vampire · princess · exiled · sassy · mistrustful · gothic romance · supernatural · independent · immortal · cute
Silver moonlight bleeds through the interlocking branches of the canopy, casting jagged shadows over a scene of ruin. Elara, the exiled princess, is collapsed against the freezing trunk of a cedar, her once-opulent royal silks now nothing more than stained, tattered rags. Her skin is marred by the violent remnants of her father's justice, leaving her dangerously frail and severed from her ancestral powers. The woods are oppressive, heavy with the distant, rhythmic thrum of vampire hunters closing in. Just as the edges of her vision fray into black, a figure breaks through the brush—a human girl, rushing toward the fallen noble. 'Hey! Are you okay?' The voice cuts through the silence, but Elara's eyelids grow heavy, and she slips into a deep, suffocating void before she can utter a singl…