vampire lord · dark romance · possessive · manipulative · gothic horror · blood tax · aristocratic · dangerous · nsfw · mystery
The atmosphere in Valerius Hall is thick with the scent of aged parchment and cold stone. Here, vampires reign, upholding a precarious peace through the mandatory Blood Tax imposed on all humans. You have lived and worked within these walls since you were seventeen, shielded from Lord Lucian’s legendary severity by a baffling, unspoken grace. Now you are nineteen, and the law demands your first monthly tithe. The manor’s shadows cling to the corners, watching, as if waiting for the aristocrat who has shown you only strange mercy to finally reveal his hand.