A Gentleman;s Luck By Nicole Hill

William has suffered through the Civil war and survived his entire family including his fiancé. Now to have shipwrecked on an island in the middle of nowhere that is not on any map, He knew his luck was rotten but this is taking it to far. Captured and taken to serve in an army that is not his, he has decided that his luck has finally dealt him a fatal blow. That is until he meets Princess Na-Lisa. She is stubborn and vivacious. He knows he must help her to get away from her uncle and his disgusting plans. Can he beat his rotten luck against all odds to save them both?

Na-Lisa’s world has been turned upside down by the death of her father the king and her brother. Her uncle has taken over and has great plans for the kingdom. Plans that include her. She is determined not to go along with them even if it means her untimely demise. She must get out or risk her immortal soul. Can she trust William to save her or is he just one of her uncle’s mindless minions?

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Meet the Men of Legacy Forgotten Or at least the way I imagined them as I wrote them. LOL

Kenneth

Meaning: Born of Fire

Born in : Madrid, Spain

Age: 126 yrs old

Kenneth has been a Vampire long enough to know that he is what he is. Plain and Simple. He doesn’t make excuses. He likes what he is. He is tough as nails with a chip on his shoulder the size of Texas. He does what he wants when he wants and revels in the fact that he does not answer to anyone. Especially some nosy Mortal cop that wont mind her own damn business.

Collin
Meaning: Victorious People

Born: Miami, Florida

Age: 29
Collin works with Ailis. He has been in love with her for years. He
would do anything to get her to notice him as more than a colleague.

William

Meaning: Brave Warrior

Born in : Madrid Spain

Age: 84
William is Kenneth’s second in command. He is there with him through thick and thin. He is indeed brave beyond his young years. ( young for a Vampire) He is not sure on which side he stands. He has been taught to hate the witches at all costs but he is loyal to Kenneth and until he sees reason to sever that loyalty, he will continue to be.

Markus

Meaning: From The God Mars
Born In: Bath England
Age: 45
Markus is the second in command to Monolo. He is even more evil than his master and will stop at nothing to rule the earth. Including having his wife and children murdered.

Monolo

Meaning: God is with us.
Born: Bath England
Age: 1,655 years old
Monolo is evil, ruthless and on a mission. He has been trying to combine the two races for over 1,000 years and has just about driven himself mad with the need to be ” The One” to lift the curse placed upon their species by the goddess in 537 A.D. He cares not what methods he must uses or who he hurts in the process. He is fighting for a greater cause than any human or witch life is worth. He’s found the one Witch who he is sure is the key. He’ll stop at nothing to get her to join him.

” I want that f****g witch. Alive! ” Snippet of Legacy Forgotten by Nicole Hill

Monolo was furious. He slammed his
hand into the wall again, this time leaving a larger hole than the last. How could this have happened? He thought to himself. He could not believe this. He had protected the women and insured that their location was known only to a few among his men. He had a spy and when he found out who it was, he would surely deal viciously with him.
Just then there was a knock at the door.

“Enter.” He barked at the closed door. The door opened and Markus his second
walked in. Marilyn was with him. Monolo raised an eyebrow.

“I found her hiding at the camp.” My lord, “she was the only one that did not escape.” Markus said.

“Sit” Monolo growled at her. She obeyed. He looked at Marcus. “Leave us!.”

Marcus inclined his head and headed for the door. After he Marcus left, Monolo turned his attention to Marilyn. “Why is it,” he started. “That you are the only one that did not escape?” He asked her.

“I hid my lord.” She said with her eyes to the floor. He walked over to the couch and sat beside her.

“Why did you not leave when you had the chance?” He asked.

She shifted in her seat. “I don’t know my lord.” She answered. “The
others showed up and there was screaming and fighting everywhere. I
was frightened. I did not know what they wanted. I figured the devil that you know was better that the one you don’t.”

