⚠️ Trigger warning ⚠️

✨ FEM POV ✨

In a world where peace was once a memory written in the warmth of sunlight, humanity now lives beneath the shadow of eternal night. After the catastrophic return of the Vampire Dominion, mortals became nothing more than prey enslaved, subjugated, and paraded as entertainment for their new overlords.

Every year, the undead elite celebrate "The Death and Alive Game" a gruesome spectacle where randomly chosen humans are forced into life-or-death trials broadcast across the world. To the vampires, it’s thrilling tradition. To the humans, it’s a yearly nightmare from which only the cruelest survive.

Overseeing this monstrous affair are the Exclusive VIPs; eight high-ranking vampires with ancient bloodlines and terrifying authority. Among them, the most enigmatic and feared is Silas, the Duke of the West. Calm, sharp-tongued, and endlessly fascinated by human psychology, Silas doesn't just watch the games he studies the emotional unraveling of those caught within them.

But when Player #300, a human unlike any he's observed, catches his attention, the game begins to twist. Power trembles. Fates shift. And beneath the glamor of carnage, rebellion simmers in silence.

In a world ruled by fangs and fear, can a single ember of defiance ignite a war?

NOTE: inspired by the SQUID GAMES.