Our heroine is Mirela. She looks normal enough on the outside but on the inside, her soul and spirit are in constant turmoil.

In 1509, Elua, a divine dark angel mated with a powerful human witch named Naamah. They had a daughter named Mirela. Naamah tried to teach her daughter black magic but the girl didn't want to learn. She knew dark magic was wrong and her inner conflict was more than she could bare.

She escaped her home and hid in the woods. She was half starved and near death when Varcolac, a werewolf, found her. He brought her back to Bran Castle where his brother Claudiu, a vampire, nursed her back to health.

Mirela, Varcolac, and Claudiu became close friends. Their friendship evolved into a love triangle that culminated with a vicious battle between brothers to win Mirela's love.

Book Two -- Hora Haiku: a gothic tale of terror

Varcolac was violently banished from Bran Castle by his brother. Mirela and Claudiu began their eternal union (I was Mirela's wish to be a vampire and her lover obliged). The brother's fight and Varcolac's banishment caused friction between Mirela and Claudiu.

They were delighted to be together and free to express their mutual passion but their union was founded on grief and hate and eventually it destroyed Mirela and Caudiu's eternal union.

Mirela could not live with her remorse, her best friend Varcolac's banishment, her lover Claudiu's breakup, and her evil legacy. She attempted to commit suicide by drowning in Bran's Lake.

Since Mirela was turned into a vampire by her lover, Claudiu's, she is not able to commit suicide so she must endure her guilty mind and angst for causing her best friend, Varcolac, grief, and suffering.

Mirela's mother, Namaah, comes to Bran's land looking for her. She finds Varcolac near Bran Castle, where she manipulates Varcolac trying to convince him he must kill his brother, Claudiu.

Namaah puts a spell on Varcolac increasing his size. He finds Mirela in the woods and takes her by force. They fight and she passes out.

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