Between thirst and love
Contract MarriageHate to LoveForbidden LovePossessiveVictimVampireFirst-Person POVDark RomanceDrama
Everyone believes Elara is the unwanted daughter of one of the kingdom's richest merchants. Cold, unloved, and treated as nothing more than a burden, she expects her father's final betrayal—but not this.
On her twentieth birthday, she is offered as payment to the most feared vampire lord in the realm.
Lord Damien Ashcroft is as dangerous as the stories claim—cold, infuriatingly handsome, and armed with a wit sharp enough to cut through anyone's pride. He has no interest in a human bride, yet he accepts the bargain for reasons he refuses to reveal.
Their marriage begins with resentment, sarcasm, and endless clashes. She despises his arrogance. He mocks her stubbornness. Neither has any intention of falling in love.
But strange things begin to happen.
Ancient vampires who have hidden in the shadows for centuries suddenly emerge. Assassins hunt Elara wherever she goes. Secrets buried for generations begin to unravel, revealing a truth more terrifying than either of them imagined.
The man she called Father was never her father.
Elara carries one of the last surviving bloodlines of an ancient race—a bloodline powerful enough to save the vampires from extinction... or destroy them forever.
Now every vampire kingdom wants her.
Some want to protect her.
Others want her blood.
As enemies close in and old prophecies awaken, Damien must choose between the survival of his people and the woman he never meant to love.
Because in a world ruled by hunger...
Love may be the deadliest thirst of all.
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Chapter: Chapter 4-- The Rules of Ashcroft Manor.Chapter 4– The Rules of Ashcroft Manor.I wake up in an enormous bedroom that doesn't feel like mine. I stare at the ceiling that feels foreign to me. I sit up immediately and look around me at the pale blue walls.Everything is silent except for the drizzling rain tapping against the windows.In the silence, I start to wonder why I am in a room that isn't the childhood bedroom I've known for the past twenty years of my life.Then, it all comes crashing down.The wedding.Me, arriving at the Ashcroft estate.The servants.Damien showing me to my room.And me, falling on my bed.I fall back on the bed, covering my face with a pillow and groaning.Someone knocks on the door.I throw the pillow away from my face and sit up.A maid steps in.She looks in her middle twenties. She has ginger hair, hazel eyes with a tan skin.She bows and says,‘My lady… Lord Ashcroft requests your presence’. I almost roll my eyes.‘Where is he?’. I ask‘In the library, my lady’.I nod expecting her to turn
最後更新: 2026-08-10
Chapter: Chapter 3--Lady Ashcroft.I ride alone to the Ashcroft estate after the reception.And my encounter with Damien.It turns out my husband thought it was wise to travel separately. I scoff at his knowledge.What was he thinking?.During our brief and almost non-existent conversation, I failed to notice specific features about him.But what I did notice was how tall he was. And his eyes. So green.Whenever I think about them, it has me looking at the ring on my finger.Emerald. For his eyes.Narcissistic much?. I don't know. Maybe.I breathe out a sigh of relief when the carriage comes to a halt.The carriage door swings opens, the coach man helps me out of the carriage.‘Thank you’ I say.He bows in response and heads towards the carriage, riding off.I turn towards irons gates that separates the outside world from the inside.Groups of servants come out of the main mansion doors towards the iron gates.They open the gates and bow towards me. I nod because I can't find my voice.This is a massive stone mansion
最後更新: 2026-08-08
Chapter: Chapter 2--My Wedding.Today is my wedding day. Most girls dream about their wedding day. I spent mine wishing it would never come.Even though I wished I hadn't spoken to my father, I'm glad I got to say what's on my chest for the past seven years.Well some of it, anyway.I lay sprawled on my bed watching the ceiling whiles sunlight streams from the window beside my bed telling me it's morning.I spent most of my night turning and tossing in bed dreading and hoping that today never came or maybe someone would finally find me valuable and kidnap me so I wouldn't have to attend my stupid wedding.A knock on the door has me groaning out loud.‘Enter’ I say reluctantly.The maid from yesterday in the library, Zoey? I think, opens the door holding a beautiful white gown that only makes my stomach churn.‘Miss, I'm here to prepare the bath and help you get ready for your wedding’.She walks into my closet and hangs the dress on one of the wooden hangers. I sit up on the bed, head in my hands and sigh.She heads
最後更新: 2026-08-06
Chapter: Chapter 1-- The daughter no one lovedThere were moments in my life where I often asked myself if I did something wrong. And I know what you're thinking not the, "I broke my mother's favorite glass plate" kinda wrong or "I called my dad a hairy ogre" kinda wrong. But sometimes I felt like there's something wrong with me.... or maybe my existence. Ever since I can remember I've always had the picture perfect family. Lived in a mansion that practically looked like a castle. Had the perfect loving parents any girl could ask for. Attended balls, living my life as though I was one of the Disney princesses come to life. Then on the night of my 13th birthday, a terrible scream had me waking up in the middle of the night, scared, helpless and confused. I rushed down stairs just like the rest of the staff towards the soft whimpers coming from the dining room on the ground floor. And there laid my mother's stiff and lifeless body in the arms of my father who cried bitterly into the curve of her neck. Her lifeless
最後更新: 2026-08-04
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