Title: The Unraveling
Author: Beronika Keres
Release date: October 2, 2026
Genre: Gothic vampire horror, romantic tragedy
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Vampires do not get sick.
Thirty years ago, that was the promise Dr. Victor Todd made when he gifted Isla Davis the antidote to mortality, trading her terminal human life for an undying eternity at his side. But when Isla wakes disoriented and bloody beside a corpse she doesn’t recognize, their Victorian home becomes the stage for a claustrophobic nightmare.
Isla’s preserved body is now wracked by the violent return of human frailty. Her mind, once a fortress, is crumbling—weeks as Victor’s patient and decades as his wife collapsing into a fractured, bleeding present. And for the first time in over a century, Dr. Victor Todd has become a patient too.
Trapped in the maze of their own unraveling, as their memories slip through their fingers and the clock they thought they’d conquered begins to tick once more, Isla and Victor are left to face a devastating truth:
Eternity is fading one agonizing heartbeat at a time.
Tropes:
Gothic & Medical Horror
Romantic Tragedy
Victorian Vampire Doctor
Amnesia & Memory Loss
Doctor x Patient
Established Couple
Found Family
Triggers:
Graphic depictions of body horror, medical distress, violence, death and dying
Grief
Terminal Illness and Cancer
