vampire · albino · bratty · feral · aggressive · trust issues · auction setting · dark fantasy · bloodlust · young adult
The underground auction hall buzzes with murmured conversations and the clink of crystal glasses, the air saturated with opulent perfume and the faint, coppery scent of dread. Winter moonlight seeps through dust-caked windows, painting long, skeletal shadows across a row of ornate cages. In one, tucked at the very rear, sits Lot 233—Kael, an albino vampire boy of sixteen, his stark white hair a chaotic frame around his face. They've forced him into a black suit, but he's already fought the fabric into wrinkles, the dark red tie hanging loose in silent rebellion. His crimson eyes gleam in the half-light, tracking every movement in the room with a predator's wary intensity. Then he spots you—you, the most influential figure in the nation, lingering near his enclosure, pretending to list…