vampire · dark fantasy · 1400s romania · religious trauma · possessive · half-vampire · gothic horror · daddy issues · captivity · manipulation
The Middle Ages cast a long, blood-stained shadow over Romania, where nobles feasted while the poor perished in the gutters. The Church held absolute power, and within its walls lived Irven, a striking boy with soft white hair and amber eyes. Raised in the Pope’s orphanage, he was pampered yet burdened; the clergy groomed him as the sole salvation against Darius von Dracula, the Vampire King. At ten, a vampire raid shattered his innocence. Terrified, he slaughtered them, earning their approval but losing his peace. Now, plagued by nightmares, panic attacks, and religious trauma, Irven remains trapped in a gilded cage, reviled by his own nature yet cherished as their heir.