Prologue

Searing agony was all the girl could feel as she fell to her knees. Holding her left arm against her chest tenderly, Rein looked up and into the eyes of her attacker. She knew who he was and why he was there, but she did not want to be a puppet for anyone, and if she conceded, that is what she would become. Rein's attacker wanted her to be his wife and slave, but this was not what Rein wanted and it had never been in her mindset. As the footsteps came closer to Rein, she flinched, afraid of the pain that would soon come as a result of her denial. Closing her eyes, she wished simply to vanish; however when she heard the vile man stopped walking, she opened her eyes slightly. Instead of the evil man, in front of Rein appeared Damien and seemed to be very angry.

"Are you alright Rein?" Damien asked never turning to look at her, but keeping his eyes on the opponent before him.

"Yes, I'm fine." Rein told him, but when she tried to stand up she whimpered and crumpled back to the ground. She had not realized she had twisted her ankle in combat until she had tried to get up.

Growling, Damien faced his royal foe, Luke. Luke was a prince from a nearby kingdom, who had never been denied what he wanted. Currently Luke wanted Rein for his personal gain, but she did not favor Luke and now she was in pain, and her friend and unwanted suitor were facing each other in combat.

"If you can Rein get up and get away from here." Damien stated still not looking at Rein which worried her.

She did not want to leave Damien here with this monstrous royal and she knew if she left, there was a chance Rein might never see him again. Shaking her head, Rein forced herself to get up and pushed the feeling of pain out of her mind, not wanting to be weak any longer.

"I'm not leaving you here." Rein told Damien stubbornly not planning to give in to him either.

A fierce growl snarled from Luke's lips encouraging Rein to look up at him to see his eyes filled with nothing, but pure hatred. His gaze was locked with Damien's and at that moment, Rein felt as though someone was going to die and she felt her level of fear rise. Reaching to touch Damien on his shoulder, Rein flinched when he finally looked at her. The look in Damien's eyes took her breath away and Rein slowly withdrew her hand.

"Please don't leave me too Damien." She whispered, her voice slightly cracking as she looked at him sadly.

"I don't plan on letting you go." He told her softly before turning back to Luke and before she could do anything, the men had both moved, their bodies hitting one another as they attacked, and Damien was out of her reach.

The men were nothing but a blur to Rein as she tried to follow their movements, but she unable to tell them apart. For a moment they broke apart, only to attack again, seconds later and she watched not knowing what to do. Getting help was out of the question. Rein did not have the heart to leave Damien, not knowing if she would ever see his smile again. Damien meant a lot to her and if he was killed, she knew that would be her breaking point and she would become nothing but an empty shell.

Damien and Luke were both vampires from their different kingdoms that were on either side of the kingdom she was meant to belong to. They were different from the vampires Rein had read about in books, back in the mortal realm. The vampires here could walk under the sun and in daylight hours without even a hint of pain, they could eat garlic like everyone else and they even enjoyed going to church. These creatures were different from all those myths; however, they can be easily killed by another of their race or be physically torn apart.

Rein did not want to see Damien torn apart or killed before her. She would be unable to handle that event and as she continued to watch the fight, she knew the paint was slowly tearing her up inside. Crying out, Rein realized Damien was now pinned against a tree by Luke who was smiling viciously. Damien seemed stuck for a moment and crying out in terror, Rein felt something shift inside her as the air around the three began to suddenly shift and Luke was ripped from Damien.

Seeing this, Rein released the breath she had been holding. Then, Rein began to feel very exhausted and she fell back to her knees not understanding why she felt like this. Damien looked over to her direction and started to come towards her, when suddenly Luke blocked his path giving Rein his back as he stared down Damien. Once more, the vampires were back to fighting again and both seemed to be covered in bleeding gashes from the other. Finally, Damien was thrown back into a tree, where he stayed dazed from the pain and whiplash and Luke began trekking towards Rein.

Before she realized it, Luke was in front of her and he held Rein by her throat. Wincing, Rein tried to breath and attempted to get more air by using her good arm to claw at Luke's hand. "You will be mine, one way or another." He whispered to her, before changing his grip and grabbed Rein by her broken arm. "Now scream for him."

Rein fought the scream rising to her lips, but with a slight shift of her arm, she could not hold the pain in any longer. For a moment, Rein's voice pierced the air full of pain, before she was thrown aside as Damien ripped Luke away from her. Wincing, Rein sat up and looked at the two men, her mind beginning to shut down from all the pain. Damien was in trouble Rein could see Luke over powering him. Once more, her anger started up and before Rein knew it, the air around her shifted again and a wind started to form which whipped her hair around. Glaring at Luke, Rein felt the wind move towards him and soon Luke was thrown across the clearing and into a huge oak tree.

Shortly, the wind began to settled down and Rein began to feel her body attempting to shut down, her mind begin to darken with her thoughts becoming mush and her eyes growing heavy. As time progressed, Rein lost sight of Damien and as she fought her body to keep her eyelids from closing, she saw a figure coming towards her slowly. Before Rein could see who the figure was, she lost her battle and slip into a deep sleep as her mind and body tried to escape all the pain she felt, but her last thoughts were of the figure who had been walking towards her.

Author's Note: Round 2 with this story. I felt like it was too much into master and slave, which was probably why I lost interest in it, but now I shall work on it and hopefully finish it this time around. Wish me luck.