Prologue

Canons were shot in a distance and I could hear shrieks and screaming as many people scrambled for safety; Even though there was nowhere like that, if the canons didn't get you, the vampire's fang does.

I couldn't move. I was waiting for someone.

I was drenched with blood that didn't belong to me and I might possibly be holding a corpse but I waited and waited for her to stand up and hold me.

"Hey, my beautiful girl." She opened her eyes slightly. "You need to go now. You need to survive. For me, for us, for your brother."

"But..."

She placed her finger over my trembling lips. "I love you, never forget that and you're stronger than you think. You'll be fine."

"Mom, you can't do this to me. Please don't do this to me."

"I'm sorry."

That was the last word she told me and if I had known what exactly she was apologizing for, I'd have lied down beside her and wait for my death.