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He wanted to be accepted for who he was; a bastard. But the world was a cruel place for bastards, especially in the vampire realm of Eldoria. 

A vampire prince, born a bastard, was a disgrace not only to the royal family but the realm at large. And for that, Gabriel Sinclair grew up in harsh environs within the very castle his brother considered heaven. 

And as if being bastard was not enough wound to scar him and put him miles away from the throne, they made marry a human to seal the treaty between the two warring species. 

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Elena Thornhart always dreamt of venturing beyond the walls of Mysthaven. Since childhood, she had been confined in the castle of Mysthaven, safe from the vampire's reach. 

But not everything goes as planned. In an effort to save the nearly extinct human population, Andrian Thornhart, the human king and Elena's brother, offers her as the sacrificial lamb. 

Now Elena must navigate the treacherous Vampire court and royal family and protect her husband from his own kind. 

Little does she know her presence is set to unleash a side of Gabriel Sinclair that he never knew existed, a secret that might set the realm apart or unite it!

A Bastard's Allure

"God! You scared me!" Elena blurted, dropping the book on the rocking chair. The girl stood there, unmoving. Her hair was tied to an auburn which was odd for vampires.

Elena arrested her hands behind her back, taking a step forward. The girl appeared rigid, but somehow frightening. Her eyes were trained on Elena all the while. She was pale of skin, but not as pale as Brandon or the king.

"What's your name little one?" Elena asked when she was close.

The little one's lips twitched, her gaze fixated on Elena as if she were some kind of alien. Her languid brown eyes looked at Elena curiously before her lips moved.

"Why are you yellow?" She asked, her soft voice melting Elena's heart. Still, the question was a funny one.

"It's because I'm human," she answered, offering her a kind smile.

"Father says humans are our source of food," she intoned, her thin spread lips revealing her little elongated fangs.

Lilith