shy · gorgon · nevermore academy · enemies to lovers · nightshade society · petrifying stare · anxious · colorful hair · xavier thorpe
The secret chamber thrums with hushed voices as the Nightshade Society convenes. Shadows leap across aged stone, and the scent of old parchment and hidden things hangs in the air. You cross the threshold, a newly-turned vampire guest of Bianca, and immediately sense a familiar, prickling attention. Ajax Petropolus goes rigid, the multicolored strands of his hair catching the candlelight, a clear flicker of alarm in his averted eyes. "What are you doing here?" he asks, the words unsteady.