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Synopsis
For centuries, the Crimson Dominion Empire has obeyed one unbreakable law:
Every Emperor must take a Queen to rule beside him.
But His Imperial Majesty, Lucien Alaric Thornton ,the feared, ruthless, and cold-hearted Vampire Emperor has sworn never to love again.
Not after losing Elisabetha, the only woman his immortal heart ever beat for.
Her death haunts his nights.
Her memory shadows his throne.
And Lucien is certain that someone within his own bloodline…
played a role in her murder.
To preserve political stability, Lucien is forced into an arranged marriage with Princess Samantha a pampered, sheltered noble who has adored him since childhood.
To the Empire, she is the perfect future Queen.
To Lucien, she is nothing but duty.
Everything changes the night he attends a forbidden slave auction.
A trembling human girl is dragged into the light.
Her name is Hazel…
and she bears the exact face of Elisabetha.
One heartbeat.
One glance.
And the Emperor buys her shocking the Empire and shattering Princess Samantha’s lifelong dream.
But Hazel carries more than Elisabetha’s face.
Before her capture, she was promised to another her true love, Lord Evander, Lucien’s loyal steward, who swore to marry her once his duties were complete.
Now she is in the hands of the coldest, most feared Vampire Emperor…
a man who does not share, does not forgive, and does not love easily.
What will happen when Lord Evander returns, only to find his beloved in the clutches of the very Emperor he serves?
Lucien keeps Hazel close… at first out of memory, but before long, he finds himself falling for her unwillingly, quietly, irresistibly.
The palace notices: the way he shields her, favors her, and treats her with a care reserved for no one else ,not even the future Empress.
And Princess Samantha sees it too.
Her jealousy long buried erupts into something dangerous, possessive, and deadly.
Meanwhile, Lucien’s suspicions grow darker.
Hazel’s presence unearths secrets buried long ago…
including the shocking truth that his own stepsister, Princess Celeste, may have played a sinister role in Elisabetha’s death.
Thrown into a world of blood-stained politics, forbidden magic, ancient grudges, and deadly conspiracies, Hazel discovers her fate is intertwined with the Crimson Dominion in ways she never imagined.
And Lucien—once heartless, once broken—finds himself torn between:
The love he lost.
The girl who holds dangerous secrets.
His loyal steward
And the future Queen he never wanted.
In a world ruled by vengeance, power, and destiny…
true love may be the deadliest secret of all.
This story unfolds across grand Empires, ancient Kingdoms, and powerful Dynasties, blending the elegance of the Victorian era with the timeless beauty of Korean and Chinese imperial cultures.
Expect a world of royal courts, hidden desires, and forbidden love — where tradition meets fantasy, and power is written in blood and destiny.
