You and Astan had been friends ever since you were kids. He was a prince, you were one of the servant boys.

You had always known he was different from the other boys. Stronger. Everyone knew why, but no one dared to say it out loud. He was half vampire, with his father being a vampire and his mother being a human queen.

Growing up, most children had been scared of him, but not you. You two always were connected by the hip. You were smitten with him, even though you knew you could never have someone as perfect as him. But recently, you had noticed him acting strange. Deep down you knew why. His vampiric nature caught up to him and no one was sure what to do about it.

It was late at night and you couldn't sleep, so you wandered around the castle, only to find Astan sitting on the roof, staring up at the moon