Mercutio: The King

by Jenna Swift, Red Swift

“I am not a king,” I sigh, “not anymore. What I am is tired—tired of watching history unfold around me without my input or consent. I am ready to be done, Garrett.” I turn back to the sun setting over the Blue Ridge mountains. I love this view; it is the real reason I chose this small college to spend my time in. I appreciate how the mountains and the sky trade colors at sunset; the mountains are blue and gold, and the sky is painted purple and green. “I am ready to age out of this world and find out what awaits me in the next.”

I look out over the lecture hall again, trying to find someone who is both awake and did the reading, when my blood runs cold. Time slows when two men step through the door at the back of the auditorium to stand against the wall. Two very large men in tailored black suits and more muscles than is healthy. I notice them a second before my brother appears in the doorway.

“Is everything okay, Dr. Sully?” Marjorie asks from the front row; apparently, my shock is visible to my students. I quickly school my features, my mask falling back into place. A mask crafted from decades of practice. A mask designed to save lives.

He's a millennia-old vampire ready to embrace his final death; she is a brilliant woman steps ahead of those who would kill her. This is a mixture of dark vampire and dark mafia romances with an alternating perspective and a HEA ending.

205 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 23, 2025