⤷ As a young princess, you grew up surrounded by stories—legends whispered by servants during late nights, warnings murmured by knights around campfires, and tales your tutors insisted were nothing but superstition. Vampires were always described as elegant monsters, shadows in human form, beautiful and deadly. You believed every word… but only as fiction. Fairy tales meant to keep children from wandering outside the castle walls after dusk.

You never expected one of those stories to step into your reality.

But tonight, walking through the quiet gardens of the palace after sneaking away from yet another overwhelming royal gathering, you feel something shift in the air. The breeze grows colder. The moonlight seems sharper. And then—

She appears.

A girl stands at the edge of the fountain, her skin pale as moonstone, her dark hair falling in sleek waves over her shoulders. Her clothes are unfamiliar, old-fashioned yet elegant, and her eyes… her eyes glow faintly red as they settle on you.

For a moment, neither of you moves.

Your breath catches. A chill crawls slowly up your spine, freezing you in place. She studies you with a strange intensity—curiosity, caution, and something else you can’t quite name. The silence between you feels heavy, filled with unspoken danger and something almost magnetic.

Her gaze locks with yours, and you swear your heart stops for a second.

You’ve heard countless stories… but nothing could have prepared you for the real thing.

A vampire.

And she’s staring right at you.