Adriana's pov

They say that all of us are truly afraid of something. You can't really stop being afraid of something by pretending everything that scares you isn't there. This is my world. A world where you live in constant fear, at least in my eyes, it was.

Today was finally the day that I was going to face my fears. Although, there's no doubt that if I had a choice, I would have chosen to avoid them. Today was the day I come face to face with the vampires.

Truth be told, humans had discovered about the existence of vampires years ago and was able to get along with them "normally', as they say, it, but in my eyes, it was nowhere close to being normal.

The fact that we breathe and live in the same world as them wasn't right. The fact that we, weak humans had to obey their every command wasn't right. The fact that we humans look up to the same people who kill and abuse our kind for their own pleasure wasn't right. And the fact that they had

the right to choose an innocent human girl every year to be their "'soul mate", or shall I say, their

personal blood-bag was sickening and wrong

beyond words. None of this felt right. Yet my

people praise and follow their every command.

Why? You could say that half of them wanted

power. After all, if a human was able to drink the blood of a vampire with pure blood who were the descendants of the very first vampires, they'd be able to become vampires themselves. 

Not only will they be able to gain the powers that a vampire possessed but they'll also be able to become part of the Ardelean vampire family. They were the descendants of the first vampires ever known to mankind and the strongest of their kind. And out of all the pureblood vampires, "Draven Cruz "was

considered the most powerful and strongest one.

This reason alone is why everyone's so desperate to make sure that their daughters were chosen by Draven.  because they can become part of the Ardelean Family. While most of my people craved for power, the other half craved for freedom.

To escape from the constant fear that runs through their mind. I was one of those very few people. I wanted to stay away from vampires and be able to have some sort of self-security throughout my life. But with the mix of humans and vampires in the same town? Peace was nowhere to be found

in our dictionary"Stop, that's enough mom." I murmured, to which my mother responded with a scoff. 

Her dark blue eyes pierced into my brown orbs and I returned the glare."It's just some powder" she brushed some more before I turned my face away."God, why do you have to be so persistent  Adriana!" she snapped, slamming the powder on the dressing table before tucking some strands of her wavy, golden hair behind her ears."I told you that I do not want to dress up in a way that would catch anyone's attention." I shot back,

tears already welling in my eyes as I turned to

face my mother."Do you realize just how important this ceremony is? Damon Cruz is finally willing to take a partner that fits his taste, and you could be one of them." she huffed, pacing back and forth, an old