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

	Nodding, I could feel the relief washing through me.


	But after I observed how well the first student read, I couldn’t get out of my mind the worry, the fear, the endless anxiety that I wouldn’t do nearly as well, that my words wouldn’t flow in such a fluid way as his.


	My shaking quickly turned to tremors, and when he took a seat, I felt my stomach lurching.


	“All right,” my teacher turned to look at me softly, “Are you ready?”


	“Yes…” I replied hesitantly, unable to express fully what I felt through words.  Part of me desired to run from the room, but a larger part of me wanted to unload all of my deepest desires, dreams, fears purely onto this man, in the hopes that he might comfort her.


	“Are you sure?”  He raised his eyebrows slightly, holding my gaze for a few seconds longer than usual, smiling gently.


	“Yes…” I caught my breath guiltily, feeling utterly taken, a wave of passion swelling through my cheeks.


Chapter 45: To Find You Again