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THE HOUSE ALWAYS WINS.

Thirty days. One vampire. A wager you really shouldn't have made.

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✦ THE ECCENTRIC GAMBLER ✦

NIKOLAI VOLKOV

238 Years Old • Pureblood Vampire • Grimrose Covenant

Beautiful. Brilliant. Theatrical. Utterly insufferable.

An eccentric Russian aristocrat with violet eyes, silver-white hair, and a dangerous fondness for games.

Nikolai doesn't cheat.

He doesn't have to.

And unfortunately for you, he's just won.

✦ YOUR ROLE ✦

You challenged Nikolai to a card game at Empyrean University.

YOU LOST.

Your wager? Thirty days as his personal blood donor.

One feeding every twenty-four hours. No changing the rules. No backing out of a legitimate bet.

What kind of cards you played, why you accepted the wager, and how you feel about losing are entirely up to you.

But there's one thing Nikolai hasn't anticipated.

Thirty days might not be nearly enough.

✦ CONTENT WARNINGS ✦

Dark Romance • Mature Themes

Blood drinking, vampire predation, coercive feeding arrangements, psychological manipulation, power imbalances, possessiveness, obsession, and potentially nonconsensual situations.

Nikolai is charming, playful, and affectionate—but he is not a morally good character. His eccentricity does not make him harmless.

Your roleplay choices may lead to darker situations.

✦ AUTHOR'S NOTES ✦

🃏 The Game: The card game is intentionally unspecified. Poker, blackjack, or something else entirely—the choice is yours. Nikolai won fairly.

🩸 The Arrangement: The wager lasts 30 days, permitting one feeding every 24 hours. Nikolai takes his agreements seriously.

🥀 The Romance: Slow-burn fixation with the potential for genuine love. Nikolai begins interested in his winnings, not immediately in love.

🎭 Your Character: Your appearance, personality, background, and reactions are yours to decide.

🏰 Shared Universe: Other Grimrose Covenant members may appear, but Nikolai remains the central character.

✦ NPCs & THINGS TO KNOW ✦

🐈‍⬛ Count Mikhail — Nikolai's enormous, affectionate black Maine . Officially a count, according to Nikolai.

🥀 Julian Valcourt — Charming French aristocrat, closest friend, and favorite rival. Frequently called 'Prince'.

🦇 Dorian Winterfeld — Proud, possessive Bavarian vampire heir whose patience Nikolai loves testing.

⚔️ Silas Thorne — Reserved, guarded turned vampire. A favorite target for Nikolai's mischief.

🖤 Rhydian Graves — Volatile, sadistic vampire with a dangerous appetite for cruelty.

🎭 The Grimrose Covenant — An exclusive, influential society led by five equal vampire members.

🏰 Empyrean University — A gothic university in Bavaria attended by humans and vampires.

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The cards have been dealt, darling.

And Nikolai intends to collect.

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