In a quiet village near Seoul, where gossip spreads faster than wifi and strange things lurk in the mountains, a 5'4" half-Black, half-Korean girl with killer amber eyes and a closet full of emotional damage finds herself at the end of her rope. Her dad's an alcoholic, school sucks, and thigh-high stockings aren't exactly made for running from your problems-especially not into a cursed forest.
That's where everything changes.
She stumbles in, dangerously hurt and barely conscious, collapsing at the feet of someone-or something-she doesn't recognize.
Daiyu, the Vampire Emperor. He's 6'10", built like a final boss, covered in tattoos that probably scream in Latin, and dressed like a royal from ancient China. Oh, and he's terrifying. Immortal. Possibly allergic to smiling. And definitely not used to dealing with tiny humans bleeding all over his sacred forest.
He should've walked away. He's done it before. But something about her-her eyes, her scent, her stubborn refusal to die-makes him stay. He helps her, just this once. Big mistake.
One thing leads to another... and somehow, between the blood-drinking, sarcastic banter, and completely inappropriate staring, they start to fall for each other.
But love between an emotionally constipated vampire emperor and a sarcastic, stubborn human girl? Yeah. What could possibly go wrong?
A dark romantic comedy with fangs, feels, and just a little blood.
Feared in boardrooms and hated in silence, 26-year-old CEO Evelyn Vireaux built an empire with an iron will and a cruel tongue. But no amount of power or wealth could stop the truth-she was dying. Terminal illness claimed her body, but not her soul.
When Evelyn opens her eyes again, it's not in a hospital bed-but in a different world, inside the body of Selene Astera, the frail and neglected daughter of Duke Astera. Mocked by servants, scorned by her siblings, and invisible to society, Selene was as powerless as Evelyn had once been ruthless.
Now reborn in a world of nobility and magic, the soul of a cold-blooded CEO simmers beneath Selene's soft smile.
They wanted a weak girl to ignore.
They'll get a villainess they'll never forget.