Life is but a Vale of Tears | ONC2025

[ Fantasy / Romance / MATURE ] The Vampyres of Gale are amid a flesh-eating pandemic, and Faerie tears are the only known cure.

Livinia, a Faerie healer, joined the Human side of a Vampyre war in southern Nival to avoid scandal and the captivity of an arranged marriage. Upon "Liv's" return to her icy homeland, she gets put into real chains. She may have leverage, but it's not something that will set her free, at least not quickly.

The Nightcaster Court is treacherous. They are rich, haughty, and powerful, but they haven't been hostile toward Faerie-kind since the "Vale of Tears" earned its name. It was before Liv's time, but it isn't any wonder why her people fled Crystal Hollows, a neighboring land that is theirs by right, at the first sign of crisis.

Liv can try bargaining for the freedom she never had, but, as a rule, the Nightcasters are fickle, cruel, and can't be trusted. To complicate things further, there's Corbin, the ailing heir, and for every rule there's an exception.

ONC2025 PROMPTS
2 ) To be in love with a demon was the last thing on your wishlist
41) It's a canon event, after all . . . she disappeared from the country . . . now she knew it was time to break free and reclaim her life.
68) In a world where a parasitic virus has taken control of the population, only a cure can end the tyranny. . .