Bloodstained Heart

By Kassandra Lea

Living in a mysterious house overlooking the town, Seamus haunts the halls with his dog at his side. He's doomed to un-life, cursed, essentially a zombie, but without all the icky rot. His only human friend is a delightful fella by the name of Tibbit. Sweet Tibbit accepts him for who he is, and oh, how Seamus loves him for that.

But can there ever be love between a lonely human and a man whose heart doesn't beat the way it should? Love got Seamus into this mess; is it worth it to try again?

• Language: English
• Publisher: JMS Books LLC
• Release date: Nov 8, 2019
• ISBN: 9781646561476

Kassandra Lea

Kassandra Lea’s stories have appeared in a number of anthologies. She lives in southern Wisconsin. For more information, visit facebook.com/leakassie.

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Bloodstained Heart

By Kassandra Lea

Published by JMS Books LLC at Smashwords

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Copyright 2019 Kassandra Lea

ISBN 9781646561476

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Bloodstained Heart

By Kassandra Lea

Chapter 1

The night was quiet and yet Seamus McCallum couldn’t sleep. His mind was troubled, a subtle ache settling like fog around his heart. For a while he merely lay there listening to the soft snoring of his dog curled up beside him, hoping it might be enough to carry him away into slumber. No such luck. When the clock struck midnight Seamus rolled out of bed and crept out of the room.

Like a wraith he haunted the halls. He wandered down the grand staircase, through the vast kitchen and out the backdoor into the garden. Seamus bathed in the golden moonlight, the night’s gentle breeze still clinging to the coolness of the spring days. Stars twinkled in an endless ocean of darkness and the castle loomed at his back, a silent monster in the night.

The ache enveloping his heart grew worse as he admired its beauty. It rose from rolling green hills like a memory of eras gone by, a glimpse at places that used to be and never could be again. Home. Seamus felt the familiar pinprick of unshed tears. He reached out, too far away to touch its stone façade, yet feeling the smoothness worn there by weather and time.

It used to be such a grand structure with towers jutting toward the sky and intricate beautiful stained glass windows. Now it was faded, green tendrils of ivy creeping across the surface, and a few of the windows were boarded up either because someone had taken it upon themselves to remove the glass or they’d simply been shattered. Inside the carpets used to be