Every few years, a girl or boy would be chosen to be sacrificed- yes, sacrificed- to the elite as a way to stay on good terms. Politicians would often claim they would end the cycle if they were elected, but they never did. Either they found the life the elites provided to be too good to give up, or they would feel too threatened. The elites ran everything. They were a very small group that had their claws in everything. The richest and most powerful. As if that wasn’t bad enough, they were feared by everyone for more than their ability to wreck society and get away with it without a scratch on them. What truly terrified people was the fact they were undead. Vampires is the technical term, but no one liked to call them that. Almost all members of the elites were part of the same clan, branching off from each other. And every few years, a bride or groom would be chosen, usually at random, to be sacrificed to the elites. This kept the peace.

Then you were chosen.