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The Crimson Accord
Last Updated : 2025-12-14
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First-Person POV
Steamy
Dark Romance
Heir/Heirness
Vampire
Possessive
Contract Marriage
Pregnant
Royal
⚠️ Mature Content Warning: This novel contains adult themes, explicit romance, violence, and emotionally intense situations. Reader discretion is advised. ————————————————————— “I expect loyalty, Margot. We marry in four days and you’re getting calls like that? What the fuck have you been doing?” My voice isn’t calmed down enough but I restrain myself from punching a wall. I wasn’t young and stupid but these rash reactions were making it seem as though I was. Tears welled in her eyes and I silently cursed myself. My bride. Just days before our wedding, I am screaming at her. Is this a product of the Binding? Making me a control freak? I came to her room for alone time with her, not to fight with her. I think she is going to give a meek answer to my question but instead she wipes her tears with the back of her hand and glares at me. “So you can fuck and feed from a Registry whore an hour before we go to the Binding ceremony, but I am expected to be loyal to you? You saw me watch that night. Did I yell at you?” —————————————————————— Every 25 years, a human from one of the five elite dynasties must marry into one of the five vampire houses to keep the peace of the Accord, a treaty between the ten families. Now it’s Margot’s turn to marry except she’s taking her dead sister’s place to marry the King of all vampires. Preserving the peace and producing a Crimsonborn is her duty, but she was groomed for society, not submission. Her immortal husband to be is not only the vampire king, Nathaniel Blackwell, but a calculating man who doesn’t want or need a wife. Or so he claims.
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Guide
Welcome to the world of the Crimson Accord.
Before you step into Nathaniel and Margot’s story, I want to give you a glimpse behind the curtain. Their world is layered with centuries of history, intricate politics, and old secrets that shape every choice they make. This chapter is here as your guide, so when unfamiliar terms or traditions appear, you can navigate them with ease and immerse yourself fully in the intrigue, danger, and desire that drive this tale. You’ll also find a quick reference to the Founding Ten families, including where they are based and the business they control, so you can keep track of the many characters and houses for an easier reading experience. Thank you for joining me on this journey. Now… let’s begin! Glossary: The Crimson Accord: The 200 year old treaty that binds the five vampire houses and five elite human dynasties. Every 25 years an arranged marriage between one vampire and one human house takes place during The Crimson Ball at Tencrest Manor. The accord stopped the vampire and human war. These marriages are to produce a Crimsonborn. The Eternal Order: A name to describe the ruling body of the vampires consisting of five founding families. The Founding Ten: A name to describe the ten families, five vampire houses and five human dynasties. The Eternal Court: The judicial and ceremonial body who meets during the Crimson Ball at Tencrest Manor each year formally. The five members are voted in, one from each vampiric household. They enforce the Accord, govern over the vampire population, and are responsible for the Registry. The Elite Humans: Or just Elites. This is another name for the human half of the Founding Ten. The Binding: A rare and ancient magic effect triggered by the ceremonial blood toast during an Accord marriage. It increases attraction and lowers emotional boundaries between the couple. It was created to increase the likelihood of a Crimsonborn being produced. The Crimsonborn: A child born from a sanctioned Accord marriage. Half human, half vampire. Children outside of Accord marriages are impossible. Without these children, the Accord will collapse. They age slowly and have the option to turn after the age of 18. The Crimson Registry: A registry of donors consisting of elite humans who offer their blood for favors of the Eternal Order. It is considered scandalous for prominent family members to enroll but lesser relatives often do. Tencrest Manor: A large estate located in Charleston, SC. The Founding Ten meet once a year for the Crimson Ball. The Eternal Court often meets during this time as well as Accord marriages. While considered neutral ground, the current king lives here full-time. The Crimson Ball: An annual and invitation only month long event. Five members from each of the Founding Ten families stay for a month and engage in business deals, Accord marriages, and Eternal Court proceedings. ___________________________________ The Founding Ten Families: Vampire Houses- House Blackwell: Based in Charleston, South Carolina. Oversees finance and wealth management for the Accord. House Vortova: