Guardian - A summary
By Samantha Summers.
Hi, my name's Sam and I am a vampire. I was 22 years old when I was kidnapped by some sick sadistic vampire whose name I don't even care to mention, he is nothing more than an unimportant blimp in my life, but he did lead me to find my best friend Hannah.
Hannah is the Venatorcustos, the Guardian of all supernatural creatures and this is actually her story. It's a story I've memorized by heart though, because it's so significant in vampire history. You see Hannah is over 300 years old. She was first born in Amesbury Massachusetts in the year sixteen seventy five, so you do the math if you want to know exactly how old she is. She was a bit of a tom boy back then and spent most of her time playing in the woods with her best friend; handsome, blond, blue eyed Gabriel. That was until the day he kissed her, poor thing had no idea what to do, she lost it and ran off and told her mum, who in turn went and had a go at Gabriel's father who also happened to be the town sheriff. That turned out to be the catalyst that set in motion a series of ruinous events that ended up haunting Hannah for centuries.
If you want the full story read the book! But long story short Gabe's dad wasn't happy about his feelings for Hannah so he tried to have Hannah and her mum executed for witchcraft. Well he didn't quite succeed — obviously or Hannah wouldn't have made it to be over 300 years old — and as a positive it did lead her to meet Bernard, the warlock her mother had once had an affair with, and he became her mentor and confidant in future years. But as a result, the final outcome was that she did spend the next few hundred years on a bit of a vendetta and lost almost everyone close to her, while she hunted for the true creature she believed was behind the execution.
That was until she met Jesse. Jesse is a vampire, dark and handsome and nothing but trouble, and unfortunately for Hannah she couldn't help but fall in love with him, which just caused her grief all over again. Why would falling in love with Jesse cause her grief? Because for one Hannah was brought up to believe that the guardian is not allowed to love the supernatural creatures she is meant to protect. And for two, Jesse was created by Gabriel. Well you can imagine Hannah’s surprise when she learnt that not only was her childhood sweetheart alive — well a vampire anyway — but he was married? Damn hey! Well Hannah had a bit of a meltdown in life about then and decided to just pack it all in and start again. So with Bernard’s help she was reborn.
Unfortunately for Hannah being reborn doesn't mean she can forget who she is and it didn't take long before she was knee deep in crudelitas again. (Crudelitas being the ancient name for the supernatural) And that's about where I came into the picture.
Hannah and I were friends for quite a while before she decided it was time to take control of the Custas again. The Custas were a supernatural council and they were supposed to help Hannah keep the crudelitas under control, but while she had been off playing Buffy the vampire slayer and trying to reinvent her life over, they had pretty much gone off the rails and were running thing on their own terms instead of those set by the Venatorcustas.
Then when she discovered that the vampire Custas were harboring the actual vampire responsible for her mother’s death she was determined things would change. So with the help of some old friends — and while she was still trying to get a handle on her conflicting feelings for Jesse and Gabriel — she decided to get all the Custas together for a meeting and tighten the reigns, and no it's not as easy as it sounds, and no things didn't go as smoothly as planned, but hey it all worked out in the end right and that's the main thing, even if she did learn a bit more along the way than even she bargained for. :)
Fun. I love the mix of modern voice and ancient story.
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