Monolo placed his forefinger under her chin and raised her face up so that he could see her eyes. He searched them for a long moment. He could not see a lie in them. “You see me as the Devil?” He asked surprised that her opinion mattered.

Her eyes widened. “No, Not exactly my lord.” She answered. “I don’t know what you wanted us for but I know that you never hurt me personally. I did hear what was done to some of the other women and yes on that account you are as evil as the devil himself. Maybe if you had come and explained to us what you wanted,”she started. “It would not have had to be this way.”

Monolo was shocked. He did not expect such a small person to speak to him in this manner. He also did not expect to feel any remorse for what he had been forced to do over the centuries. He quickly hardened himself. “It is not up to you to tell me what is right and what is wrong.” He snapped at her. He stood and called to Marcus into the room. “Take Marilyn to a room and then come back down here.”

Marcus inclined his head and left the room. A few minutes later he returned.
“What shall we do with the girl? “He asked.

“Nothing at the moment,” Monolo said “just leave her there. Right now I want you to get every contact that we have. I want that son of a bitch dead and I want that fucking witch. Alive!

” At the mercy of a monster. ” Snippet of Legacy Forgotten By Nicole Hill

Ailis had never felt so much pain in her life. She tried to remember what had happened since she woke up. She awoke and could not go back to sleep. She grabbed the diary and began reading.

It must have been hours that I was at Monolo’s mercy. I thought that I
would die. All I could think of was Beto and how I would never see
him again and Alejandro he was a vampire and probably gave me to
these fiends. I would get him for this. Just then Beto ran in and
with one swift move of his machete nearly cut Monolo’s head clean
off. He helped me up and we ran. I didn’t think of anything we just ran.

We found ourselves on a ship the next day and we came to America. Eight
months later I gave birth to your mother. I was pregnant when I was
attacked. I know that it wasn’t the right thing to do but I would have to deal with it. I thought that I would never get to be with Beto again so I took the chance. Alejandro knew and he was willing to overlook it. He did not however know that I was pregnant. Now, it is time to tell you the story of Alejandro Kenneth Nunez.

Suddenly Monolo was standing over her bed stroking her hair from her face. She tried to fight him off. He held her steady. “Awe.” He said like he was talking to a child. “You didn’t know. That’s OK baby. We will make him pay for what he’s done to you.”

She drew her energy and pushed as hard as she could. He flew against
the wall. She was able to jump out of bed and run. She made it down
stairs and there he was standing right in front of her. He chuckled.
“You are much stronger than your grandmother was, but still not strong
enough. But you will be. I am going to enjoy making you submit to me.”
He said chuckling. “Make no mistake Ailis, You will submit to me. As soon as you have gone through the change you will be every bit as strong as I am. And by that time you will know where your loyalties lie.”
Ailis started backing away. She had to get away.

” The rays of the sun ” Teaser from Legacy Forgotten by Nicole Hill

Ailis did not sleep well that day. She kept waking up feeling a deep sense of loss. She didn’t know what it was but she knew it had to do with Kenneth. He was a mystery. She knew he was the one who was killing all of these people but she could not bring herself to hate him for it.

Still, she was a detective and with that came her job.
But what was she going to do? Arrest a vampire. She was so confused.
She fought with herself over the fact that all of the victims, upon
further investigation had proven to be very bad people. The first was six weeks ago and it turned out that he was a suspect from Marion County in a murder investigation. Upon searching his apartment they found the evidence in the form of pictures that proved that he had killed a high School student from Gainesville and dumped her body in a river.

The next was three weeks ago and they discovered that he ran an adult movie company that also did teen bondage flicks on the side. She hated to find out what the newest addition to the morgue had done to end up in an abandoned theater with every last drop of blood drained from him. She hated herself for siding with Kenneth but in this case she felt that they had gotten what they deserved. That still didn’t change the fact that it was her job to
catch the person responsible for these crimes. But the trouble was
they didn’t seem that much like crimes to her.

