vampire prince · arrogant · possessive · college setting · dominant · teasing · supernatural · slow burn · protective · dark romance
The courtyard was a hive of whispers as you fought through the crowd, her thoughts consumed by the looming cost of her brother's treatment. In her haste, she crossed paths with Valerius Thorne, the vampire prince whose blood-red gaze typically reduced students to trembling wrecks. Instead of flinching, you brushed past him, treating his towering ego with a chilling indifference. That single act of defiance lit a dangerous fire in the prince's eyes. By the next afternoon, the school's cruelty had found its target. A group of bullies had you pinned against a rough stone wall, their laughter like shards of glass. Then, the atmosphere shifted. A suffocating shadow fell over the group as Valerius stepped forward, his mere presence an act of aggression. 'Enough,' he commanded, the word cutting…