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

	Muttering a quick prayer solemnly, I opened the gift, the secret, that had been presented for my eyes, alone.


	And when I saw its contents, I wasn’t sure whether to feel overwhelmed with excitement or with disappointment.


	Each time I rolled the individual stones through my hands brought a new revelation.  And for the first time in my life, I knew in my soul that God had not abandoned me.


	Emerald, amethyst, sapphire – surely these things had been signs from God, a means of holding on to all that I held dear and true in life?  For, however much I ached, however little I believed that anything in life truly mattered…these newly found jewels, these precious gemstones, brought such light and life to me, because they existed as symbols for the ever after, and beyond.


	“I am here for You, Lord,” I breathed, hoping He could hear me, faithfully.  “All I ask is that You send me first.”


Chapter 35: Out in the Cold