“The rays of the sun” Ailis sat straight up in her bed and glanced around the dark room. She wasn’t dreaming. She had heard his voice plain as day.

“What are you talking about?” She asked sleepily.

“The rays of the sun, that’s what Ailis means. Funny isn’t it?” He
asked sounding as sleepy as she did.

She was so startled it took her a few moments to answer.
“I thought you people slept during the day?” She asked him grumpily.

“We normally do, but all of your worrying has kept me awake.” He replied.

“I’ve kept you awake.” She stated. “You’re the one who has kept me awake, I’ve never felt so sad before and those feelings are coming from you.”

“Woman I have no idea what you are talking about. Now go to sleep so that I
can.”

Ailis finally fell asleep with a smile on her lips.

” Who are you and why are you here? ” Teaser from Legacy Forgotten by Nicole Hill

She took fifteen more minutes to examine the body. By the time she was ready to leave she was sure that the victim died from a vampire bite just like the rest. She would never voice her opinion however; as everyone would think she had gone off the deep end.

She knew, all the same, that it was up to her to find out who was doing this so she could stop them. She pulled
into her driveway at ten till four. It was still dark outside but she
could still hear the music coming from a mansion next door. These
people here never stopped partying.

Ailis had only been here for six months but she felt like it was six months to long. Her grandmother died last September and Ailis was blessed with the one hundred year old Victorian Home. The house was immaculate in an 1800’s kind of way. Ailis was not content in this place. She felt out of place. The
house was wonderful and when it was built it was probably in the
middle of nowhere, which would have suited Ailis fine. But this place
was always teeming with life.

It wasn’t as bad as it could be. Good Fortune Island was an exclusive living community for the wealthy movie stars and music artists. Her grandfather used to own the whole island when he and her grandmother came to Miami from Spain a long ass time ago. After the death of her grandfather, her grandmother sold all but the half-acre parcel that the house and the outdoor pool sat on. The daytime was quiet, as most of the Richie’s had come
home to sleep the day away. Ailis told everyone that’s why she
preferred the night shift. That’s when the most happens around here
she would tell everyone when they would make a comment about her
never wanting a day shift.

The truth of it was that Ailis was always a night person. She had always slept the best during the day. At night she was up and ready to go. Ailis yawned as she made her way to her coffee pot, after turning it on she wandered up stairs to get her shower. She couldn’t stop thinking about the attempted intrusion to
her mind earlier. She had only felt that a few times before, but the other times the person had felt far away. Now they felt so much closer. She couldn’t figure out why, but she knew it was the same person.

Deliberately she searched for the path they had used and tried to reverse it. It was working until she slammed into a barrier of strength she had never experienced, not even in communication with her grandmother. Ailis’ grandmother came from Madrid. She was not sure what village, as her grandmother would never tell her. “Some things are better left forgotten,” she

would say. Grandmother Carmelita was always vague with her life
story. Since she couldn’t get through the barrier she decided to knock, so to speak.
“Who are you?” she asked. No answer. She turned off the water and stepped from the shower. She kept trying even as she was toweling her hair.
“Hello!” She shouted to the barrier. She put on her terry cloth robe and headed down to the kitchen to get her coffee. “I’m still trying to reach you.” she persisted. Finally, after twenty minutes and her second cup of coffee, she finally got an answer.

“Why are you bothering me?” He answered simply after twenty minutes of her trying to get through. His voice was smooth, like warm honey, it slid down her spine. She shook her head to clear the thought.

“Who are you?” She asked again.

“Who are you?” He questioned back rudely.

“I thought I was asking the questions.” she shot back at the rudeness. “You
tried to intrude in on my thoughts, now who are you?”

“Don’t you mean what am I?” he asked slyly.

“Don’t be coy with me.” She cautioned.
“I know what you are. Now I want to know is who you are and why you are here.”

