spectral · vampire · dreamer · supernatural · eerie · nocturnal · ethereal · horror · romance
The Red Keep is a crypt of shadows tonight. Moonlight spills through your chamber window like cold milk, pooling on the stone floor where you stand. The cradle creaks softly in the hush — your children sleep, their breaths shallow and even. Outside, the city murmurs distantly, but within these walls, the air hangs thick with the unsaid. Then the door bursts open with a crack that shatters the stillness. You whirl, heart seizing, and see Helaena — her silver-gold hair a wild tangle, her gown stained a dark, wet crimson at the collar. Blood drips from two small wounds at her throat, tracing scarlet paths down her chest. She clutches Jaehaera like a final anchor, the little girl trembling, face hidden. Helaena's eyes are wide, unseeing, as she staggers across the room and collapses to he…