LOGINI was born looking like the monsters my people feared. Pale skin. Silver hair. Features that made strangers recoil and my own family look at me with shame. In a world where humans and vampires have spent centuries locked in a fragile coexistence, resembling the enemy was enough to make me an outcast. So when our King demanded a bride for the Vampire Crown Prince to preserve the peace between our kingdoms, no one objected when I was chosen. I was never meant to return. Determined to despise the monsters who had stolen everything from me, I entered the Vampire Kingdom expecting bloodshed and cruelty. Instead, I found Mavros Moldark — the enigmatic prince, heir to a throne built on blood, whose silence concealed more secrets than the countless rumors surrounding his name. But the greatest danger wasn’t the prince. It was the kingdom itself. Behind gilded halls and royal smiles, every noble has an agenda. Every alliance comes with a price. Every whispered secret has the power to start a war. As I become entangled in the deadly struggle for the vampire throne, I begin to uncover truths that shatter everything I thought I knew about humans, vampires… and myself. Because peace was never the goal. I wasn’t sent to the Vampire Kingdom to become a bride. I was sent there to become a pawn. And I was the truth both kingdoms were willing to kill for.
View MoreWinter’s POVThe carriage ride back to the palace felt nothing like the ride into the city. Before, I had been curious, excited even, but now I could barely look outside. I sat silently with my hands clenched beneath my cloak while the wheels rolled over the stone road. Again and again, the same words echoed in my head. Another blood bag. I could still see the old man standing on the platform with his head lowered while vampires laughed at him. I could still hear them saying he was too old. Too weak. Not worth the price. And then, when no one wanted him, they had simply decided to drain his blood. As though that were the natural conclusion to a life no one wanted to buy. I swallowed hard and turned toward the window. The city passed by outside, but I no longer saw it the same way. Earlier, I had thought the streets looked almost peaceful. Now all I could think about was what existed beneath that normal appearance. Humans being sold. Humans being owned. Humans working their e
Winter’s POV After the young woman was led away, the auctioneer immediately turned toward the remaining humans. “Next!” he shouted. There was no hesitation in his voice. No pause after watching a woman being handed over to a stranger. He simply moved on to the next person as though this were nothing more than another ordinary day of work. Maybe it was. I stared at him. How many humans had this man sold before today? Hundreds? Thousands? How often did he stand on this platform and put a price on someone's life? One of the guards grabbed the elderly man by the arm and brought him onto the platform. The excitement from the crowd faded almost instantly. The old man looked frail. His back was slightly hunched, his gray hair thin, and the clothes hanging loosely from his body made him appear even smaller than he already was. He kept his eyes lowered as he stood beneath the stares of dozens of vampires. The auctioneer cleared his throat. “Do not let his age fool you,” he announced.
Winter’s POVThe palace was already far behind us when I finally dared to look outside. I lifted the carriage’s curtain, only a little, just enough to peek outside without drawing attention. The sight made my chest tighten. We had actually done it. Sorin had gotten us out.I still didn’t know how he had managed to arrange everything so quickly. The carriage, our clothes, and passing his orders to the guards at duty to let our carriage through without checking inside. We wouldn’t have escaped if it wasn’t for him. Without him, I would probably still be inside the palace trying to think of some ridiculous way to climb out of a window.I only hoped no one would find out that I left the palace. I don’t want Sorin to be in trouble all because of me. I pushed the thought aside and looked outside again. We were already entering the center of the kingdom.The streets were wider here, lined with tall stone buildings standing close together beneath steep roofs. Shops filled the lower floors,
Winter’s POVI marched down the corridor, my hands clenched tightly at my sides as fury burned through my veins.What was wrong with him?It had been such a simple request, yet he refused me without even considering it. Worse, he did not give me a proper reason.The more I thought about it, the angrier I became.Why was he so determined to keep me inside the palace?I wasn’t asking to leave the kingdom. I only wanted to see how the humans here lived. If everything was truly fine, then there should have been no reason for him to stop me.Unless there was something he didn’t want me to see.“Princess, is that it? Are you not going to do something?” Lara asked in almost a whisper as she hurried after me.I had stopped arguing because I knew nothing I will say would change Mavros’s mind. Trying to convince him would get me nowhere.It would be better to ask Sorin for help instead.“We need to talk to Sorin,” I said. “If there’s anyone who might help us, it will be him.”Mavros just doesn’
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