Shreiking_Beauty
I live in a small mining town cut off from the rest of the world by tall mountains and desert wastelands. There's one way a family can rise above the working class: to be chosen by one of the vampires of the Ardelean family as a bondmate.
As a bondmate, you would provide blood for the vampire, and in exchange, you would be granted unnaturally long life, and your family would be well-compensated.
The town hosted a huge competition as their vampire children came of age, allowing those who wished to be chosen to demonstrate their talents. This year, the family was blessed to have two children coming of age - twins, a boy and a girl.
During the competition, there would be prizes. I had no hope of being chosen by Emmaline, but I would compete anyway. At least I could win some prizes for my impoverished family.
I wasn't interested in being bonded to Emmaline, anyway. Now, her twin brother, Dimitri, was a different story . . .
But he could never be interested in me. Could he?