Sitting curled like small balls were the dirtiest, unkept children Mira had ever laid eyes on. The had black smudge on their faces from working tirelessly with coal obviously and their small hands were breaking from the loaded truck transporting it.
One of them looked up and instantly saw the queen. In a flash, he got up and sped towards her. Oh? He's a vampire?
Mira felt her heart tear into two at the sight of the boy. He had black hair, was dressed in rags that had tears everywhere and looked deathly pale.
"Please madam. I am sorry to have stopped you on your journey." the boy said softly in a breaking voice. Mira was completely held captive by him. If there was one thing that could be called her greatest weakness, it was being human.
