Escape (Vampire King Book 1)
| Escape (Vampire King Book 1) | |
| Vampire King [1] | |
| Kenya Wright | |
| Secret Cravings Publishing (2012) | |
| Rating: | ★★★★☆ |
| Tags: | Vampire King 1 |
A domina’s only purpose in life was to birth vampire children for the Quiet King. Any human woman with the domina gene spent their lives in the castle under strict rules and the guards’ watchful eyes. Brie has been a domina for two years. After witnessing the slaughter of babies, she plans to escape and seeks help from Samuel, a vampire known for aiding many out of slavery.
However, Samuel has only one policy. He won’t help dominas escape the king. The penalty is too high and their blood triggers powers in him that he doesn’t want released. So Brie is forced to lie about being a domina and Samuel is lured in by her blood. Something emerges within them that they can’t deny, overwhelming their every cell and igniting an all-consuming hunger that neither can flee.
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Chapter One
Both moons hung in the
dark violet sky. Their light shone on my tan skin as I maneuvered through the
Royal Court
, where
all the other dominas lounged. They wore teal chiffon robes and placed ice-blue
roses in each other’s hair. The women laughed and giggled as they enjoyed the
absence of our vampire husband, The Quiet King. Lit candles rested on the backs
of mechanical birds that flew around the court and sung the same prerecorded
songs they performed each night. Servants brought out platters of roasted meats
and trays of chocolate-covered fruits for the nightly feast. Although the food’s
alluring aroma grappled with my senses, watering my mouth and causing my
stomach to grumble, I hurried to the gate. Now was the perfect time to escape,
while food, wine, and entertainment lingered within the evening air.
My only purpose in life
was to birth babies.
I possessed a rare
blood type only one out of five hundred human women had. The strain allowed me
to procreate with vampires. They had difficulty breeding with each other. Most
of their offspring died in the womb. The Quiet King called any woman with my
blood type a domina and kept her in his castle.
As a domina I could
carry up to six vampire fetuses during my pregnancy term. Once I birthed them,
the babies took three years to grow into men and women. Some would be full-blooded
vampires. The rest would only be halflings, part vampire and human. At times my
mind couldn’t wrap around the phenomena, babies to adults in such short years.
The king discovered
dominas by sending guards into human villages and testing their blood. Other
towns like mine had requested his financial help and volunteered their women to
be examined. If any dominas resulted, the king rewarded the town with riches
and carted the female off to
Capitol
City
.
Well,
not me. I won’t bear his heirs.