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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

The air was cold, the kind that makes you pull up a glove. The mist covered the ocean, hiding the anchored boats from Althenia. The atmosphere was so chilly that the birds were afraid to chirp this particular morning.

In the royal chambers, the smell of death clung to the air like a plague, refusing to leave as if one with the cold.

But to Elena the cold was nothing compared to the one clouding her heart. Her eyes were heavy as she stared unblinkingly at the city from her usual spot. It was no different from the other days, but today, she didn't appreciate the little things she used to: the milkman dropping bottles at the doorstep, a drunkard hurrying to his wife in the wee hours...

All these were nothing today. Her eyes, with dark circles under them, were a void of emptiness. Last night, she had cried her tears out, left with little to nothing to spare for today.

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