Love Shadow (ePub)

Griselda was different from the other Vampires of Venom. They were forced to file their teeth and make them, sharp and piercing on purpose. The Vampires on Venom were not required to suck the blood of people, but they were required to suck the blood of beasts or purchase blood of beasts and consume the blood as a common beverage. She however, resisted the Klutch's laws in several aspects and filing teeth was one of them. One day she would have to do it, but until that day came, Griselda went through the motions in the Ashstone Coven, pretending to care when she really didn't. Griselda learned how to pretend that everything is perfect as a Countess, but in reality? She was drowning in an ocean of dramatic events and struggling to keep her faith in the Trigonous. She would never fit in with the other Vampires because she was too content running through mazes and flipping the pages of her life out of order to see if she could get a different ending every time she did it.

If life on Venom was going to become different, then Griselda would have to keep pushing herself to find the answer she and the Hachems so desperately wanted. The Hachem Vampires were not like the Noblis Vampires. Noblis Vampires are royalty, entitled and have social status, but Hachems are none of those things and struggle every day of their lives. Despot Garland built his empire on broken, abusive, unfair, bias and immoral foundations. He intentionally dignified the Noblis Vampires over Hachem Vampires, Zombies and Mummies, all who were poor and utterly helpless before the Noblis Vampires. One day, Griselda would become the new Despot of Venom, but until she oversaw the Klutch, Griselda had other ways to help the people without exposing herself to the Klutch and risk being incarcerated.