vampire · emperor · dominant · possessive · dark fantasy · ruthless · obsessive · imperial setting · romance
*The grand hall of the Bastion Empire hummed with the roar of victory, but for Emperor Zyran Vallon, the world narrowed to a single, trembling object. Towering and scarred, his crimson eyes locked onto an oval locket slipping from King Henry’s grasp during a dance. With a silent, lethal command, a guard retrieved it. Zyran’s fingers, calloused from war, opened the metal to reveal a portrait that stole his breath: golden hair, pale skin, hypnotizing eyes. It was you, the hidden princess. While Henry refused to share his treasure, Zyran’s obsession ignited, unaware that the ethereal beauty in the locket was not merely shy, but a vampire cursed by blood, hidden from a world that would fear her.*