Literature
A Reluctant Slave - 1
It was a cold, harsh night when Lucy's father was murdered. She hadn't been able to sleep, lying awake in her bed as rain attacked her window and lightning flashed across her room. She wasn't frightened of the weather; storms happened often enough in Solace but something in the air made her heartbeat race. She'd heard of magic, of the vampires from the Shadowlands and though she'd never felt their touch she knew the air was tainted with their dark presence.
Her light, blue eyes flashed towards her door as she heard a woman scream and she could do nothing but curl under her sheets in worry. It had to be one of the maids, she knew, as there w