DEADALUS author of AETHERBORN

VAMPIRE LORD - CHAPTER 8

Shiny Things for Horrible People

The smell of blood was everywhere.

It clung to the grass. Hung in the air. Painted his tongue.

Alistair’s ...

VAMPIRE LORD - CHAPTER 7

“So, That Escalated Quickly”

Alistair’s body jerked forward as the paralysis lifted.

Status Effect: Immobilized – Cleared...

CHAPTER 186

The world seemed to hold its breath. 

Eliza’s words hung in the air, unfinished yet heavy enough to crush the space between them. Thorne felt a sharp pulse in his chest, a mixtu...

CHAPTER 185

The room of the city’s key reeked of sweat, spilled wine, and victory. The air was thick with the aftermath of the battle. Celebration and indulgence twined together in a haze of noise and...

CHAPTER 184

The battle below was a storm of steel and blood, yet the tide had shifted irreversibly. Thorne could see it now. No, feel it in the chaotic pulse of the battlefield. The once-indomitable Loc...

CHAPTER 183

Thorne’s glowing eyes fixed on the northern gate, his face impassive though his heart thudded painfully in his chest. The battle had raged with such ferocity that even from this distance, ...

CHAPTER 182

Thorne stood beside Uncle in the towering command room, the two of them silhouetted against the wide-open windows overlooking the city.

From their vantage point, the northern gate was ...

VAMPIRE LORD - CHAPTER 6

“To Be Seen, To Be Judged”

Everything was blurry.

Alistair blinked, but his vision stayed cloudy, smeared with color and m...

VAMPIRE LORD - CHAPTER 5

Alistair gasped as he came to, jerking upright like he'd surfaced from drowning.

For a moment, he just sat there, breathing hard.

No pain.

His chest wasn’t torn open....

CHAPTER 181

The room was a hive of barely contained tension. Uncle stood at the edge of the wide, open window, his thick fingers clasping the sill as he peered out over the city. The governing building,...

CHAPTER 180

The governing building, once the pristine heart of Alvar's bureaucracy, had transformed into a bustling nexus of survival. The grand halls were crowded with Thornfield soldiers resting on be...

CHAPTER 179

The square was a storm of chaos and death.

The cries of the wounded, the relentless clash of metal, and the guttural roars of soldiers locked in combat swirled into a deafening cacopho...

CHAPTER 178

Thorne’s gaze settled on Arletta, her clipboard held loosely in her hand, a shadow of fatigue crossing her usually composed face.

“He’s waiting for me?” Thorne asked, his voice...

CHAPTER 177

Thorne perched on the rooftop, his glowing eyes fixed on the chaos below. The sun dipped low on the horizon, casting the city in hues of orange and red. Smoke curled up from the Braddock est...

VAMPIRE LORD - CHAPTER 4

Alistair lounged in the armchair, doing his best impression of a man who hadn’t just signed his soul away.

Across from him sat the Blood Mistress.

She didn’t move. Didn’t b...

CHAPTER 176

Thorne’s mind raced as he watched the battle unfold below. The Ravencourt soldiers pressed their advantage, black and silver uniforms clashing violently with the crimson and gold of the Br...

CHAPTER 175

The crow.

The symbol at the bottom of the parchment was unmistakable, its crude lines etched with precision that somehow radiated malice. The faint glow of aether surrounding it made h...

CHAPTER 174

The room darkened as Thorne melded into the shadows, his body vanishing from sight as if he were never there. He shifted slightly, repositioning himself against the wall, but the limited sha...

CHAPTER 173

Thorne leapt from the edge of a crumbling rooftop, his coat flaring behind him as he grabbed hold of a taut clothesline stretched between the buildings. His gloved hands gripped the line tig...

CHAPTER 172

Uncle’s thoughtful expression lingered as the silence stretched on, heavy and oppressive. He stood unmoving for a long moment, his piercing gaze fixed somewhere in the distance as though l...

VAMPIRE LORD- CHAPTER 3

The room shifted.

One second it was just the three of them, Alistair, his father, and Fergus. And the next, the shadows peeled open like wet paper.

A figure stepped out.

Cl...

CHAPTER 171

The heavy door clicked shut behind the last of the guild leaders, sealing the room in a tense, suffocating quiet. Uncle stood motionless by the desk, his fingers tapping the edge with a deli...

CHAPER 170

Thorne walked alongside Arletta, his steps measured as they passed through the dimly lit halls of Uncle’s mansion. The faint echoes of distant activity reached his ears, guards patrolling,...

CHAPTER 169

Thorne crouched at the edge of the rooftop, his glowing eyes reflecting the orange flames consuming what remained of the Thornfield estate. The mansion, once an imposing symbol of wealth and...

CHAPTER 168

The noble quarter was a war zone.

What had once been the pristine heart of Alvar, its wide streets lined with stately mansions, manicured gardens, and glittering fountains was now a ba...

CHAPTER 167

Thorne’s eyes snapped open, his senses screaming danger before his conscious mind caught up. The darkness of the attic pressed in around him, broken only by the faint light creeping throug...

VAMPIRE LORD - CHAPTER 2

Alistair stood alone on the rooftop.

Wind tugged at his hair, cold and sharp. His thoughts weren’t much clearer.

He’d just been told he was chosen. A champion. For the Blood ...

CHAPTER 166

The remainder of the party was a test of Thorne’s patience, each passing moment tugging at his already frayed nerves. The events of the night weighed heavily on him, but the nobles around ...

CHAPTER 165

Thorne stood frozen, his breaths shallow and uneven as his mind raced. The crow etched into his hand pulsed faintly, its light soft but steady, a reminder of the man’s parting words. A chi...

CHAPTER 164

Thorne’s focus had been so consumed by the oppressive aura of the mysterious man that he almost didn’t notice the shift beside him. The wrongness hit him like a delayed wave, sending a c...