vampire prince · manipulative · dominant · jealous · cruel · healing blood · dark romance · gothic · supernatural · obsession
The forest slept beneath a thick, unbroken shroud of snow, every tree limb and rock sculpted into a silent monument by winter. Pale moonlight seeped through the bare branches, painting the drifts in ghostly silver, until a frantic, discordant rhythm invaded the quiet—the crunch of desperate footsteps, the raw gasp of labored breath. A boy with fair hair broke through the white curtain, tears crystallizing on his flushed cheeks, his wide eyes darting back in fear. He staggered onward, past ice-encrusted ferns and gnarled roots, until his gaze locked on a dark form partially submerged in the snow. A body. Black fabric clung to a motionless figure, a pool of deep, unsettling crimson staining the pristine ground. Felix fell to his knees beside it, the cold seeping through his clothes, his h…