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Chapter I

"Are you ready?" The sound of my mother's voice wakes me from my stupor.

I slowly take a deep breath in and release it.

Was I ready? I was far from ready.

But you can't really prepare yourself for something like this.

"Y/n?"

I look at myself in the old, cracked mirror. My brown, empty eyes stare back at me. I can't think of anything to say to her. Not a single word. My mother comes to stand behind me and places her hands gently on my shoulders. "Cat got your tongue."

I know what she's doing. God bless her. She's trying to make light of the situation I am currently in, but doing that won't forget what today is all about. Nothing will draw my attention away from what is going to happen very shortly. She's gone through this before. She knows exactly how I'm feeling right now and the thoughts running through my head.

Today, I will be taken from her and begin a new life. As a blood servant.

I look from myself up to my mother to see that her eyes are dampened from crying. She's been crying all morning but has tried to hide it. She doesn't fool anyone. She's also tried to reassure me that everything will be alright, but I know she's only saying it just to make me feel better.

The crying began on the day of my birthday. She smiled and wished me happy birthday, but I knew that she was devastated and wished that I wasn't growing up. Last month was my twentieth birthday. Since then, she hasn't stopped crying.

I pull the strap of the kaplan dress up over my shoulder. "You know the reason for my silence mother."

She wipes her eyes with her soaked sleeve. "Do not hold me responsible for this. You know that I do wish for you to go."

I slam my hands against the worn dressing table. "Then, why let me go so easily!?"

Tears stream down her face as she looks at me in pity. "Because it is your destiny. It is all of ours."

What she says is true. It is everyone's destiny to become blood servants. But it didn't used to be. For years, creatures have roamed the Earth. For years, they have walked alongside humans as equals. For years, they have lived together in peace until a rebellion occurred not so long ago. Humans who no longer wanted to live amongst the supernatural began a rebellion where their goal was to completely wipe out the supernatural, but failed miserably. Thousands died and thousands suffered. The majority of them are human. The human race almost became extinct when they finally surrendered and agreed to a settlement. As punishment for the rebellion, all boys and girls of the age of twenty must attend an annual auction, where they'll be auctioned off and become a blood servant for the rest of their lives. Until of course the creatures no longer require your services.

That's what happened to my mother. While she was serving, little did she know she was expecting. When her master learned of her pregnancy, he simply let her go. Thankfully, he was a kind and gentle vampire, or so my mother says, but I cannot bring myself to believe her. All creatures were evil.

"So that's it? I'm just supposed to leave my life here and become a servant to a vampire? I am your daughter! Your only child!"

She brings me up to my feet and turns me around to face her. "Y/n! You have no other choice but to go. If you do not do as what is expected of you, you will be executed and your corpse will be given to the werewolves. That is what I do not wish for you."

"And so you wish for me to serve a vampire? Or worse serve a faerie for my body? They hate our kind." I spit.

She looks to the side and closes her eyes in defeat. "If you are chosen to become the servant of a faerie then, yes. I would rather you serve a creature that hates us than you not being part of this world."