I ran as fast as I could to try and lose the guards who were hot on my tail. “Where did that little half go, I swear I’m going to beat her until she can’t move when I find her!” One of them boomed, I laughed after the 10 years I’ve been here I’ve never gotten caught.

Until today I guess. I wasn’t prepared to run smack into one of the head guards. “I’ve finally caught you, you little half.” He grabbed my arm and tugged me. “10 years I’ve let you run around playing hero to the servant kids but today it ends.” He sneered.

“Remember half that you are even lower than the humans that serve here I wonder and think of what the king is going to do to you. After he took you in so many years ago gave you food and a place to stay this is how you thank him? Hell I don’t expect you to come out alive.”

He yanked me hard towards the king’s study. I was prepared for the worst as he threw me inside the room and at the feet of the vampire king. “This is the brat that has been beating up our guards for the last 10 years. I leave her for you to do as you wish.”

The guard left with a smug look on his face probably thinking of all the way the king was going to beat me. “Alesana is this true are you the one that has been beating my guards and saving the servant children from their beatings?” I couldn’t look him in the eyes. “Yes, my lord.”

He pulled me up in a hug. “Thank you.” For a vampire king he was kind though he only showed this side to me. “I knew when I found you in my garden all those years ago that you had a strong sense of justice. “

That’s right he saved my life and took me in after being cast out by my village. In their eyes I was a dirty creature made from the sin of a human fornicating with a vampire and when I came to the vampire court it was vice versa. Only Alex, the king saw the good in me.

“I’m glad you’ve been doing this and I wish for you to keep it up but as the king I have to punish you, I’m sorry.” I looked up into those sad red eyes. “I understand.” I said as he called for a guard to beat me and then drag me to the dungeon. The whole time Alex couldn’t look he just faced the window.

As I lay in the dark, moldy dungeon unable to move I thought of what was to happen next. The guard had cracked most of my ribs and my eye was swollen shut so I couldn’t work just lay there. Days turned to weeks as I waited for them to let me out, to see light again.

“Alright half, time for you to start working.” A guard yanked me up making me wince at the pain in my side. He dragged me through the halls and down a part of the castle I wasn’t familiar with. We stopped at a large black door.

“What are we doing here?” I demanded from the guard I was answered by a slap upside the head. “Shut up and keep quite. Oh and when you meet the prince don’t look him in the eyes if you value your sight.” The prince? I never seen nor hear of Alex having a younger brother.

“Sir I’ve brought you your new servant.” He opened the door and I quickly looked down. “Another human?” I heard a silky, cool voice ask. “Unfortunately no, this is the half your brother keeps.” I heard soft footsteps come closer until I was looking down at a pair of black shoes.

“Hmm a half you say,” I felt him grab my chin hard and I closed my eyes in pain. “How interesting, you may leave us.” He said to the guard. “Yes, my lord.” I heard the door close and the man released my face.

“Alright half what may I call you.” I had my eyes fixated to the ground again. “Servant girl number one.” I said sarcastically even in this type of situation I couldn’t just behave like a good girl. This comment got me shoved against a wall. “I don’t want sarcasm I want an answer.” He pinned me to the walk digging his hands into my shoulder.

“Alesana.” I gasped when he pushed harder into me when I didn’t give him an answer. “Now was that so hard?” I didn’t say anything just kept looking at the ground. “My name is Jenst but you are never to call me that, understand.” I nodded.

“So I hear that you are the one beating all my guards up is this true?” “It is.” I heard him laugh. “This is great, half do you know who I am.” I shook my head. “I am the leader of the guards all of them report to me and no one else. I also give all the orders for the punishments that the servants receive.”

My eyes almost shot to his they made it to his chest when I realized what I was doing and looked back down. “You know I always thought the masked hero that beat my guards was a guy. I never guessed it was a half girl.” He laughed again.

There was a knocked on the door. “My lord this servant was found taking bread from the kitchen what do you want me to do with her.” My eyes fall upon a young girl that I remembered being a servant from the kitchen. “Bring her in.” I could hear the grin on his face and it made me sick.

“My… my lord please my mother is sick and starving because no one will give her food I had no other chose.” I heard a load slap that echoed throughout the room. “I don’t care what it was for you took food without permission and for that you will lose your hand.”

“No please sir, no!” She cried out to him begging. “Since I’m in a good mood I’ll let you chose what hand you keep.” I couldn’t take it any longer I stud between the two looking him dead in his blood red eyes. “You dare step in front of me and then look me in the eyes?”

“I can’t watch a sadistic prick like you harm someone right in front of me.” He looked shocked then anger set hard lines on his face. “What are you doing you idiot just kill her.” The guard let go of the girl and lunged at me. I quickly moved out of the way and kicked him in the face. I almost stumbled backwards at the pain the kick caused my side.

The guard went flying into the door, knocked out but by that time the prince’s personal body guards were there. I grabbed the sword from the man I just knocked out and went after the two guards. They quickly disarmed me with a blow to my hand. Blow after blow they wouldn’t go down and one of them had already sent me flying with a swift punch.

They surrounded me thinking they had me pinned but I quickly launched my feet in the air in a hand stand like position knocking one of the large men out a large widow. The glass shattered all over and I grabbed a piece of the shards I launched it into the others back making him scream in pain. With one push he was out the window and lying on the ground next to the other.

Out of breath and bleeding from a cut on my cheek I turned an animalistic gaze onto the prince. “You will let her go or I will make you.” He had no fear in his eyes just a smirk that I wanted to wipe off his face. “On one condition from now on you’ll be my personal body guard.”

I was confused I had just threatened him and he wants me to be his body guard. “Fine but if this ever happens again I will do the same thing as I just did.” He smiled clearly amused the sadistic freak. “Agreed now come here you have to seal the deal and you my dear my go.” He said to the girl who I watched stumbled out the door.

I didn’t know what he meant by “seal the deal” but I walked over to him anyways. Before I could tell what was happening he pulled me in an embrace and yanked my head to the side. A set of sharp fangs sunk into my neck making me gasp I could hear my blood leaving my veins.

At first it hurt but then it slowly turned into pleasurable feeling. His heart beat slowly started to match mine and then I felt limp. I started to collapse but surprisingly he caught me. My eyes slowly shut as I lost conciseness from all the blood loss. My last thought was what had I gotten myself into.