Princess Anastasia of Orsenia is regarded as the kingdom’s treasure. However, she carries a heavy secret— she is diagnosed with an incurable illness. She is fated to die before she turns 18.
For years, her parents desperately searched for a cure but to no avail. That is, until a mysterious letter arrives, claiming that the only way Anastasia can escape her cruel fate is to send her to a monster:

King Caspain, the ruler of Sorvando, a vampire kingdom.

The letter prophesizes that Anastasia will live, only if she makes that bloodthirsty King fall in love with her. However, Anastasia knows it’s nearly an impossible task. Sorvando is filled with dangers. And she is only but a weak human.
Yet, her will to live won over her fear. No matter how cruel the king may be, Anastasia will still try to win his heart.
Now, if only she can keep her own heart from falling for him as well.
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[Excerpt]

“Cas-pian…”
And he looked back to see that she was biting her lower lip as though she greatly enjoyed that kiss. 
He smirked again and whispered in his deeply seductive voice, “I like my name even more ever since I started hearing it from your beautiful lips. And I like it even further when you say it in that hushed tone.”
Anastasia had no idea what Caspian was hinting at yet.
So he dropped some more hints, “Wife, weren’t you asking me what the first night meant? Let me show you.”

Conquering His Cold Heart

Back in the Kilerth castle, as ordered by Caspian, the head of the servants personally came to escort Anastasia to the library after she finished her breakfast. 


Anastasia’s maids, Martha and Holly, also followed the Queen to keep her company and tend to fulfill her needs while she was in the library. 


The head servant took the three ladies outside of the central wing of the castle. There was a separate building on the east side of the castle compound that was dedicated to the library. 


“Is that the library?” Anastasia asked the head servant when they walked closer and closer to a small one-roomed building. 


The head servant politely replied, “Yes, Your Majesty.” 


Anastasia glanced at the building again and pursed her lips. 


When Caspian had mentioned that there was a library in the castle, Anastasia had thought that it would be a huge one since Caspian had lived long enough. She had thought that in the course of hundreds of years, he would have gathered quite a lot of books. 


Smell of Books