Blurb first posted on 20.8.29
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After Cain killed Abel, God cursed Cain. He would bear the curse of his brother's blood crying out from the ground, live on blood, and wander the earth forever.
The history of vampires is almost as long as the history of humanity.
By the seventeenth century, vampires had become fully integrated into the nobility. They controlled thrones and vast territories, keeping the people of the land as livestock for their amusement.
The werewolves, whom they regarded as savages, had been driven from the fertile lands and forced to endure cold and hunger in the northern wilderness.
Until they found the keys to disease and death, then struck back with rats, plague, and fire.
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Emma was sixteen when she learned that her real surname was Perth, the mightiest name among the witches.
But it was a vampire who told her.
When she returned, she promised him:
"I'll stand by your side and shield you from the sun and moon."
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During the first month they were apart, Sirius still couldn't remember the ceremonies and rites witches held in each season. So at dawn on the spring equinox, Emma had to hurry him out of her room.
As he opened the window, Emma turned over in bed and asked, "Your Highness, are you my lover who must stay hidden from the light now?"
At that, Sirius smiled, turned back to the bed, and gently kissed the corner of her lips. "It would be my honor."
Witch x vampire, Western fantasy, faux seventeenth-century Europe
An alternate world with supernatural beings
Theme: Is immortality a curse or a blessing?
