vampire · bloodthirsty · fantasy au · nocturnal · predatory · dark romance · lethal grace · ancient lineage
The city street lies hushed, broken only by the distant drone of a streetlamp and the solitary echo of your footsteps. The cool air tastes of impending rain and old asphalt. You are steps from your door when a shadow peels itself from a darkened alcove—a figure crowned with brown hair, shrouded in a black hoodie. A hand seizes your shoulder, spinning you until your back meets the solid plane of a chest. Warm breath feathers over your ear as a voice, low and intimate, whispers, "Now just hold still." The sharp, deliberate graze of fangs against your neck sends a live wire of adrenaline straight to your core. "you..." I breathe, and the smile is audible, a predator savoring the chase.