I have pleaded countless times with the blue flame not to let me share the same fate as my brother, Zen. I do not wish to endure what he is going through now; I do not want to experience the agony I see in his eyes. To be fated to someone who is not a vampire is an unbearable burden, one too heavy to fight against.
The thirst for the blood of a man I can never truly have is an affliction beyond words.
Perhaps Zen and I are truly bound by more than blood. While he remains physically shackled beneath the palace, I feel an invisible chain wrapped around my very soul, restraining me just as mercilessly.
I have done everything expected of me as a princess. Every decision I have made has not been solely for myself but for the good of our people. Yet my pleas went unanswered. Why did the blue
