She'd never thought it was possible. When she was still mortal, she had hoped but that was quickly shut down by the doctor who told her it would never happen because of her blood disease. And after receiving Mother Miranda's 'gift', she had fully given up hope. She would never have a child of her own. That was, until a few years later, little Y/N Dimitrescu was born. ---- Updates every tuesday! Cover by sidequest_photography on Reddit

"As soon as I saw the new notice from your maiden school, I knew I had to have you", she explained. "It's really rare to be able to hire a young girl like you, especially such a beautiful one, just like you are". She started to stroke through my hair and I felt myself blushing. Her stroking my hair was somehow comforting, even though she herself was so terrifying. "A young little orphan just waiting to find themselves a home...", she continued, "Unfortunate for you", she came closer to me to whisper the last part into my ear, "perfect for me". I shivered, feeling her breath on my skin. The lady noticed and chuckled. Tw: Blood, gore, pain, nsfw, bdsm, torture, death

,,I need you. With me". ,,If that's what you want right now, I'll stay". ,,It is what I always want". ............ You have spent your whole life in the orphanage of the village and ever since you heard the first story about the castle, you had a plan on how you would start live your life in freedom. When you finally "turn" 18, you follow your plan and you think everything goes well, but it turns out the stories they told about the castles weren't all made up. Maybe it was fate, maybe it was a coincidence but you meet the one who you seemingly were destined to be with ever since you were dropped off at that orphanage and a family shows up out of nowhere, making you believe that you never have to live without one ever again. word-count: about 101 000