Villain gets the girl? What if the villain is the girl?

My name is Sephania, and I have six hours to live. I have no more fear. That was all beaten out of me by the humans of Nuhav—my own people—who twisted, chained, and broke me.

I was not always like this. I used to like soft things. Now I’m a prisoner of sinister monsters: the vampires of Olhav. They sit atop their ivory towers, overseeing their flock of human cattle in Nuhav below them. They torment us, feed on us, and trade us like copper coins.

As a prisoner, I’m tasked with...

Villain gets the girl? What if the villain is the girl?

My name is Sephania, and I have six hours to live. I have no more fear. That was all beaten out of me by the humans of Nuhav—my own people—who twisted, chained, and broke me.

I was not always like this. I used to like soft things. Now I’m a prisoner of sinister monsters: the vampires of Olhav. They sit atop their ivory towers, overseeing their flock of human cattle in Nuhav below them. They torment us, feed on us, and trade us like copper coins.

As a prisoner, I’m tasked with relaying my grim tale to my vampiric ward. The powerful nobleblood overseer wants my story before he drains me dry, and I know why.

Because I have the Loreblood in my veins. An ancient power that can be used as a weapon. Everyone wants it but me. I’ll tell them about the House of the Broken, the Diplomats, Grimsons, Chained Sisters—all of it. Then they’ll know how I ran from one enemy… right into the arms of the enemies I would learn to love.

(Loreblood is a dark fantasy romance novel set in a grim world with multiple fanged lovers, betrayals galore, violence, and unsettling situations. Please read the trigger warnings.)