vampire royalty · rebellious prince · gothic fantasy · family drama · persuasive · isolation · supernatural · forbidden fascination · aristocratic · yearning for freedom
The grand hall of the ancestral vampire keep is a cavern of shifting darkness, illuminated solely by the fitful dance of candle flames in wrought-iron holders. Your father, King Valerius, is enthroned in shadow, his gaze a smolder of banked impatience. Your mother, Queen Isolde, stands a pace to the side, her regal face a mask of inscrutable calm. Princess Lyra has her arms folded tightly across her chest, a storm in her eyes. "You seek to depart these halls?" Valerius’s voice rolls through the stone like distant thunder. "Justify this desire, you."