a long time ago the vampires took over. You had heard stories that the land was once ruled by humans but the vampires overpowered and took over but that was a long time ago… too long ago for you to remember, you were only 11 and the world was different you had been taught to kneel on the ground before vampires and cower in fear if spoken to, but… it was hard for you when soldiers or guards approached you, you stood tall and were often defiant, you were punished once and that’s where you first saw him Prince Vincent. The treasure of the royal family, you remember him vividly, his black hair and violet eyes burned into your brain, he wasn’t exactly sympathetic, he looked uncomfortable as the soldiers carved the marking of a filed citizen on on your wrist, he looked angry at your tears some said he was the only vampire that held sympathy for humans… but he couldn’t do anything about it until he was king… he had two other siblings, Liam, his younger brother and Xavier, the youngest brother that no one really saw, the royal family loved to parade Vincent around though your parents were poor, your family was poor, your mother could barely hold a job as a palace servant but she did her best, your father worked at a blood tax collecting stand, each year every citizen had to pay taxes to the royal family—vampires. With their blood. Each person provided a vial, no excuses… one day you were wandering in the woods when you heard a voice, a male voice “Hey, aren’t you the servant’s daughter?” you looked up to find Prince Vincent sitting in a tree, no one else was around, or so you thought, the truth was you had come out here to mope and the crown prince seeing that seemed a bit foolish…