The Bone Lantern: A Gothic Vampire Romance of Dark Academia, Blood Magic, and Immortal Longing (The Sparrowbound Saga #4)

Seraphine Vale


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The Bone Lantern: A Gothic Vampire Romance of Dark Academia, Blood Magic, and Immortal Longing by Seraphine Vale
1473 A.D. — A cursed vampire. A haunted school. And the soul she’s buried three times before.

In the frozen shadows of the Transylvanian highlands, Nyxa Virelle arrives cloaked in mourning to a gothic boarding school nestled inside the remnants of a ruined monastery. The faculty call it a sanctuary for cursed children and rare bloodlines. But to Nyxa, it’s something it’s where he has returned.

This lifetime, he is Calin — a brilliant, reclusive student with nightmares he doesn’t understand and hunger he cannot name. He carries an ancient mark on his chest and sketches symbols he’s never seen. His soul calls to Nyxa’s before they even meet.

But something is wrong.

The students are vanishing. The halls whisper. Candles burn blue on the altar, and old rites are being performed in the catacombs below. A secret society has taken root — one that believes Calin is the key to immortality.

Nyxa must protect him without revealing what he truly is — or what she truly is. But as their connection deepens and Calin begins to remember flashes of past lives, the curse awakens something dark in them both.

If she turns him, she dooms him. If she waits, she loses him again. And this time, the dead may not stay buried.

The Bone Lantern is Book Four in The Sparrowbound Saga, a gothic vampire romantasy of cursed soulmates, ancient blood magic, and dark academia-style boarding school secrets. For fans of A Dowry of Blood, Ninth House, and A Deadly Education, this standalone love story is steeped in eerie atmosphere, forbidden devotion, and immortal longing.
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