PROLOGUE:

　　"Let go off the princess dad." shout the little girl carrying a beautiful baby

　　"What are you going to do with the princess?" Asked by his dad

　　"The Queen is dead. She has been murdered. Before she died, she told me to take care of the princess and run out of the palace."

　　"I know where the safest place to go. Follow me."

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　　I was reading my favorite book series Vampire School at the park when I heard a hiss and a loud bang behind the bushes. To my surprise, I ran off the swing and decided to go home. I was running and walking just to get out of the park. Before I could step my foot on the cemented walk path, a red eyed man jumped in front of me. I started screaming hysterically. Then, someone tapped my knee.

　　I'm dreaming again. Ugh!

　　"Xyna, darling whats happening?" dad asked

　　"D-dreaming creepy vampires again. Th-they look re-real dad."

　　"Vampires dont exist darling. You're just carried away."

　　I raised both of my hands to surrender. Daddy doesn't seem to be happy that I'm always dreaming with vampires. Sometimes my older sister Anolleis looked terrified when I tried to tell her my dreams.

　　I started to sleep again. No more nightmares this time. By the morning, I was awaken by a phone call.

　　Its my best friend Julia! I sighed before answering the call.

　　"Hey! What's up?"

　　"Xyna! Dont you remember anything important today?"

　　"Nope. Why?" answered in a tired voice.

　　"Its my debut! Forgot about this again!?"

　　I abruptly stand on my bed and ran to the bathroom. It's my best friend's birthday! I nearly forgotten about it, but who cares? Most important thing is, she called me.

　　It's 10:43 pm and we were still at the bar with our friends, celebrating the birthday of Julia.

　　My friends were dancing at the dance floor and I'm alone at our table drinking vodka while reading pdf on my phone. Then someone sat beside me. I didn't bother looking, thinking it was one of my friends. When my seatmate puts a hand on my face to catch my attention, I squint to see the owner of the hand. I saw a husky man with green sparkly eyes.

　　Green eyed? I rubbed my eyes and look eye-to-eye with the husky man. The husky man grinned naughtily. He was wearing a black leather jacket, ragged jeans and sneakers. He looks hot for a husky man thou.

　　Then husky man neared his head to my right ear. "Get out of here baby. I don't want you to get hurt. They're here to get you." he whispered.

　　I looked at him with prying eyes and he chuckled.

　　"Well if you want to look at me that way then I'll be honoured, ma lady." he smiled without exposing his teeth.

　　I growled and pushed the husky man away from me. Kind of weird for a husky man.

　　"Don't you ever get near on me again! You're crazy."

　　Then suddenly, a group of men wearing black suits were walking into our direction. I accidentally looked on the eyes of the man leading the group and saw narrowed red eyes. I was startled, astonished and caught off guard. I didn't notice that the husky man dragged me out of the bar.

　　"Wh-who were th-they?" asked while we were running. All these scenarios happened really fast. I can't help myself but to think that I'm experiencing a bad dream.

　　"Xyna, this time I want you to trust me."

　　"May I know your name before trusting you? I don't even know how to call you. And why the hell do you know my name?"

　　"I'm Zephyr." and then we stopped. We were at the middle of a forest. I just guessed because our surroundings where full of big trees. I never knew there was a beautiful forest in Texas.

　　I've heard his name before but I didn't know where. Maybe one of the mythologies I've read or my sisters bedtime stories. Hmmm... Never mind!

　　"Zephyr?!" exclaimed in confusion.

　　"Yeah." Then he smiled exposing his teeth.

　　I began to scream and walk backwards. "You have fa-fangs. You're one of those men chasing me. Yo-you're a vampire. Ba-but you're NOT re.." before finishing what I wanted to say Zephyr locked me by holding me by my waist.

　　I screamed and panicked. What the hell is happening? Am I dreaming or what?!

　　"Please be calm Xyna. I want you to be calm." Still looking at my eyes. I calmed down and started to breathe normally but rises all my defenses up.

　　"Those guys you were talking about are Sicarius. They are vampire assassins." He explained in a calm voice.

　　"Sicarius? Are you sure? Those guys were the characters my big sister used in her bedtime stories."

　　"Ah! Anolleis." He loosens his hand and reaps my hands to his chest.

　　"How did you know my sisters name?"

　　"She took you from the palace Xyna."

　　"What? What are you talking about?" I demanded.

　　"Enough of the questions. We have to get you home and pack your clothes immediately. We'll explain later."

　　"W-who's we?" I asked again. I'm really out of my mind. I think I'm dreaming again. Nothings real! They're not real! This is not real!

　　"Just stop asking. We have to run fast like before, Sicarius will be here any second." He exclaimed in an angry voice.

　　I tried to run fast but my knees felt numb. It's like running with cemented feet. I tried to talk but my throats burning. I can feel a fire ball inside my throat. I also tried pinching Zephyr to catch his attention but we're running too fast. Then, a big black hole caught my attention and it's like eating my soul....

　　I woke up with a headache. I searched for my phone where as I always put them beside my table lamp but it's nowhere to be found. I remembered my dream. Is it really a dream? But I can feel the numbness of my feet, the burning fire in my throat and the dizziness from the vodka I drank.

　　I heard footsteps outside my room. I don't know why but all my defenses risen up.

　　"Who's there? I know someones out there."

　　That person open the door and smiled sweetly.

　　"Wow! I can sense that you're beginning to regain your abilities ma lady." Zephyr smiled.

　　"Regain? What do you mean regain?"

　　"I can hear your heartbeat panicking my dear. Relax before going down for breakfast and some explanation. Okay?" He smiled again and kissed my forehead.

　　I can't believe this is happening to me. I growled in disbelief. I want to be a vampire but not in real life. If he knows my house, dad knows him and if he knows my dad he's probably telling the truth. But why me? Why now? Why did they kept this a secret for a long time?

　　Before going to the living room I tried to calm myself. Had to take a warm shower, dressed up and made myself a little presentable. If dad knows about this, I don't even know how to react. I don't even know what to tell him.

　　I went to the living room and saw two unfamiliar men wearing leather jackets, denim jeans and cowboy boots. The other one's wearing a grey t-shirt while the other wears red. They were seating on our long couch with my dad on the other side. I examined the whole living room, seeing Zephyr leaning on the door frame of our kitchen and Anolleis standing beside the tv set with her hands on her chest. Should I scream? Should I blame them? Should I start a commotion? And demand for an explanation? I don't really know how to start this conversation with them.

　　"Well.." Zephyr cracked the silence.

　　I looked at him with displease. "Can someone just explain to me what the hell is going on?" I never imagined my 17years of existence will lead me to this crazy situation. Why would they keep secrets?

　　"I know you're confused and frustrated my dear but I am not the right person to explain everything including your real parents."

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