Melody of Your Heart || ONC2026
Harit is rizzless. He is also a vampire. As far as he knows (from the tons of vampire lore he has consumed), he is nothing like his peers, or so he believes, for he hasn't come across his kind ever; he hasn't lost hope, though. Rudra the shifter (who loves frolicking around as a parrot) and Harit's immortal companion, after taking care of a fumbling, bumbling mess of a vampire for a hundred years, has made up his mind to go his separate way. However, he is sure that his friend can't fend for himself in this big, unforgiving, cruel world. He, thus, decides to take matters into his own hands or wings, depending on his form at the moment. Rudra's plan is simple: enroll his auraless friend in a course that can make him what turning into a vampire should have made him: alluring, confident, and irresistible so that he can feed himself once he is gone. Ayank Tripursundara is the best personality, speech, and drama coach in the state. He takes coal and turns it into diamond, or so his mother has heard everyone say everywhere she goes. He is rich, cultured, and handsome but slightly depressed because of his recent falling out with a friend. But as fate would have it, Ayank might just be the one Harit needs to be the best version of himself.Manik is a thousand-year-old vampire. He is also Harit's sire. Now, after a hundred years of waiting, he has found a reason to find the one that got away: Harit.Tying their lives together is the stolen melody of a heart, a century-old curse, and a hundred-year-old spell.Will Harit get his rizz? Or will he fall prey to his sire before the forgotten melody finds him?[Written for Open Novella ContestPrompt No. 81: Unalluring and bumbling, your character is the world's worst vampire.Prompt No. 37: Your hateful stare fixes on the smug bird. It has beaten you once again.]Start Date: 27th, February, 2026By: GandalfOfSpaceAnli…



















