Leonardo Velmond sempre acreditou que tudo na vida acontece no tempo perfeito de Deus. Aos 30 anos, dono de uma marca de roupas mundialmente conhecida e de vários shoppings ao redor do mundo, ele é admirado por todos como o cavalheiro da Model Gringon. Sua fé é firme, sua saúde é impecável e suas finanças são abençoadas - mas seu coração carrega um vazio silencioso. Há sete anos, todas as noites, ele ora pedindo a Deus um presente especial: a esposa que seu coração tanto espera.
Do outro lado dessa história, Melissa Clark, uma jovem de 22 anos, luta para reconstruir sua vida. Mãe solo de Maria Alice, uma garotinha de quatro anos, fruto de um trauma profundo, ela aprendeu - com dor, coragem e fé - a amar a filha que um dia temeu não conseguir ter. Trabalhando com a mãe em um pequeno restaurante da família, Melissa tenta seguir em frente, mesmo carregando perguntas sem respostas sobre seu próprio pai e sobre o futuro.
Mas Deus, que escreve histórias impossíveis, decide unir dois mundos tão diferentes. Em um dia comum, Melissa entra em uma das lojas da Model Gringon para comprar roupas para Maria Alice. Leonardo, presente no local apenas para uma visita de rotina, cruza seu caminho. Um olhar, uma gentileza e um momento que parece pequeno... mas que o céu já havia preparado há muito tempo.
Esse encontro, simples aos olhos humanos, será o início de uma transformação profunda. Leonardo verá em Melissa e em Maria Alice o milagre que esperou por anos. E Melissa descobrirá que o amor - puro, paciente e guiado por Deus - pode curar feridas que pareciam impossíveis.
Porque, quando o tempo de Deus chega, até as histórias mais quebradas ganham um novo começo.
The world had gone to hell long ago, taken over by the vampire race. In order to keep some sort of peace in our land, the Vampire Lords made a consecutive agreement. The rich and powerful humans could survive just as they had been, untouched by the vampires save for the occasional blood collections, or so they thought
In reality, we were all under their control. Castles spread out throughout our land, one landing in each city. Each castle varied in the number of vampires residing there, but all of them carried a Lord. The Lords were the ones in charge in every city, whether we liked it or not. The vampires often roam through the city, making sure that everyone was in order and no one stepped out of line. If you stepped out of line, you died, end of story.
Even if the rich were still under their control, their lives were still better than the poor.
The poorest lives held a much worse fate.
The men were to be put to work as slaves, whether that meant serving a specific vampire, or just building their castles, they were slaves. The women were to be pets.
Pets were the lowest rank you could have. They were forced into cages that were too small to stand in with collars around their necks. They spent their lives in pet shops, just waiting for the dreadful day that they'll be bought. They were treated like animals, trained into what their master wanted, and punished if they misbehaved. Those who were lucky enough to live through that, we're to be slaughtered for their blood at age twenty-five in an act to make sure that our population would stay steady.
I was born into this world. Born into this world full of blood-sucking monsters. Except, I was one of the lucky ones.
Was.
It all ended for me when I was 12, when I was taken away from the last bit of hope and family that I had left. Ever since then, I've lived in a cage, just rotting away, waiting, dreading for the day that some monster would make me his.
This is my life. I am a pet.
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Cover by: @mshacake