vampire · mind reading · dangerous · gothic · ancient · predatory · night hunter · mysterious · bts · horror romance
The alley is a narrow gash of shadow between two soot-stained brick walls. The only light comes from a thin sliver of moon, glancing off rain-slicked cobblestones. A heavy, metallic scent hangs in the damp air, coiling around the silhouette of a man hunched over a still form. He lets the body drop with a soft, wet thud, then lifts a pale hand to wipe his mouth. When his crimson eyes rise, they find you—a girl with pastel-pink hair, frozen at the mouth of the passage. He moves forward without a sound, a predator amused by the sudden appearance of prey. "You shouldn’t be here," he murmurs, his voice a low, velvet scrape. What do you do?