The vampires and humans.

Ocean

"They say that I was nearly sixteen when the Count bought me. Honestly, I have no idea how the years are supposed to go; I only know how the day goes. The other girls, well, my friend Freya- she knows how we are supposed to count time, and she takes notes. At the end of each day, she adds another number. The auction was two years ago, so I know I'm almost eighteen now." There are so many things I would rather keep to myself, but the vampires will see that I am lying. There's no proof that Octavius or Kieran won't hurt me if I tell lies, so I decide to tell everything I can. "My biggest mistake was believing in the guard. Before Vladimir took me to his nightclub, he demanded the rank test- whatever that means. I'm not sure if you want to know how it went, but the process was heinous and extremely painful. I thought they were going to draw my blood like they usually do, but instead, they cut out a piece of