Based in Anchorage, Alaska. Controls the private military that enforces the Accord. House Caerwyn: Based in Vermont. Experts in vampire lore and the Binding. House Moreau: Based in New Orleans, Louisiana. Controls the Registry and oversees the blood clubs that host Registry donors. House Slavius: Based in San Francisco, California. Keepers of the archives and preservation of the Crimsonborns. Human Dynasties- Astor: Based in Manhattan, New York. Masters of high value real estate. Chen: Based in San Francisco, California. Leaders of the technology industry. Deveraux: Based in Miami, Florida. Owners of luxury hotels. Harlow: Based in Detroit, Michigan. Expert in transportation. Rossi: Based in Chicago, Illinois. Influential in medicine.Latest chapter
The Crimson Accord Nathaniel
Birthdays didn’t mean I could get out of my royal duties and I cringed thinking about the conversations that I would have today. Not only was I going to tell everyone about Julian and Elara’s marriage, but I also wanted to let them know that the other members of cadet houses who had been accomplices to Lucien’s treason were terminated. It was a heavy conversation, but a necessary one. I was King, but I still tried to make moves that wouldn’t rock the boat. Unfortunately, our boat had been in a hurricane as of late. Now I am cleaning up. But not everyone would see my decision to quietly get rid of the treasonous that way. Trials were expected. It was the way we did things within the Founding Ten. My decisions took that option away. I tried to muster up some regret or feelings other than relief, but felt nothing other than calmness. It was the right decision. I just hoped everyone else would see it that way. I walked towards the training grounds. I rarely came out here, but lately I
Last Updated : 2025-12-14The Crimson Accord Margot
My stomach rumbled but I ignored the discomfort of an empty stomach and focused on the task at hand: waking up my husband on his birthday. I woke before he did. That alone was a small miracle. I was always sleeping lately. Carrying his children made me exhausted. I was so newly pregnant, but I could feel it in every move I made. Not because I was huge, I was barely showing. But because my body ached with exhaustion. So today of all days when I woke up before my sleeping King, I laid in bed for a few moments considering what I could do for him. Celia had let it slip that tonight we would have Nate’s birthday dinner with the Founding Ten. It was usually a big affair, although this year he had asked her to downsize it. No dancers, no celebrity performers, just us and the vampire/human community we had built. But that still meant that I needed to get him something. I turned onto my side and studied him shamelessly. He was hundreds of years old, but looked so young. There were a few wrin
Last Updated : 2025-12-13The Crimson Accord Nathaniel
The staff corridor smelled faintly of antiseptic and old stone, a quieter artery of Tencrest that most guests never saw. I was halfway down it when the door to the staff quarters opened and Abigail stepped out, smoothing her jacket as if she had been caught doing something far more scandalous than checking on a wounded man.My sister froze when she saw me. “Abigail,” I said. “What are you doing down here?”She recovered quickly. She always did. “Checking on Ivan.”Something in the way she said it tightened my chest. Casual. Too casual. “Cassia has him stabilized.”“I know.” She shrugged, lifting one shoulder. “Stabilized doesn’t mean fine.”I studied her face, the set of her mouth. There were a hundred questions I could have asked and none of them felt appropriate in a hallway that echoed every sound. “You should let him rest.”“I am,” she replied. “That’s what I’m doing.”I held her gaze a moment longer than necessary. Then I stepped aside. “Go on.”She passed me, brushing my shoulde
Last Updated : 2025-12-12The Crimson Accord Nathaniel
By late afternoon the sun had begun its slow bleed along the windows of the south corridors of Tencrest Manor. I took my seat at the Eternal Court chamber table, trying to focus on why I was here. But I kept reliving the last few hours with my wife. I hadn’t tasted her enough and was already desperate for more. After I fucked her, we took a lazy shower and I spent an hour washing my seed out of her. Margot was gorgeous on the outside, but I had fallen in love with her mind too. She spent half the shower running ideas by me for the masquerade ball that would be happening in a few days. It had been pushed back, but soon the end of the Crimson Ball would be here and we would have a final night to meet with friends until next year. Margot was adamant about wanting to honor those who died on the red night. She suggested lanterns along the garden paths, each holding the name of someone lost. She wanted the musicians to open with a single quiet piece so that the room could breathe before t
Last Updated : 2025-12-11
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