The Shadow Guard

The Shadow Guard.

Everyone knows their names. Strom. Arlo. Ignacio. Jaylon. Flynn. Zeke. Gaige. Crewe. Donte. Elien. Brice. Darryl.
In a world where vampires rule over the humans, everyone fears them. Even the vampires. They have one job. To serve and protect the vampire Queen, yes it is always a queen. And when she dies, they are the only ones capable of finding her replacement.

Ember Valentina Nimah.

Found in front of the orphanage, she has been an orphan her whole life. A mostly ordinary human girl. Until a few months before the Claiming. Basically a huge auction of every human who turned 16 the year before, always held on January 1st.When Ember hits her birthday in August, she becomes even weirder, and even more seperated from the others at the orphanage. Already able to see the shadow creatures, strange animals with the ability to turn into shadows, when in their shadow form, something that should be impossible, she now has a strange craving.
For blood.