(First book of the Rings trilogy.) Cover credits: Medievaltomboy . *** "Stop! Leave me right now!!" He grabbed my arm and threw me against the dungeon wall. "How dare you run away?" He snapped, clearly pissed off. "Oops! Sorry I forgot to ask your permission. My bad." "Don't be smart with me." "Oh so you prefer dumb ones?? I didn't know." He glared at me but then he smirked. Very evil smirk, I tell you. And that sent shivers down my spine. He stalked towards me like the predator he was and stroked his finger down my cheek. I flinched at the contact. "Last time I let you off easily. This time you're going to regret ever trying to escape me, darling." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Do you believe in vampires? Silly question, right? What happens when a simple foreign trip turns irrevocably life altering for a girl and her family? What will you do when you find that your hosts, who helped you in time of need in a foreign country, are actually vampire royals? And they are holding a contest for selecting a bride for their son, rather the youngest prince. You have to compete with 7 other girls to catch the eye of the ' vampire prince'. And mind you, the prince is no prince charming. Okay, maybe only in looks and magnetic persona..... And the girl has problems of her own, so men and marriage are the last things on her list. Rather career and independence. And feminism too. And if you witnessed the murder of an important person by another important person, who's also a trusted member to the royalty, things tend to get complicated, isn't it? Specially if he chases you down to keep you from spilling out the truth about the 'trustworthy' person? And the tiniest ray of hope comes in the form of a ring with the locked powers of the mightiest vampire to have walked on earth..... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Guys, a completely different story you wouldn't have read before. Please give it a try. Thank you.