Pope Leo's daughter, Kitty, is a witch who is always engaging herself in some form of adventure -- telling stories entwined within stories. All, of course, told from behind the scenes of the Vatican.
"I looked at him with glassy eyes, regretting deeply all the time I had invested in coming to know him.  Day after day – whenever I had the urge, that is – I’d ventured forth dreamily in the outskirts of the Vatican, privately, away from my father.  Sometimes he’d even set aside special time for me to visit him, even if he was busy with “pack business.”
"But still.  Nothing.  Nothing more than the cradle of my black, dismal silence.  Screams from a primal spirit.  My Emanuel.
I knew him all too well.  He was just so out of this world.  The passion that I felt..."
Will Kitty's relationship with her father cause her to detach from her beloved Emanuel? Or will she fight for what she believes?
Vatican Nights is created by Stephanie Anne, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

Vatican Nights

	“Okay.  Thank you, dear Kitty.”  I smiled graciously, but when Emanuel turned around in his chair, his back to me, my face fell, as I realized that Emanuel was done with me.  Without so much as a “farewell” or “nice seeing you.”


	No… surely, something was not quite right about this entire exchange.  And what I had hoped would be something very memorable and meaningful, ended up leaving me feeling even more confused and fearful than I had ever been.


	Reluctantly, I picked up my belongings, and trudged back to… where?  The Holy Sanhedrin’s meeting spot?  Home with Father?


	Nevertheless,  I made my way to my father’s house, for I had nowhere else to go, really.


	I had nearly forgotten how many flights of stairs it took, once I arrived to the holy building.  But I had also forgotten how beautiful and scenic the greenery was, as I passed garden pathways and mounds of many trees.


Chapter 25: Spider Friends