Chapter 1A Pilot

Hello readers, and welcome to my new book, first published on 02/02/2020 wow, if it's not too late happy new year

THE VVAMPIRE, THE DETECTIVE AND THE HOTEL.

There is something you should know about this book, think of it like your favourite t.v show, like dr who or the vampire diaries, each chapter is like a season, and each sub chapter is like an episode, when one chapter finishes it means a season finished, I hope that explains it the sub chapters will be named a,b,c. Now let's talk about updates, updates are every Wednesday or after, sorry, I hope you enjoy this book. Please do leave comments and please vote for chapters you like.

Welcome to the Oddfellows hotel, my name is Clarissa, I am the owner of this hotel.

My name is Clarissa, and I am a witch and vampire hybrid, I am unique there isn't another like me in the world, nor has there ever been, nor will there ever be, what makes me so confident? Read on to find out.

I own a hotel, the Oddfellows hotel, originally the hotel was a small pub, I bought it, I ran it as a pub, then turned it into a club, then finally turned it into a hotel, I kept the name, the bar is still here too, I kept the name because it represents the people who come to stay here, confused? Allow me to explain, as I explained I'm a hybrid, well although I'm the only witch vampire hybrid in the world there are witches, lycans, fairies, vampires and werewolves, and they all come to stay here, whenever they visit England, they live here, well most of them do, werewolves don't really like living here, as it's run by their sworn enemy, me, which is unfortunate, because I have always prided myself to be firm in my belief, I do not discriminate, I see no difference between anyone, I have never hurt someone because of what they are, my hotel is built on that very foundation, you come here and your every need will be met, that is a promise. A promise that has never been broken.

I am often asked how old I am, unfortunately I do not remember, why? I am old, older than time itself. Confused? I was born possibly around seven thousand years b.c. but because no one started counting until two thousand years ago I don't know how old I am.

I was born in a time when there was no difference between a man and woman but one, a woman could create life, she was praised for this, treated with respect, she was loved.

These days it is believed that women are weak, back then women would go out and hunt, my mother could hunt and kill tigers, but she wouldn't brag because it was normal, every woman could do it, girls were taught, just like boys, from a very early age how to hunt, sometimes the dad would take her, sometimes the mother would, they would bring the animal home, they would skin it then cook it, the skin would be used for clothing, the meat would be cooked and, if it was a small family, like mine, we would share the meat with neighbours, so as not to waste the meat, we didn't have ice boxes back then, the teeth of the animal would be used to make jewellery, my dad was great at it, he would use stones as well as teeth, he would make jewellery for everyone in the village.

We were not a normal family though, my father and I were witches, I was taught the craft very early, we had a vampire living close by too, he was handsome, of course people always found vampires handsome or beautiful, but we kept away from them not because we were scared but because they couldn't bring life, we needed to bring life, vampires nor werewolves were scary, vampires only drank what they needed, they never killed. Werewolves only hunted other animals they never harmed humans.

Back to the present, there are one hundred rooms in this hotel, and it is never full, I'm a vvampire I can drink blood, human blood and vampire blood, I prefer human blood, mostly. I can eat food too. To this day I have never taken a life, nor will I ever, the old vampires never did, we were taught, how to control ourselves, I cannot say the same of newer vampires, it makes me sick.

Natasha works at the hotel, she's a fairy, she lost her wings when she was banished, she was banished because she killed another fairy, but I took her in, she has stayed and helped me run the hotel for the past two hundred years, she's very loyal, I've often asked her why she killed another but she goes quiet never answering, I've always wondered, maybe she didn't kill, maybe she took the fall for someone else, but I don't know, she's just so gentle, so nice, she couldn't have killed someone, but living in this world has taught me one thing, you never know.

Stefan Salvatore is a regular customer a vampire, he is from America, he lives in mystic falls with his brother, he and I dated over a hundred years ago, but he cheated on me, he still comes to visit because I am best friends with his brother and they are a package deal, unfortunately I have to see his face for four months every year, he is a new vampire, which means he has killed countless people.

Damon Salvatore is, my best friend, also vampire, and yes Stefans brother, he's a player, always has been, I find him totally drool worthy, but he's a player, I like him, no, I love him, but we will be nothing more than friends. He's a great friend, but his track record as a boyfriend? Ha ha let's not go there.