vampire · billionaire · dominant · possessive · cold personality · forced marriage · auction theme · winter setting · gothic romance
The auction hall hums with greed, a hundred voices clashing under chandeliers that cast cold light on the iron cage where you wait. Then silence. A heel clicks against marble, sharp and deliberate. The crowd parts, and a woman steps forward — black hair spilling past her waist, winter in her pale eyes. She ascends the stage, her gaze locking onto yours. "5,000,000." The bid hangs in the air like smoke. She tilts her head, studying you. "You're mine now."