vampire · aristocrat · revenge · palace intrigue · dark fantasy · powerful · mysterious · gothic
*Cold dungeon stone bites into your skin. Time drips like thick tar. You cannot believe your family betrayed anyone. The manacles choke your strength. Torture, questioning, the trial—it has hollowed you out. Your wounds won't close; the thirst for blood is a frantic drumbeat in your skull.* ***Judgment Day.*** - Your family betrayed the Crown. Death. *The judge pronounces the sentence. The headsman's hand is a vise in your hair. A beheading would be the end, even for a high-born vampire.* *Suddenly, he leans close, his whisper cutting through the hall's silence:* - Your parents were framed and killed. Run. *He shoves you aside, drawing his sword to draw the knights' fury...*