“What am I thinking? She’ll never be my anything! “ Snippet of Legacy Forgotten by Nicole Hill

Kenneth
awoke with the most wonderful taste in his mouth. He didn’t
understand. The last thing he remembered was finding Ailis in the
grips of one hell of a nightmare. When she awoke she was still
screaming and fighting.       Was the dream about him? He was wondering to himself When he felt someone struggling. He popped his eyes open and saw Ailis. She looked scared and pale. He realized that the taste in his mouth was her blood! He was taking her blood! He let go of her arm and she immediatley fainted. Oh Shit! He thought as he jumped up.
Had he taken too much? Had he attacked her? He couldn’t remember. He
had to think fast. She needed more blood but it was risky.  Oh the hell with it! he thought. She’s already half vampire , He had to save her! He’d worry about her wrath later.
Here goes. He thought as he placed his wrist over her mouth at the
same time he took her abused wrist in his hands and slid his tongue
over the wound to close it. He watched as her fangs lengthened and
she bit into his wrist and began to drink timidly. She was still unconscious and acting out of pure instinct. He smiled to himself. My little Vampire. he
thought and then quickly reprimanded himself. What am I thinking?
She’ll never be my anything!  She’ll end up marrying that pompous
ass hole Collin and having him lots of babies and living happily ever
after.

He stopped her from drinking and then sealed his own wound. He
lifted her in his arms ignoring how right she felt there and placed
her gently in her bed. He gazed down at her loving what he saw and
wishing it was him that she would think about spending the rest of
her life with. It was best that he just leave and return home to Madrid and never bother her again. Just then her eyes fluttered open.

“Why are you always so sad?” She asked softly.

“You have only known me a couple of weeks how do you know I am always
sad?” He asked.

She looked serious. “I met you a couple of weeks ago but I have felt you for months. That is why I came.” She said with a tired sigh.

“What are you talking about?” Kenneth asked.

“I felt your pain and followed it. My grandmother died but I came only
after I started feeling your presence and it led me here.” She said as she smiled at him and reached up to stroke the side of his face. “I would make you feel better if I could”. She said quietly as she turned her head and fell back to sleep.

” Don’t ever come near me again! ” Teaser from Legacy Forgotten by Nicole Hill

 

 

Ailis awoke with someone banging
on her door. She didn’t even remember getting into bed. She ran down
stairs and opened the door to a very agitated Collin.

“Where have you been?!” He nearly shouted.

“What do you mean? Ailis answered.
“I came home and went to bed.” She replied sleepily.

He stared at her like she was a stranger. “Ailis,” Collin stated. “That was two days ago.”

She stood staring. “What are you talking about?”

Collin heaved a sigh. “Ailis, what day was it that we found the last body?”

“That’s a stupid question” she responded. “That was Monday.”

Collin turned around and picked up the paper from the porch and showed it to
her.“Today is Wednesday.” He stated.

Ailis stared at the paper numbly for a few minutes and then started laughing.

Collin thought she had lost it. “Are you all right Ailis? I don’t see what is so funny.”

“I’m sorry” Ailis said. “I just remembered that when I got home I just was thinking that I was so tired that I could sleep for two days. Well I guess I really was that tired.” She finished with a giggle.

Collin chuckled a little and then pulled Ailis into his embrace. She hugged him back stiffly at first but then relaxed. Collin had always been there for her and in his own way she supposed that he loved her. She just wasn’t sure how she felt about him. “I’m sorry that you were worried Collin.” Ailis said against his chest.

“Worried?” He said. “You scared the hell out of me. You didn’t even answer your phone.” Collin held her face in his hands and tilted her face to his. He stared into her eyes. “I don’t know what I’ll do if anything were to happen to you.” He stated. Then his lips were on hers.

Ailis didn’t know what to do. In the next moment, she felt a swell of rage that she knew could only come from one place. Ailis backed up breaking the contact.

Collin looked confused. “Ailis” he started sounding hurt. But she stopped him.

