. Every time the wheels hit a hole in the ro

m. My torn clothes did little against the cold

r around my ne

body. The pain forced me to stop. All I wanted was to feel her, even

een standing in front of a mirror, smiling. Now I could still hear the

father done

ing debts and failed business deals. Sometimes I skipped meals so the food would

and cleaned the house. I never complained, because I thought that was how I earned my p

e always got the best food, and my mother worried wh

hat if I worked harder,

ather, I was only a

them away. Nobody was coming to help

d I held my breath. I had no i

tside, followed by the

olf!" someo

n. A guard grabbed my collar and pulled me out.

black castle bloc

my chest and tried to stand. T

won't want to see you lookin

in in the floor. Before I could ask what they were doing

away what was left of my dress and threw it aside. I

them

were staring at my body and laughing, just like the pack had done. After e

ray cloth lan

tha

across my chest and hips, and the hem barely reached m

longer half nake

prisoners already stood in a line. Some were shifters in iron collar

oked no older than ten. Nobody tried to comfort

uld be fine, but I couldn't promis

stone floor was freezing under my bare

t of us, dragging his

The Six Vampire Kings will choose one slave to serve the

d and loo

sent to the mines. Nobo

. My hands started to shake. I pressed them a

s kings. If I was not, I would go to the mi

s at the end of th

e whole room went silent.

collars. They moved as if the world belonged to them. The

pir

Vampir

out them. They were said to be immortal,

gan walking

d a man's chin and turned away, bored. The

ld pass me by. After tonight, I didn'

arble, slow and steady. Each on

strange happe

ne in the room. My breath caught. The collar buzzed louder, and

t had to be the collar.

like pain. It felt like

s stopped in

ots stood on th

raised

e. His dark hair fell across his fore

and he quickly looked away. Another king clenched his fist. T

d looked at everyone else with boredom. No

family and a collar around my neck.

rom head to toe. Then his lip

one,"

blinked.

g point

y. She will be our M

rs looked at me with pity. Others l

ed so hard that I thought everyone could hear it. Out

y

ns far prettier than me. I was the girl nobody had

my throat. I could only stand there, shaking,

rushed my arm. The pull in my chest grew stron

down t

ving hell, little w

was cold

enjoy the chase. In the en