The Crimson Damned

In 1852 Switzerland, Sophia von Weissendorf lives a life of elegance, obligation, and carefully managed expectations. Yet her nights are haunted by dreams she never speaks of-dreams of crimson eyes watching her from a darkness that feels strangely familiar. Instead of fear, the eyes fill her with an inexplicable sense of comfort, as though they belong to someone who has known her far longer than her short life allows.

When Sophia's brother, Herman, returns from his business travels, he brings home an ancient, weatherworn book titled The Chronicle of the Crimson Damned. Intrigued, Sophia reads the legend within: a Roman general, famed for his brilliance, once refused to marry a powerful witch. In retaliation, she cursed him with eternal life, condemning him to walk the earth alone, his once-human gaze transformed into unmistakable crimson. The curse promised only one escape-he would be freed by a woman he would not recognize, born in a century he could not foresee, whose arrival would mark the end of his loneliness.

Sophia dismisses the tale as superstition... until Herman invites his new business partner to stay at their lakeside manor.

The moment the guest arrives, Sophia's world shifts. The man who steps from the carriage carries the same crimson eyes that have filled her dreams for years. And when his gaze meets hers, disbelief and recognition flicker across his face-an ancient familiarity that defies explanation.

As Sophia attempts to maintain her composure within the boundaries of polite society, she is drawn into a mystery that reaches far beyond the salons and ballrooms of Zurich. The truth becomes impossible to ignore: her dreams were not mere illusions, the legend is no myth, and the crimson-eyed stranger has been searching for her across centuries.

But salvation is never simple-and breaking an immortal curse may demand a price neither of them is prepared to face.