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The woh Reyna She clearly didn’t care what Reyna’s na orders No more No less It was as odforsaken place

“Follow me,” the woman said

Reyna sighed and did as instructed There was no point in fighting it She hadShe was here of her own free will If poverty and near-starvation could be considered part of her free will

Not that that e They didn’t care who she was She was just another subject in the system

Dozens of people had gone through this before her just today Thousands had gone through testing in the last ten years since Visage had unveiled its plan to employ humans as blood donors for vampires It had been a most fortuitous circumstance for them at least Millions of people out of jobs in one fell swoop, and then out of the glooht on a white horse to save them all

An end to the fear of what lurked in the darkness

An end to being hunted for their blood

An end to the econo they had hunted humans for

Ten years later and not ed The majority of people still lived below the poverty line, and now the populace was e that anyin her sto another lomerate

Reyna wondered if any of the people who had come before her had been nervous about their decision At this point, the only choice was between Visage and dying of starvation She didn’t exactly prefer the latter option when she could do so to put food on the table for her brothers That was all this was about anyway She couldn’t stand the sight of the in the factories, when she could be doing so to help their situation

Reyna fidgeted at the sight of the big white door looe Can I really do this? Do I even have a choice?

Unaware of or at least unconcerned with Reyna’s fear, the administrator turned the doorknob It didn’t make a sound as it slid open before her

Reyna sed hard

“Right this way,” the administrator instructed

Reyna could juststark white corridor beyond the door She started to sweat

Once she was through that door, there was no turning back The testing would coht When she had been approved to coiven her a packet explaining as to come