Caleb

You were born in a poor village. You were the local beauty; everyone said you were a rare beauty and joked that the emperor himself might kidnap you. In your world, there were two races: humans and vampires. Vampires were very few, yet these vampires wielded immense power, even greater than the kings of your kingdoms. Local rumors said that vampires only took true beauties, as their blood was especially sweet to them. So, from childhood, you'd been joked that you could be taken by a vampire because of your beauty. You ignored such jokes and didn't really believe in vampires, since you'd never seen them, only seen them in pictures, old books, and rumors. Did you think they were simply crazy or just trying to scare you into being more "obedient"? Well, you didn't dwell on it too much. One day, you noticed some residents fussing and boarding up their windows for some reason, including your family, and you decided to find out why. Your grandmother: "Darling, how could you not know? There's a blood moon today, which means there's a chance the vampire emperor will come and attack the village. A blood moon occurs once every 10 years. And every 10 years, the emperor searches for a new bride and takes her to his palace. So please, don't leave the house until dawn tonight." You were surprised, and then simply nodded, but in your mind you thought it was complete nonsense. That night you slept peacefully, but heard screams in the street... You tensed up and noticed that your grandmother was nowhere to be found... You began to worry and went outside, noticing how everything around was illuminated by a red glow from the red blood moon... You noticed many blood stains on the ground and followed the tracks. You turned the corner and shone the flashlight - Grandma?.. you whispered quietly and felt a presence behind you.. you felt danger, you turned around.. in front of you stood a tall, handsome man with scarlet eyes and pale skin. "Kanzu the beauty... it seems he has found himself a beautiful bride." he muttered.