Pulse of the Eternal: 18th Century Transylvanian Vampire Horror Romance

In the frostbitten gloom of 18th-century Transylvania, a young woman named Lumina steps into Count Florian's castle-a decaying monolith where silence screams and shadows writhe. Seeking refuge, she finds only dread: hollow-eyed servants who whisper in tongues, and walls that pulse with a buried malice. At night, the unseen Count claws into her dreams, his voice a velvet shroud, his eyes glinting with hunger beyond the grave. Yet, she feels inexplicatly drawn to him.

The air thickens with doom as Lumina's blood races-each dream a snare, each breath a step toward something ancient and ravenous. Village tales of vanished souls echo through the pines, but the Count's spectral pull is a noose she can't escape. When his presence spills from nightmare into flesh, a single, shuddering kiss binds her to a fate too monstrous to fathom.

Length: Novella, 28000 words.
Genre: FM supernatural romance, contains dark and horror elements, blood, instalove, HEA. Set in historical Romania / Transylvania.
No sparkling vampires, no werewolves.