I decided to start my second story a little early (To the request of one of my fans ^_^) this will be one of my shorter stories. Just a warning.

Hope you like!

Prologue

In present time, people were finally aware of the presence of vampires and finally got past their fear and resentment. Most of them, anyway. While humans dominated the day, vampires ruled the night.

Human companions were easy to find. Date for a few years, and then get married. Vampire brides were a completely different story. Once they finally found the one for them, it took time for them to finally convince their opposite that they were soul mates and destined to be together. Once they were convinced, the vampire took the proper steps to bind them together.

The sacred blood exchange.

Once the exchange was done, they were bound together for eternity.

Lets take a look at the story of a couple that was lucky enough to find true love in this world of misery…

Chapter 1

Celina sat by the window in her rocking chair, gazing out the window. Daydreaming seemed the only way to escape from reality anymore.

"CELINA!"

She flinched as she heard her father scream her name. She quickly got up from the comfort of her chair and raced to his room.

The burst into his room, breathless.

"Yes father?" She wheezed, trying to catch her breath.

Her father sat in the parlor with his new wife, Eleanor. She was thin, with gray hair and a sharp face. Her father, on the other hand, was well rounded and very close to being bald. It made Celina very happy that she got her looks from her mother.

He looked up at her from over his newspaper. "Have you finished all your chores?"

She nodded. "Yes sir."

"I have a few more things for you to do."

Celina suppressed a groan as he held out the list. She took it and gaped at most of the things on it.

"But father… most of these things I've already done!"

"Then they need done again."

Celina's shoulders dropped in defeat as she began to walk out of the room.

"And Celina" Her stepmother called. "I have a few things when you're done."

Celina nodded and left. Heading towards the bathroom, she fought back tears. Once inside, she cleaned her face and looked at herself in the mirror.

All her life, they treated her stepsister like gold and her like a servant. And she could never figure out why. Celina thought that maybe it was because she looked like her mother. Her golden hair reached down past her shoulders when it was down and her bright blue eyes were as bright as the sky. All of her looks came from her mother.

She quickly shook herself out of her stupor and quickly went to complete her chores.

…

Dominic sat, bored out of his mind, while his father paced the room.

"This next ball needs to be even more perfect than the last one!" He exclaimed towards the event planner.

Dominic rolled his eyes. "Meaning, it's not perfect until you marry off me and my brothers."

His father turned to face him. "It's high time you boys settled down with your brides and gave me some grandchildren! I'm not getting any younger and neither are you!"

"For gods sake father, I'm only 135! Give me some time to live first!"

"You can live all you want AFTER your settled down and married." He turned back to the planner and continued bellowing his plans for the ball that Saturday.

Dominic finally had enough and left the room. For years, his father had pestered him and his other 3 brothers to hurry and find their brides. Not that they hadn't been looking, but all they wanted right now was just to have a little fun before actually taking any real time to search.

He sighed and continued to his room.

….

After a long day of chores and finishing dinner, Celina took her time clearing the dinner table. After so long of being tormented by her own family, she finally seated herself in the kitchen to eat her own dinner. The other family members never seemed to notice her absence.

While she cleared the table, Celina couldn't help but hear the conversation going on in the other room.

"Did you hear, Penelope? There's going to be a ball this Saturday!"

Celina stepped towards the door and listened.

"I heard. I guess this one is for the young vampire princes. Maybe one will marry me!"

Celina snorted back her laughter.

"Of course! There is no reason why you can't be a vampire bride! Right dear?"

She heard her father grumble a reply.

She took that moment to finally go into the room with a tray of tea.

"About time." Penelope grumbled, snatching a cup.

"That will be all for tonight, Celina."

Celina nodded but walked towards her father, mustering up her courage.

"Father?"

He grunted as I sign that he heard her.

"I heard that there was a ball on Saturday. Could you finally let me go to this one?"

Both her stepmother and sister began laughing.

"Why in the world would you need to go to the ball!" Penelope said, laughing. "It's not like you will be chosen as a bride or anything!"

Celina turned red and turned to face her stepsister. "Some people don't really care about that kind of stuff right now. I only wish to go because I have never been to one."

Penelope turned pink and faced her mother. "Mother!"

"That's enough, Celina! We will discuss later if you can go or not!"

Celina quickly left the room, not wanting to push her luck.

…..

Hope it's good so far. More to come soon. But remember, this will be one of my shorter stories so the chapters might be shorter than usual. More to come with reviews!