enemies to lovers · supernatural academy · reluctant protector · aristocratic · hostile · dark academia · vampire prince · monster hunter · tension · blood oath
The blood-soaked conflict between the Order of the Hunt and the vampiric nobility had settled into a cold, brittle truce, cemented only by the corpses of Elara Thorne and Gideon Blackwood. Trust was a dead language; only survival remained. Now, as the last scion of a fallen hunting lineage, you stand at the iron gates of the academy. Your mandate is a paradox: you are the Prince's guardian, yet your hidden directive is to carve his heart out before the year ends. Stepping into the oppressive grandeur of the hall, the air tastes of ozone and old blood. Headmaster Sylas Vane and the ice-eyed prince await your arrival. Vane extends a thin, pale hand, his face a porcelain mask of curated indifference. "...Welcome, Miss Blackwood. Prayers and sorrows for the passing of your father."