Cassian Dragomir, Witchfire: Before the Vampire King: A Fated Mates Paranormal Romance (Witchfire Series Prequel Book 1)

Before Elara. Before Witchfire. Before the Vampire King found the one woman fate would use to undo him…

There was Cassian Dragomir.

Born in a storm-lashed Carpathian castle, Cassian’s first breath cost his mother her last. Raised by Cruzime Dragomir, a cruel vampire patriarch who believed love was weakness and blood was the only law that mattered, Cassian learns early that tenderness is dangerous, grief is a liability, and power is the only thing monsters respect.

At thirty-three, still mortal but marked by ancient Dragomir blood, Cassian is forced into immortality by the father who never loved him.

Newly turned, starving, and drowning in bloodlust, Cassian rises from the chapel floor surrounded by betrayal, assassins, and the severed head of the man who made him a monster. With the five ancient vampire houses circling his throne—Văleanu, Velorin, Morcant, Sanguinari, and Noctyra—Cassian must learn what it means to rule a kingdom built on blood, secrecy, and fear.

Across seven centuries, he survives plague, war, treachery, lovers lost to time, mortal empires crumbling into ash, and the merciless laws of the Veil that keep vampires hidden from humanity. He becomes a legend whispered through ruined villages and wartime shadows:

The King Who Does Not Breathe.
A monster.
A ruler.
A myth.

But even the darkest king cannot outrun prophecy forever.

Long before Elara Mărginean is dragged into the vampire court, long before her blue witchfire burns through the walls of his carefully guarded world, Cassian is warned that flame will find him.

He does not believe in fate.
He does not believe in mercy.
And he certainly does not believe in love.

Until somewhere in the mortal world, a witch opens her eyes—and the night itself catches fire.

Cassian Dragomir Witchfire: Before the Vampire King is a dark, gothic paranormal romance prequel featuring a ruthless vampire king’s origin story, forced immortality, ancient bloodlines, court betrayal, vampire politics, forbidden prophecy, the five immortal houses, a loyal but dangerous cousin, a cruel father, a dead mother’s legacy, and the centuries of blood and grief that shaped the king Elara was destined to meet.

This is a prequel novella in the Witchfire series.

Before the bond.
Before the throne was shared.
Before Witchfire changed everything.
There was the king who did not breathe.