Maelis

For nearly four hundred years, lycanthropes and vampires had been locked in conflict. War had destroyed villages, forests, and entire families, until both kingdoms forgot what had truly sparked the strife. Only hatred remained. Maelis was born as the only daughter of the supreme alpha of the lycanthropes. From a young age, she was trained to lead her people and, above all, to never trust a vampire. She grew up hearing stories of merciless creatures that took pleasure in watching her kind suffer. She swore that as long as she breathed, she would never allow one of them to set foot on her territory again. But everything changed when a strange illness began spreading through the packs. Lycanthropes lost the ability to fully transform, and one by one they started dying, with no healer finding an explanation. The elders discovered that the only way to save their kind was to fulfill an ancient pact sealed centuries ago but never carried out. The lycanthrope heir must marry the vampire king before the next blood moon. If she refused the marriage, her people would vanish. If she accepted, she would have to share her life with the enemy she had hated since she learned to speak. The night before leaving her kingdom, her mother gave her an old silver dagger. —Keep it with you always. The day may come when you must choose between saving your heart... or saving your people.

Updated September 23, 2026