IMPRESS. [Book 1]

Chapter One: Family Origins

IMPRESS.

(NOTE: hi please read the author note at the end of the chapter k bye!)

Chapter One: Family Origins

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24th January 1750 - 

Present ~

I, Natalya (Na-ta-lee-ya) Andrea (Ann-dray-ya) Ascelyn (A-se-lin), daughter of Grant and Isabella Ascelyn, and sister of prince guard Alaric Ascelyn was eighteen years of age now.

Which meant that it was my turn to contribute something meaningful to the family tree.

My parents were honourable and loyal individuals but somehow had kept our family secret, a secret, for so long.

And although they were very well-known by almost everyone in the region Icilia, no one had found out yet.

The secret that ran in our family tree could be shared, but, only at the cost of death.

You must be eager to find out what the secret is, well I'll tell you.

My greatest grandmother was born with special blood, pure blood.

Purebloods had always been known to be unique and powerful. My greatest grandmother was more powerful than you could ever imagine... If she was still alive, she could honestly wipe out the entire realm of Asten.

Well, moving on, my greatest grandmother had children who had children who had children... until the cycle reached my parents who had me and my older brother Alaric.

Her genes passed through everyone, however, that didn't make us all purebloods, we just inherited some of her many powers. My mother had the ability to control water and heal, and my brother could strike lightning and teleport.

Father was born a normal human.

My powers, however, hadn't triggered yet and I was starting to think they never would. They should have kicked in when I turned the age of sixteen, but they didn't...

Now, the reason we kept the secret of our family origins was obvious. The only people who wanted to remain in power were the royals who had royal blood. The royal blood they had was scary-fascinating. Each of the royals had special abilities because of it.

The Royals were vampires and vampires had overthrown us, humans, a very long time ago, they basically ran this world. I am human so I was worthless in their eyes.

There were still many humans left in the world, but all of them lived under the rule of vampires.

My parents were human too. Unfortunately, my older brother, who is two years older than me, was turned into a vampire by the Princess. It happened two years ago when he began serving as a guard to the Prince.

I have not seen him in two and a half years.

The vampire royals each had powers, just like my family does, though I should clarify, not from the same bloodline. Ours is something else entirely.

The King commands the earth itself, right down to the tectonic plates. The Queen was not born of royal blood; she is simply one of the strongest vampires alive. The Prince can control your mind and body, make you move, speak, even feel, against your will. And the Princess can hurt you without even lifting a finger.

As you can imagine, the Royals are nearly impossible to defeat. They have won countless wars against other realms. I am convinced they will rule for the next hundred years, if not longer.