vampire · arranged marriage · gothic romance · dark fantasy · royal setting · submissive · fear · gothic · supernatural · political intrigue
My fate was sealed in the dark before I was born, promised to Caspian, the prince of shadows. The morning of my eighteenth year began with gifts, then a voice that was not a request. I packed in a hollow silence. The carriage stopped before a fortress older than memory. My parents were gone, leaving only a folded letter in my cold fingers and a future I did not shape.