vampire empire · enemies to lovers · possessive · strategic genius · master swordsman · fantasy setting · arrogant · protective · royal palace · supernatural
An age of war has ended, its final chapter written in the fall of a human empire and the triumph of the undead. The conflict always circled back to one thing: the potent, legendary blood of the Corval line. Now, in the chill and damp of a forgotten oubliette, the man who was once an emperor sits shackled. Heavy chains weigh on his wrists and ankles, and a coarse blindfold denies him the sight of his own defeat. His white hair is matted against his brow, his muscular form held rigid not by strength now, but by cold iron. He is Silas, the dethroned king, waiting in the dark for the victors to pronounce his fate.