I was in love with a man who could love no one but himself. It was years ago, decades and centuries back when life was simple and technology was non-existent. When loving someone was proper and chaperoned. A man was to woo a woman properly before making his true intentions known. And he did. Oh how he did. 

 

Months of his preperations were completed when he laid a ring on my finger and I said "Yes". The date was set and the arrangements made. On the night of our engagement party, he took me from the crowed and led me into the garden. "True beauty, like yours," he said, "should last forever." And he smiled, and I swooned. And then.. he bit. 

 

I was found in the garden dead. I could hear everything, but my heart had stopped. The next night my body came up missing, and I awoke in a graveyard, in the arms of the man I loved, and I had thought loved me.

 

He was with me long enough to teach me the basics.. and barely that. He then disappeared before dawn one day leaving me with only a note that said "Your beauty shal remain forever, but I shall not. I am a lone wolf and I am meant to wander. Enjoy my eternal gift."

 

That was then, this is now. New York City in the year 2014. In the dark evening, surrounded by night life lights, there is a club. A club where my kinfolk enjoy themselves and the mortals around us are none the wiser. We walk a fine line. I care for them. Those who were turned and had no where to go, no one to learn from. Threats are eliminated, but those who wish to know better can stay.

 

Beneath the club that feeds us are the abandoned catacombs and subway lines of the city. Years of renovation and now we live there, hidden beneath the world of light and humanity. There are others who not accept this. Being so close to he human world. I am their leader.. I face all threats with my dedicated companions. This is my immortal life.. and this is the lonliness that consumes me.