproachfully. He looked at her over his shoulder with the same emerald colored eyes, as her own. 'What do you want?'
Anna tosses her curls behind her shoulders and also entered onto the balcony in the fresh night air. 'I have him so far, Gabriel!' It did not seem to interest him and he looked up again.
'He begins to trust me.' She leaned back against the stone balustrade beside her brother. 'I'll wait until he has fallen completely for me and gave me voluntary surrenders.' She raised her right hand and ran her finger over her lips with relish. 'Then his blood will taste so delicious that I will nearly burst in sensation! And I'll enjoy it to the last drop till his heart stops beating!' She laughed madly.
'Why are you telling me, Anna? You know very well that I think your doing is disgusting! You are so dastardly!' Anna grinned and looked at him. 'That's exactly why I tell it to you, Gabriel! Because you are such a tender little soul!'
Suddenly Gabriel turned around, grabbed her by the collar of her hooded cloak, and showed his teeth furiously. In his eyes flashed anger, but Anna just laughed at him. 'Don't you dare to say something like that again!', he hissed angrily out from between his bared teeth. But Anna just laughed even more. 'You do not have your emotions under control, brother.', she said badly grinning and looked him straight in the eyes.
Gabriel pushed her disgusted away. 'Get out of my eyes, crazy woman!'

Ian opened his eyes, wild dreams had haunted him, but he could not remember their content.
He looked to the side. There she sat again and looked at him lovingly. 'Anna.' He said, still a little confused.
'Have you been dreaming bad?' She asked anxiously and laid softly her hand on his forehead. Ian took her hand and led it to his lips. 'Now it is much better.' , he said, and looked into her eyes. She looked embarrassed at the floor and pulled her hand back. For a moment she remained so, but then again she seemed to grasp. 'You are certainly curious, I will show you the castle!' Ian said nothing, he simply got up. Anna also stood up. She was standing quite close to him and looked up at him. He sank into her eyes, was enchanted by these sparkling jewels.
After a fiew seconds she took his hand and pulled him gently to the door.

The castle was huge! It was dark, but that changed nothing of its beauty and splendor.
The walls seemed to rise up to infinity, with ornate windows. Everywhere were stone figures, gargoyles grinning down from above on Ian as if they knew anything, that cheered them up in a cruel manner.
The impressions seemed to flood Ian, so he was not even able to hold them all. There was so much to see. And Anna showed him everything.
Outside the castle there also was a lot to see, the courtyards were at least as impressive as the Castle itself. Abandoned, small houses, large gardens which stretched into the darkness.
Then she led him to a small lake, surrounded by trees that stretched their crowns into the sky. And here they stayed at last.
'You like it?', she asked smiling. Ian, still overwhelmed let slip from his lips a pleasant sigh. 'It's incredible!' She smiled at him, then she grabbed softly into the material of his shirt and leaned her head lovingly on his chest. 'It's so nice to finally, after all this time have someone at my side.', she sighed. Ian raised his arms and wrapped them around her delicate shoulders.
Then he suddenly discovered a figure in the darkness. It was a man, leaning his back against one of the trees. He was tall and slim, wore beautiful clothes. His long hair shimmered in the moonlight.
'Who is that?' Ian said quietly. Anna raised her head and followed his gaze.
'That's my brother, Gabriel.', she said suddenly in a very different tone. Ian looked down at her. 'You seem not to have a good relationship with him.' 'That is not really important.', she said, and took him back to his hand. 'Come, let us go back in, I'm getting cold.'
They stepped back into the room and sat down side by side on the bed. Anna now seized his other hand and looked deep into his eyes. 'You are so dear to me. I am so happy now that you're with me.' She leaned closer to him. 'Although I do not really know you, you are doing something with me, you resolve a strange but pleasant feeling in me when you're near me. I feel so comfortable with you.'