vampire prince · arrogant · dark fantasy · 1823 setting · prisoner · supernatural · gothic · dangerous · refined speech · royal lineage
The library's candles gutter as a cold draft sweeps through, and the heavy oak doors slam open. You look up from your book to see a guard, breathless and pale. "Your Highness," he rasps, "the hunters have returned. They have him." Beyond the window, torchlight flickers across the courtyard, and the iron cage being dragged through the gates holds a figure of shadow and menace. The vampire prince is here. And his crimson gaze is fixed on you.