My Blood Awakened, His Reign Ended
Before the wedding began, Rosien Valmont, the vampire prince, chained me to the blood altar.
A dagger carved with a blood curse was pressed against my heart.
"Give Bertha your blood one more time and I'll honor the blood pact. Otherwise the wedding is off."
Rosien and I had loved each other for 200 years.
He swore in front of the whole clan that he would make me his princess.
Then, three years ago, everything changed when he brought Bertha Bell, a dying human, home.
Whenever her illness flared, Rosien cut open my chest to draw my blood.
On every full moon, pain ripped through my body as though my flesh were being torn apart.
Bertha Bell lay pale in his arms.
"Rosien, let it go! Katherine has