All Nevena wants is to be like all the other seventeen-year-old American teenagers: go out with her friends, date a cute boy, and get a driver's license. But Nevena's mom wants her to be true to her Serbian roots and tries to raise the girl in a traditional manner.

After Nevena hears that her mother plans to take her to Serbia for the summer, she plans to escape and hide at her best-friend Rachel's house, but her plans go out the window when she is swept off her feet by a handsome vampire named Ivan and taken to Slavonika Academy, a school for those gifted with Slavic Magic.

This new world is more dangerous for Nevena than Ivan expected, especially since Nevena seems to be just a human. She's caught in a world too perilous for her to navigate without any Magic abilities. But Ivan got her into this mess, and he promises to do anything in his power to protect Nevena.

The Embrace of the Vampire is created by Matteo Morgenstern, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

The Embrace of the Vampire

	My face was still wet when the door opened and Katarina walked in her room. When she saw me on her bed, her face turned murderous and smoke started coming out of her skin. But then she saw my tear-stricken face and her expression softened.


	“Get off my bed,” she ordered me, but the usual dislike and hatred were gone from her tone. She waved her hand, and my bed appeared. I got up, and sat on it.


	Katarina handed me a handkerchief, which I gladly accepted and I used it to wipe the tears and blow my nose.


	“I know it’s none of my business,” she said. “But, why are you slobbering all over my pillow?”


	“It’s nothing,” I said, but that tightness in my chest pressed on my soul again and suddenly I wanted to cry again.


	“Oh great, here come the waterworks again,” said Katarina and then I was crying again, like the stupid little girl that I am. Stupid and trusting.


	But something completely unexpected happened.


Chapter 24: Nevena