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Hello, I'm Mariam.
Today's story involves love, death and a blood-sucking vampire.
It was written a long time ago, but is just as good to hear today.
We start with a young Englishman called Aubrey,
who's travelling with an older man called Lord Riven to the beautiful city of Rome.
However, somebody has told Aubrey to watch out for Riven,
as he's not a very nice person and can't be trusted.
What can they mean?
In Rome, they meet a woman who Riven takes an interest in.
but Aubrey warns her to keep away from him, because he's not to be trusted.
Aubrey isn't happy about Riven's behaviour, and decides to keep travelling but on his own.
He ends up in Greece, and it's here he meets and falls in love with the beautiful Ianthi.
She keeps him company and tells him tales of local legends about a vampire.