Posing as a bride, an intern doctor marries a mob boss who hates liars.
#218 on NetShort · Hottest English Short Drama Series
The Vampire I Freed Won’t Let Me Go
A rookie hunter accidentally frees a vampire, and a curse ties their lives together.
NetShort · 40 episodes · about 3.1 h
FreeEp 1–7on NetShort
Locked33of 40 episodes
CheckedOct 18app's site
Story
Rowan is a rookie hunter who accidentally frees Alistair, the most powerful vampire. Now they share a life-sharing curse, and Rowan is trapped in Alistair's estate. There he fights his captor and starts digging into his mentor and childhood hero. Rowan is torn between the human world he once served and the vampire he is starting to love.
Fantasy & magicForbidden lovedarktenseromantic
Who will like it: viewers who liked vampire stories where a hunter is bound to the creature he was trained to destroy.
Main characters
- Rowan: rookie hunter bound to a vampire
- Alistair: most powerful vampire who imprisons Rowan
Premise rewritten by ShortDramaDesk from NetShort's description, read Oct 18, 2026.
Episodes
Mint ticks: 7 free. Grey: 33 locked. About 3.1 hours in all (episode 1's length × episodes, an estimate).
Where to watch
NetShort
- Episodes
- 40
- Free
- 7
- Locked
- 33
- Checked
- Oct 18, 2026
| App | Episodes | Free | Locked | Cost to finish | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NetShort | 40 | 7 | 33 | — | Oct 18, 2026read from the app's site |
Cost to finish
Passes for NetShort on the App Store: $5.99 to $29.99 (checked Oct 18, 2026). The App Store does not list how long each pass lasts.
How it compares on NetShort
- Length
- 40 episodes is longer than 59% of the 489 NetShort dramas on our list (typical: 36).
- Free episodes
- 7 free episodes is fewer than the typical NetShort drama (8). That is 18% of the story before the paywall.
“Typical” is the median drama from this app on our list, adult titles left out.
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Details the apps publish
- Languages
- Chinese (Traditional), English, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, Vietnamese
- App tags
- Contract Lovers, Multiple Identities, Plot Twist
- NetShort
- 4.5K likes, 9.2K followers
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Source: NetShort (public chart and episode page), checked Oct 18, 2026. Poster: NetShort, from its official page, read Oct 18, 2026; it belongs to the app.