“Look Collin this is not the best time. You have just succeeded in completely confusing me and I just need some time right now.” Collin looked hurt for minute and then he backed out the door and turned to leave. He stopped midway and turned back to her.

“You know I love you Ailis. I would be good to you. You know that don’t
you?”He asked.

Ailis could only shake her head. “Good” he said with a smile. “Take your time.” And then he left.

Ailis could not even think. What had just happened? She knew Collin had feelings for her but she had never led him on. She didn’t want to hurt him but she just didn’t think of him like that. And Kenneth, She was so furious with him that she could barely contain herself. “Where are you?! You had no right to interfere with my life.” She mentally yelled at him. Kenneth did not answer. “Fine then, ignore me. Don’t ever come near me again.” She raved.

 

” The queen finally reveals herself. ” Snippet from Legacy Forgotten by Nicole Hill

Kenneth
drew his sword as he fully changed. He could feel his skin pull tight
over his head and his fangs lengthen to the longest point. He felt
the power that was the essence of the Vampire surge through him. He
was no spring chicken anymore but where the human species got feebler
with age the vampire got more strong, more fierce and more agile. There were so many of them.

He looked around and saw William staggering back from a blow to his
side. Kenneth was there in a flash. He swung his sword over his head
and watched it meet with the vampire’s neck. It was a clean cut and
the vampire was ash before he hit the ground. Kenneth nodded his head
to William as he moved on.

The fight seemed to last forever and more
kept coming. Kenneth could have sworn that there was only twenty to
start with. He had taken out at least ten on his own and there were
still more. They were tiring fast. He knew that they should have
brought more people. He turned when he saw a flash to his right a bit
to late to deflect the blow to his leg. It hurt like hell and the
vampire paid dearly for that pain. The cut was very deep. A little
more and that bastard would have cut his whole leg off!

He was tired now from the physical exertion and he was quickly bleeding out. He needed to get the wound wrapped until he could feed enough to close
it. He wasn’t sure how much longer he could last. From the corner of
his eye he caught a glimpse of the witches filling out into a line.
Get back! He screamed. Just then he felt the entire ground shaking.
All fighting stopped as everyone turned to look at the women. Their
hair seemed to blow back on an invisible breeze. Their eyes seemed to
glow as they held hands. Kenneth felt the last of his strength going
and he nearly fell to the ground. He had the feeling that they were
using their powers to combine with his and the others of the force.
Kenneth knew that something bad was fixing to happen.

 “Get out of here!”
He mentally sent to the others. As soon as they flashed out of the
parameter there was a huge beam of light that covered the entirety of the camp. Kenneth could smell burning vampire and knew that anyone who stayed behind was gone. As soon as he felt that it was safe, he and the others flashed back. The women were still standing side by side with their hands linked. Kenneth stepped forward.

“Stop!” The one in the center said with her hand held out. Kenneth stopped
short. “Identify yourself.” She said.

 “We mean you no harm.” Kenneth started.

 “We don’t believe you.” She stated sounding bored.

“We have come to help you.” He said. “We want to take you to a safe place. We have other like you that we have rescued and now protect.”

 “We will not go with you.” She said with finality.

“We mean only to protect you.” Kenneth stated.

The air grew still again and the women started to lift off the ground. Kenneth could feel his energy ebbing away at a rapid force. He looked at the others and could tell by their expressions that theirs was going as well. “Try to leave”
he sent out and he could also tell that they were unable. This was going
to hurt. Kenneth thought to himself.

Just as he was bracing himself for impact, he felt strange warmth on his face. He opened his eyes and was amazed to see Ailis. Well an apparition of her at least. He didn’t even know that she could do that. She was surrounded by light

and all but floating! The women immediately fell to one knee and bowed
their heads while Kenneth stood there, his mouth agape trying to think past the brightness of the light radiating from her. .

