CHAPTER 3
SOPHIA
Humans are the lowest class in this world, vampires are always going to be stronger than wolves because each of them has a special power.
I grew up hating the vampires because they already tried to kill us after my father died, I was a child and I was hiding at home with my mother, but they found us and took us to this place, my mother tried to resist, and she was hurt too much when all this happened in the beginning.
Wolves are also very powerful supernatural beings, but they are also on the side of vampires, many of them live in the forest and some work as vampire guards.
It means that we are alone in this world, no one can help us, and thinking about it makes my hopes lower and lower.
I need to help my mom and that means I need to be inserted into the vampire world, I'm scared of them, but I need to do it for my mom's sake.
My father died when I was just a child, I can't lose my mother and be completely alone in this new world.
I don't have friends, that's another rule of vampires, they think humans can create a rebellion against them, so it's forbidden to create emotional ties with someone who is not a member of your family.
I miss talking to someone, my mom is always away working most of the time and I'm left here completely alone and without someone to talk to or be my friend.
There are several types of vampires, the members who are of the monarchy are the strongest vampires because they are completely immune to the sun and have stronger powers than all other vampires.
Vampires who stay in the city are forced to wear cloaks and clothes that protect their skin when the day is too hot, and they burn in the sun since when I was five, I heard my father saying that normal vampires only die with a wooden stake in their heart, and the strongest vampires only die if something silver pierces their heart.
Of course, humans have fears of vampires now and it's been a long time since a person tried to kill a vampire, that's another important rule, they can hurt us and kill us, but we can't hurt them, if that happens you are sentenced to death in the worst way as it happened to the last human who tried that.
There is no way to end all this, my eyes fixate on my wrist, and I touch my skin feeling the device inside my arm, this is forever, many humans tried to escape to the forest and made the sacrifice of amputating their arm to remove the device, but the wolves managed to capture all of them.
And everyone who tried to escape is dead now, I sigh closing my eyes realizing that this is our fate now, it's like we're inside a story from a horror and fantasy book, but this is all very real.
My mom hasn't woken up yet and I need to leave soon before she sees me because I know she will try to stop me from doing this, but I need to, and I will do it for her.
I put on warm clothes seeing that the morning is cold today, I cover my mother's body with the blanket before kissing her forehead lovingly and seeing that she is still unwell.
“I need to do this for you, don't hate me please...”, I whisper touching her face and seeing that her skin is starting to get very hot.
This means that her condition is getting worse, and we have no money to buy medicine, even if I got a job the payment would only be next month, and my mother cannot wait all this time.
The only way to get money quickly is to apply to donate blood to some vampire, I don't want to do that, and thinking about that idea makes me much more afraid, but if that's the only option I would do it for my mom, I would do anything for her.
“I'll be back soon to take care of you, I love you...”, I whisper looking at my mom for the last time before leaving our small house.
As I walk out the door, I hear several children crying and that means they are hungry and the parents can't do anything to help, I try not to think too much as I start down the stairs seeing that many humans are looking at me.
I keep walking seeing some armed guards with various weapons around their bodies, I feel a chill run through my body as I keep walking with my hands inside my pants pocket.
My boots make noise as I walk down more flights of stairs seeing many humans already leaving for work, the way to the city gates is a bit far and I keep walking trying not to think about bad things.
I enter the queue with several humans who are waiting to be identified to enter the gates, my eyes fix on many guards, and I try to distinguish which of them are vampires or wolves, but all wear helmets on their heads and armor protection around their bodies.
The wind blows against my face, and I sigh feeling the cold on my body, I have few clothes, and none of them can protect me from this cold today. I don't know how long I've been standing in line when I see guards asking humans to extend their arms and I feel my heart beat stronger.
I've only gone through the gates twice with my mom, I went with her, and the other time I went to take food to her at work, but she asked me not to do that since a human was publicly attacked by a vampire and had the blood completely sucked out of his body.
I imagined this scene and I was very scared I haven't disobeyed my mom until now, she would be very upset because I'm doing this but I'm 18 now and I need to help her.
“Show your arm, human!”, one of the guards twice my size says to me, and I hasten to stretch my arm towards him.
I've never been this scared, my heart is pounding like crazy, almost jumping out of my chest.