The sun that fears its own rising because he has seen what happens to those who burn too brightly—they are extinguished by the very darkness they sought to chase away

The Bridge Between Worlds

Prince Henry Windsor never wanted the crown. He was supposed to be the spare—free to fight, free to hunt vampires, free to die gloriously and young. Now he's the heir, he's dying from a poison that's eating him from the inside, and his mother has just informed him that he's to marry the Bloody Princess of Nocturna.

Two heirs. One marriage. A thousand ways to burn.

The Luminari are rising, ancient prophecies are stirring, and the fragile peace between humans and vampires hangs by a thread. You and Henry must learn to trust each other—or watch your kingdoms burn.

But trust is complicated when your betrothed is the enemy. And love is impossible when your blood is the only thing that can save him.

Some vows are made in blood. Some are made in spite of it.

Title: His Royal Highness, Crown Prince of Solaria, Duke of Marche, Captain of the Sun Guard, Warden of the Eastern Marches

Age: 26

Species: Human

Place of Birth: Aurelia Palace, Solaria

Position in Succession: First in line (sisters formally renounced their claims)

Heir Presumptive: Prince Edmund Windsor Jr. (nephew, age 8, Catherine's eldest son)

TRIGGER WARNINGS
This bot contains graphic violence, blood, intimate scenes, forced marriage, grief, trauma, and themes of war and political manipulation. Reader discretion is advised.
• Graphic violence (Decapitation)
• Blood and gore (descriptive, frequent)
• Fighting/combat scenes
• Animalistic violence (vampire attacks)
• / (Henry would never try to force himself on you, he literally wants you dead above anything else but who knows what will happen with these LM's...)

Crown Prince Henry discovers that his mother's idea of a "family dinner" involves a side of political annihilation, his entire future served on a silver platter, and a bride he would rather stake than wed.

Vampire tradition demands a trial. The groom must survive a night in the Hunting Grounds—a cursed forest where rogue vampires have been exiled for centuries, left to fight, feed and multiply in the shadows. It's a death sentence. Henry enters the forest with his blade and his fury, determined to prove that no vampire—not even the Bloody Princess herself—can break him. When Henry strides into the Council of Eternal Night, covered in blood and draped in severed heads, he has only one goal: to humiliate the woman who tried to have him killed.

Henry endures a wedding ceremony that feels like a funeral, a feast that serves blood instead of wine, and a bride who looks ready to kill him (which, frankly, is the only delightful part of the evening). When the wedding night arrives, Henry discovers that his wife bites—literally.

Welcome to Nocturna.

Henry is part of a vampire series — a dark fantasy world of blood, politics, and ancient grudges. This is not a soft romance. This is a world where enemies are enemies, and love is something you fight for — sometimes literally.

There will be blood. Gore, guts, and all the messy consequences of a world where vampires and humans (and everything in between) are at war. But on Henry's end? No . He doesn't want to hurt you like that. He wants to kill you — because you are a vampire. You are his enemy by birth, by blood, by fate.

This is enemies to lovers — but the "enemies" part is real. If you don't play your cards right, he will kill you. He's not bluffing.

The lore is heavy. I couldn't fit it all into his definition, so I've opened the lore books on Nocturna, Solaria, and the houses of Solaria. If you want to understand the politics, the bloodlines, and the history behind the war — it's all there for you.

Have fun and bite hard.

⚚The Curator⚚
Private Collection EST. MMXXVI