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"You're a slave now." Is a very big shock for someone who just woke after the effects of drugs wore off and to top it all of we are not any normal slaves but the Vampire slaves.

And it gets worse when you come to know that your master is a Vampire king.
"Only my luck could be this cruel." I sighed as I cleaned the floor of one of the great halls. At least he's not sucking my blood as I initially though.

The reason I was bought in silver and not copper coins is because I'm "pretty" note the sarcasm and Vampires are fond of pretty things. It's in their nature to have "pretty" or "beautiful" things in their possession.

"Well every cloud has a silver lining." All I've to do is to make sure to keep myself off the king's and other vampire's radar.

Finishing my work quietly and as fast as I could I went down to the kitchen.

"Look who has graced us with his presence." I froze on the spot as I heard someone say behind me causing fear to creep up my spine.
"Hey why not clear the mystery surrounding his gender. Let's confirm it." He said a nasty grin on his face.

A strong sense of déjà vu hit me as his words registered in my numb mind. Knowing very well that I can't win against them,I bolted from there as I could. They were bulkier then me so it gave me the benefit of speed.

Taking turns without even looking i ran faster than I ever did in my life knowing that if they got their hands on me something very bad would happen. With that thought I took another turn only to collide with someone and land on butt.

"Why in the world are you running down the corridors like there are hounds of hell behind you?" I heard someone say in a husky voice.

As my eyes met his, a gasp left my lips. 'Oh, how the fates could be this cruel?' I asked myself as I recognized him. A strong build, long raven black hair and those dark grey eyes.

"There you a... M-my lord!" I heard one of my tormenters say as I shakily got on my feet.

"He's someone of a high rank." My mind supplied. His eyes shifted from me to them and then back to me.

"What's going on here?" He inquired.

"N-nothing my l-lord." They stuttered to which he raised his eyebrows . His eyes bored into mine.

"I don't know why but they wanted to beat me."

His eyes searched mine for something. He must have found it because he rounded on them.

"Let this be your first and last warning. I don't ever want to see this sort if behaviour from the slaves." He glared at them as they bowed and left as fast as they could.

I was relieved that he couldn't recognize me. Who knew that just changing my hair colour could get him of my back.

"Go back to what you were to doing before." He ordered me and left.

Making my way to the kitchen with a light heart I silently warned my self." I should be careful and use the herb carefully. God knows what he would do if he found out that I'm his slave."

The rest of the day was spent with me helping out in the kitchen and dusting the library. Since it was very big and covered in dust of would take some time and a lot of effort. But it was worth it because the books were a treasure for someone like me who knew their worth.

At night when I went to bed my mind went over the information I gathered today.

Even though there were vampires here the majority in the castle was humans. It's like they thought vampires were superior beings and humans were just tools.

Shaking myself out of these thoughts I started to plan my escape. One mistake and I'm dead that I knew very well.

The guards changed twice a day and there was a gap of about ten minutes during the shift. I needed a diversion and a very good one but it was very risky. Ten minutes were not enough. Only if I could find a secret passage in the castle, it could make the things a lot easier.

With these thoughts shifting the gears in my mind, sleep consumed me without me noticing soon I was out like a baby.

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