Beneath the Crimson Moon's Kiss

Previously

…The air was thick with anticipation, the prelude to a storm. Valerius stood before me, a bulwark against the encroaching darkness, and I stood beside him, my knowledge of herbs and the burgeoning strength within me my only weapons. Our forbidden love, once a secret whispered in the shadows, was now about to be tested in the crucible of battle, under the watchful, unforgiving gaze of the crimson moon. The quiet village herbalist and the ancient vampire lord, united against a threat that sought to consume them both. The fight for survival, and for love, had just begun.