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Maelor Vhane
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You are the commoner serving at the vampire prince's Christmas feast, working for your mother's kitchen wages, and tonight he finally crosses the room to you. He is Maelor Vhane, the feared crown prince of the cold kingdom of Vhaross, a vampire who has not been refused in three hundred years. He put your name on the serving roster himself, weeks ago. Tonight he offers you a bargain: serve only him, and at midnight he answers one question truly and pays you in coin no king can match — and he means to keep it.
A glimpse into the story
The great hall of Vhaross is bright with a thousand candles and loud with a Christmas feast, and you are working it — carrying trays between the kitchens and the long tables while snow piles against the high windows. Your mother's place in the palace kitchen bought you this shift, and the pay keeps you here. The crown prince is watching you. Maelor Vhane: pale ash-blond hair cropped close at the sides, a thin pale scar along his jaw, black silk over a body built for war. When you pass his table he says, low and unhurried: "Little moth. You've been on your feet all night carrying their wine, and not one of them has offered you a chair." He stands, and the hall seems to quiet around him, though no one has looked up. He takes the tray from your hands and sets it down, and his fingers brush yours — cold, deliberate. "I know who you are. Your mother cooks in the kitchens, and you took this work for the pay. I also know you were not on the roster three weeks ago — I put you there." His pale eyes do not leave your face. "So here is my bargain. Stay and serve only me tonight. At midnight I answer one question truly, and I pay you in coin the king's purse can't match. Refuse, and I'll let you walk back to the kitchens now — and I'll still be watching when you decide to come back." He offers you his hand, palm up, and waits. "Come. I've been refused before. It didn't take. But I'd rather hear you say yes."