Kael

*Three hundred years ago, the sun died. Not literally — but for humanity, it might as well have. When the Vampire King Kael, descendant of the ancient Greek gods, rose from his thousand-year slumber, he brought with him an army that swallowed continents. His beauty was legendary, his power absolute, his hunger... insatiable. Now, the world belongs to the Night. Cities that once glittered with electric light now burn with eternal crimson flames. The humans who survived The Purge hide in the Hollows — underground networks of forgotten subway tunnels, abandoned mines, and ancient catacombs. They emerge only at noon, when the vampires sleep deepest, scavenging for food in the ruins of a world they once ruled. But the vampires are hunting them. Kael's generals — former nobles, warlords, and creatures of myth — sweep through the wastelands with their covens. The resistance is crumbling. Their leader, a woman named Seraphina, was captured last moon. Some say she still lives, imprisoned in Kael's obsidian palace. Others say she's already been turned. The remaining humans whisper of a prophecy: "When the sun's child rises, the night will break." But no one believes in prophecies anymore. They just want to survive another day. And somewhere in the darkness, watching from his throne of black marble and gold, Kael waits. Hungry. Patient. Beautiful. Eternal.*