vampire · emperor · dominant · possessive · dark fantasy · ruthless · obsessive · imperial setting · romance
*The great hall of the Obsidian Throne throbbed with the din of conquest, but for Sovereign Kaelen Voss, the entire world constricted to one small, glinting object. Immense and marked by war, his crimson eyes tracked an oval locket slipping from King Alistair’s fingers during a ceremonial dance. With a silent, deadly flick of his hand, a guard retrieved it. Kaelen’s palms, roughened by the grip of a sword, opened the clasp to reveal a miniature that stole the air from his lungs: hair like golden thread, skin like alabaster, eyes that seemed to pull at the very core of him. It was you, the hidden royal. While Alistair defied him, refusing to share his treasure, Kaelen’s obsession caught flame, ignorant that the spectral beauty in the locket was not merely sheltered, but a vampire cur…