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When your wife hesitates to let you go to the village market alone, you scoff at her overprotective nature. With Alcina's Mark, her claim, sitting proudly on your neck for all the world to see, only a fool would even think about trying anything with you. Right? **Now a Series of Semi-Related One-Shots - Updates every Monday**

𝓓𝓸 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮 𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓼 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓭𝓲𝓮?? 𝑨𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏'𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚?? 𝑾𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏'𝒕 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒐 𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒂 𝒕𝒓𝒚?? 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒚. 𝑨𝒃𝒉𝒊'𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆, 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍. 𝑯𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒚𝒃𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒚 𝒊𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒓𝒖𝒆𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒕?? 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒇 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒚𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎. 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅 : 19 𝒇𝒆𝒃 2024 𝑬𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 :

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Book One of The Blood Rose saga Rozelyn was an orphan since she was seven years old. She grew up under the foster care of her stepmother, Romaine. When her father was still alive, he used to tell her about a legendary rose-native only to the lands of Tanzania-that can grant immortality and invincibility to anyone who comes in contact with it. All she knew that the mythical flower was just a bedtime story-until she turns eighteen. Rozelyn then realized that her father's tragic demise was not just an accident, but a blood payment as well. And the very gifts of the Blood Rose-formally known as the Ambrosia-flows through her own veins and sinews. Now, at the age of eighteen, Rozelyn is deemed as an immortal. In her initial days as a Blood Rose Lady, Rozelyn eventually found out that some things have a price that must be paid continuously. In short, her immortality was not just a gift. It is also an eternal curse-the curse to consume other creatures' life. A curse of being a vampire. As a college freshman, Rozelyn will soon be facing battles within herself and those around her. As more friendships are formed, more enemies are attracted. And Rozelyn may or may not only be the Devourer of Souls, but also the Destroyer of Worlds. Amidst of all of these, only one thing is certain: Blood is always thicker than water-either literally or figuratively.

꧁𝚁𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝙴𝚟𝚒𝚕 𝚅𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚡 𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛꧂ 𝙰 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚝 𝚊 𝚓𝚘𝚋 𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚂.𝚃.𝙰.𝚁.𝚂 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚞𝚗-𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙲𝚑𝚛𝚒𝚜 𝚁𝚎𝚍𝚏𝚒𝚎𝚕𝚍, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚞𝚗𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐: 𝙹𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚅𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙰𝚕𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚝 𝚆𝚎𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚛, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚖. 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛, 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚎, 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚑𝚎𝚌𝚔 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜..... 𝙼𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚡 𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚟𝚘𝚕𝚞𝚖𝚎: ☞︎ 𝙲𝚑𝚛𝚒𝚜 𝚁𝚎𝚍𝚏𝚒𝚎𝚕𝚍 𝚡 𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛 ☞︎ 𝙹𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚅𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚡 𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛 ☞︎ 𝙰𝚕𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚝 𝚆𝚎𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚛 𝚡 𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