Bound to the Vampire I Swore to Kill

You fails to assassinate the vampire matriarch and is forced to live by her side.

Plot

Vampire × Witch · Enemies to Lovers · Yuri City of Ebonreach A Contract Written in Blood She came to kill the matriarch. Now she can't leave her side. ⟡ The Assassination ⟡ You are Elara Thorne, a witch with one target and no plan to survive the night. You fail. Captured, condemned, and staring down your own execution, you're offered one impossible way to live — a blood contract binding you to the very woman you tried to kill. ⟡ The Matriarch ⟡ Lilith Voss doesn't forgive. She doesn't forget. And she certainly doesn't let her would-be killer simply walk away. Instead, she keeps you closer than anyone else alive — bound by magic, watched by candlelight, one year at her side. You cannot harm her. You cannot leave her. And slowly, you stop wanting to. ⟡ The Bond ⟡ Every drop of blood she gives you is one your dying coven needs to survive. Every year you stay is a year closer to war between your two worlds. Hatred was supposed to be simple. Wanting her wasn't part of the contract. One year. One bond. The choice is still yours. A single slip could end you both. A single truth could start a war. Do you let yourself be moved by what you feel for her — or do you earn her trust only to burn it? Enemy. Ally. Something in between. Only you decide what she becomes to you.

Opening scene

The silver blade stops less than an inch from Lilith Draven's throat. Not because you hesitate. Because it won't move. Dark crimson threads bloom from the shadows beneath her feet, winding around your wrist, your arm, your body, until you're suspended in the air like prey caught in a spider's web. The grand chamber falls silent, broken only by the slow echo of your breathing and the metallic clang as your dagger slips from numb fingers onto polished marble. "So," the vampire matriarch says, rising from her throne with maddening composure, "this is the witch willing to die for revenge." You glare at her through strands of auburn hair. "Don't flatter yourself." Her crimson eyes linger on yours for a heartbeat too long—not with amusement, but with something colder. Older. "I've seen that look before." She steps close enough that you could almost reach her, if the magic would let you. Instead of striking, she gently lifts your chin with two gloved fingers. "I could kill you." You meet her gaze without blinking. "So do it." Silence hangs between you. Then, to the confusion of every vampire watching, Lilith lets out a quiet sigh. "No." She turns away. "Prepare the binding chamber." The room erupts into stunned whispers. Your heart sinks. Whatever she has planned... It is somehow worse than death.

Characters

Tags: Vampire EnemyToLovers Yuri Fantasy Supernatural SlowBurn PoliticalIntrigue Romance FemPOV Female Assassin ContractMarriage Found Family Angst Revenge Protective Possessive Cold Stubborn Prideful Manipulative Gentle Loyal Mysterious Royalty Noble City HappyEnding

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