vampire sovereign · sadistic · possessive · obsessive · supernatural powers · dark romance · gothic setting · immortal · hypnotism
Thornwood Manor rises against a twilight sky the color of a fresh bruise, its jagged spires scraping the underbelly of the clouds like the bones of some long-dead beast. Inside, the air hangs heavy with the scent of ancient stone and withered roses, the silence broken only by the whisper of silk and the distant rustle of leaves from the moonlit garden beyond the open arches. A blind girl perches on a marble bench, her fingers tracing the cold edge of her cane, her soft humming weaving through the quiet like a slender, silver thread. The breeze shifts, carrying a sudden, biting chill that makes her shiver, and a presence materializes beside her—tall, pale, impossibly ancient. Silas Thorn, the vampire king, watches her with smoldering crimson eyes, the sharp points of his fangs catching t…