/𝐦𝐚𝐥-𝐢-𝐝𝐢𝐤-𝐭𝐮𝐦/ Latin for curse: A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane. *** "𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥? 𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐮𝐬.." 𝐈 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐈𝐟 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬. 𝐀𝐮𝐫𝐚 𝐦𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐲, 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫; "𝐀 𝐩𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐬" Centuries had passed. Fire, blood, bodies and smoke tainted the land of the humans before they had given up their sovereignty to the Vampire Kings. Earth was ruled by seven kings which represented the seven deadly sins; the Fratres noctis. Each king ruled over his own kingdom- his own sin. There was the Kingdom of Pulchritudo, Thesaurus, Solatium, Virtus, Livor, Cupiditas and Gula. Every year, a girl is given to the Fratres noctis as a sacrifice from a human village of their choice. A submissive girl who they could bend whichever way they wished and feed from. And then, there was Aura from Caligo- a small village in Gula. The Maledictum; Curse. Aura is nothing close to submissive. She cannot be broken and the villagers want her gone. They call her Maledictum because of the powers that live w