Charlotte is a traveling historian with a specific interest in old towns, which is what brings her to the forgotten Willow Creek. Her research takes a drastic turn when she discovers that the place is harboring a mysterious castle that belongs to an even more mysterious vampire Lord. She will do anything to unlock the secrets of the little town, even offering up her blood. However, Charlotte soon finds out that she may have bitten off more than she could chew.

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“So, what is it that you think you’re offering me that isn’t what you’ve already agreed to?”
“If you can answer the simplest difficult questions for me, then I’ll offer you a living taste,” Charlotte said.
Silently, he closed the distance between them. Charlotte’s eyes closed while he neared her neck, his lips just above her skin.
“Drinking so savagely from anyone is just not the way I do things.”

In The October Wind is created by Rachelle Keener, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

In the October Wind

Charlotte spent the rest of the afternoon trying to figure out how she was going to tell Lord Hunt the truth. She felt that he deserved to know what killed Lady Bennett after all this time and after he had done nothing but try to keep her memory alive. It was a sad and lonely way to carry on for that many years. 


There was another part of her that hoped it would tear down the wall between them as well, but she wasn’t sure if that would ever happen. At least, she told herself, she would have sought out the truth to her job as a historian and told the real story of The Mystery of Willow Creek. 


Chapter 32: A Time for Mourning