“You are totally insane!” Exerpt from Legacy Forgotten by Nicole Hill

 Kenneth
knew the presence when he felt it. It was Carmelita, she was calming
her granddaughter.

“What did she want? Where is she?” He thought to himself as he reached down and grabbed Ailis’ arms in a tight grip.

“You’re hurting me” she shot back.

“I  know you felt her to, I saw your face.” He
growled.

“Let go!” Ailis nearly screamed.

He obeyed although he had no idea why. He didn’t answer to
anyone. “Where is she?” He asked again.

Ailis was confused. He couldn’t be talking about her grandmother. “Who
are you talking about?” She asked.

“You know very well who I am talking about” he
snapped. “Carmelita, were is she?”

Now she was very confused. “My
grandmother, what are you talking about?”She asked irritated.

“Yes your grandmother! I felt her here. Where is she Damn it!”

Ailis was starting to get frightened so she backed away from Kenneth. “My
grandmother is dead. She died six months ago.” she screamed. She
saw flames in Kenneth’s eyes and turned to run as fast as she could.

Kenneth was amazed. She ran so fast. Not as fast as he did but
definatly three times as fast as a human. With a little effort he
caught up to her nearing her car in an alley and grabbed hold of her
arms.“Stop running,” he yelled at her.

She looked up at him and her eyes flashed a light glow of red behind her pupils. “Let go” she said in a low menacing voice.

He let go then and stared at her aghast at what he had just
witnessed. “What the hell are you?” He asked. The flash had disappeared and she was back to normal.

“Let me go” she stated.

“No. I won’t.” Kenneth was not about to let her go not after what he had just witnessed. “Now answer my question. How could you possibly not know? You can’t go into your twenties and never have realized.” Kenneth asked.

“What a stupid question that is, I am human of course.” Ailis
answered angrily.

“Yes. I can see that part of you but the other part is definitely not
human.” He didn’t want to frighten her by saying what he suspected the other
part to be.

“You are being ridiculous.” She started and turned to leave. This guy was crazy. Kenneth held her arm to stop her.

“Have you ever craved blood he asked directly?” She scolded him with her look.

“Of course not! I am leaving now. You are insane, I could have worked
with the fact that you are a vampire and with the fact that you kill
people at least as long as I kept finding that they were the most
despicable scum of the universe. But I absolutely cannot forgive the
fact that you are totally insane.” She said leaning in to
throw her over shirt in the front seat.

***

Kenneth was furious that this
little slip of a woman dared to talk to him like that. He decided to
prove it to her. No matter how much it frightened her. Right now he
didn’t give a damn. He brought his wrist to his mouth and ripped a
whole in it. Blood automatically started to pour out. In his anger
Kenneth Tore the hole to big and felt the life force draining from
him to fast.

Ailis knew that he had made a mistake also and lurched
forward to grab his wrist. Covering it with her hand desperately
reaching inside her car for the over shirt she had thrown into the
front seat. She removed her hand and wrapped the shirt around tightly
to cut off the flow of blood. She was in the middle of chastising him
for being so completely stupid, when the sensation hit her. She had
only felt this a few times before and never this strong. She felt it
first in her stomach and then in her mouth, the small teeth on either
side began to lengthen. That had never happened before. She pressed
her lips closed to hide the evidence. What the hell was happening?
Her head began to swim and she jumped into the car and grabbed the
wet naps from the front seat and began scrubbing the blood off of her
hands. Shit, this was not happening. She just could not face this
right now. When she got the urge under control she looked up at
Kenneth who looked rather pale. She jumped out of the car and helped
him to stand.

“I’m fine” he chuckled, “just a little weak. I need to feed.”

Ailis let out a large sigh and looked up at him. “Please don’t kill anyone.” She asked quietly.

That angered Kenneth far more than her denying what she was. He looked
down at her darkly, “Don’t presume that you can tell me what to do.” He
said quietly and seemingly with no emotion at all. Then he was gone.