Marked by the Vampire Prince: I’m His Mate, Not His Baby Maker!

[Warning: R18+/Mature Content]



Excerpt:



His lips crashed into mine so suddenly, it stole the breath from my lungs.



I froze.



My mind screamed at me to move, to shove him away, to remember what he was. What he'd done. 





He is Julian Czarnel—cold, manipulative, dangerous.





The very thing I'd been taught to fear, the reason we, humans, were trapped underground like canaries in the cage.





And yet…





I wouldn't dare pulling back.



My chest rose and fell in ragged breaths as his mouth moved over mine—too gently, too tenderly for someone who wasn't supposed to have a soul.



That was the worst part. Not the kiss itself, but the way he kissed me.



Like I mattered.



Like I was his.



But I should have known. I shouldn't believe him.



Because deep down, he would toss me as soon as I gave him an heir.



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After the fall of humankind, the surface belongs to monsters—and the last High Vampire rules them all.



Lyra Ellison has never seen the sky. Born underground after the war, she’s lived her entire life in the shadows, dreaming of freedom, chasing a fantasy of becoming an actress on a set that no longer exists.



Until one night changes everything.



She crashes a forbidden Red Moon party, runs for her life....



...And falls right into the arms of Julian Czarnel—the infamous High Vampire who led the slaughter that drove her people underground.



But instead of killing her… he kisses her.

Instead of feeding on her… he claims her.

As his fated mate. His bride. The future mother of his heir.



To Julian, she’s the key to reviving his dying race.



To Lyra, he’s the obstacle she must use, deceive, and escape—before he burns away every last piece of the girl who once dreamed of freedom.



But the longer she stays by his side, the more dangerous the truth becomes:



What if the monster she’s supposed to hate is the only one who truly sees her?



And what if her greatest enemy... is also the only man she’s ever loved?





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Fantasy Romance

Post-Apocalyptic Setting (Humans live underground for a hundred years)

Morally Gray ML AND FL

Enemies to lovers trope

Their relationship is basically "Us against the world" trope

Slightly slow-burn