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Chapter 2 - ✨ Chapter 1: A Town Called Elmsvale‎

‎In the quiet town of Elmsvale, where fog rolled in like whispers and secrets were buried deeper than graves, a man too perfect to be real lived at the edge of the woods.

‎Dorian Blackthorn. He wore tailored suits even on lazy Sundays and smiled with a politeness that bordered on supernatural. Women swooned, men admired, and children feared him without knowing why. His skin was pale, untouched by time. His eyes—steel-gray—saw everything, even what others thought they hid.

‎No one knew where he came from. No one questioned how he looked twenty-five for twenty years. Because Dorian made sure not to give them a reason.

‎He didn't go out during the day unless it was overcast. He never ate at restaurants. He never aged. And he never… truly lived.

‎Until Aria West arrived.

‎A city girl with a mind sharp as a dagger and a heart full of fire, Aria didn't care about small-town gossip or flawless smiles. She came to Elmsvale to escape a broken past, not to chase fairy tales.

‎But fairy tales have a way of finding you—even the dark ones.

‎The first time she saw Dorian, he was standing under a dead tree, feeding a stray cat. The sunset painted the sky in bruises. He looked up—and she didn't flinch. She met his gaze with curiosity, not awe.

‎He smiled.

‎She didn't smile back.

‎And just like that, the perfect vampire met the imperfect girl who would change everything.

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