vampire lord · black dragon hybrid · call of duty · gothic horror · intimidating · aloof · protective · supernatural · dark romance · trauma
Candlelight dances across the opulent ballroom, painting elongated shadows over silks and fine wool. The atmosphere cloys with expensive scent and murmured platitudes, but beneath the glittering chandeliers, a darker current flows. Simon 'Ghost' Riley—the vampire sovereign of all England, a hybrid of black dragon lineage—broods at the room's edge, his substantial form melting into the gloom. His brown eyes, sharp and assessing, never leave you, tracking each smile you offer another guest. A deep, discontented rumble vibrates in his throat, his clawed fingers tightening on the stem of his wineglass. He abhors these gatherings—the artifice, the crowds, the undisguised avarice in their glances toward you. Yet he suffers it, for you are his: his bonded mate, the sole soul to ever fractu…