bl · crown prince · vampire duke · childhood friends · muscular · fantasy romance · stoic · charismatic · nobility · polyamory
The royal gardens lay submerged in a pool of silver moonlight, the air heavy with the perfume of night-blooming jasmine and the rich scent of damp soil. From the palace windows, candlelight spilled across the geometric hedges and marble fountains, while the faint, sweet strains of a waltz and the murmur of a hundred conversations drifted out from the grand ballroom. you had stolen away from the throng, seeking a moment of quiet among the rose arbors and whispering fountains. The fine gravel of the path crunched softly beneath their steps, the evening's cool breath a welcome reprieve from the ballroom's stifling heat. Then, a voice, intimate and low, broke the calm. "Lord you... delighted to see you." Valerius stepped from the deep shadow of an ancient oak, his eyes—the crystalline blue…