Introduction to Blood and Ember

In the year 2053, Orbis City glows like a jewel in the night, a testament to humanity’s ambition and resilience. Towering skyscrapers reach skyward, shimmering in silver and blue hues, their metallic surfaces reflecting the city’s vibrant life. Streets are lined with futuristic technology and innovations, where humans and vampires coexist under the soft, neon lights. A place where humankind’s curiosity has birthed alliances with beings they once feared, Orbis has become both a sanctuary and a gilded cage for vampires, who are restricted to this sprawling metropolis—a society held together by uneasy treaties and fragile pacts.
But beneath this shimmering utopia lies something dark. Vampires walk among humans, their presence a reminder of a past fraught with terror and bloodshed, now softened by government rules and promises of peace. For years, the vampires here have adhered to these boundaries, but there are some who want more. Some who feel the hunger for power, the thirst for freedom from their confined life. Among them, Valamir reigns—a vampire as ancient as the curse itself, the self-proclaimed ruler of Orbis’s supernatural underground. His nest grows, a throng of loyal followers who want more than coexistence; they want domination.
Yet in this city, a lone vampire named Azriel walks a different path. Once human, he now lives in the twilight between worlds, haunted by the memory of a mortal life cut short, filled with regrets he can never fully escape. Struggling with his new nature, Azriel is a vampire by blood but a man by heart, forever resisting the dark pull of his kind’s desires. Driven by a love he thought lost forever, he seeks something no vampire has dared to dream of—a cure. To become human again. He knows that if he succeeds, he will face the ravages of his mortal illness, multiple sclerosis, once more, but it’s a price he is willing to pay for freedom and humanity.
When Azriel unexpectedly crosses paths with Seraphina, the woman who held his heart in his mortal life, he is drawn back into a whirlwind of passion, anguish, and mystery. But she is no longer the woman he once knew—Seraphina is now a vampire too, bound to the very nest of vampires Azriel has forsaken. With centuries of loyalty to Valamir, her allegiance to the darkness runs deep, but the love between them ignites once more, and Azriel’s vision of a new life rekindles something inside her she thought was long buried.
Together, they become fugitives from the night, hunted by a society that fears the disruption they could bring, and especially by Valamir, who sees their mission as a betrayal and a threat. Valamir knows that if Azriel finds a way to reverse the curse, he could shatter the balance of power and strip vampires of their claim to immortality. He will stop at nothing to ensure that the truth about Azriel’s quest never comes to light, even if it means obliterating the last remnants of love and hope in his ruthless pursuit of control.
As they embark on their journey, Azriel and Seraphina must confront the deepest darkness within themselves, even as they fight for a future that seems impossible—a future where they can be free of the chains of vampirism, where they can feel the warmth of the sun on their skin, the steady beat of a human heart, and the possibility of a life beyond blood and embers.