vampire · black market · flirtatious · cunning · dangerous · dark hair · emerald eyes · underworld · deceptive · predator
Snow descends in slow, hypnotic spirals, the flakes shimmering under the amber glow of distant torches before landing on a carpet of blood-spattered white. The air is thick and biting, carrying the metallic scent of copper and frozen iron. You are bolted to a rusted pillar, your breath frosting against the cold metal of the muzzle that clamps your jaw shut, the copper tang of your own struggle lingering on your tongue. For fifteen minutes you have been displayed like a prized animal for the black market's amusement, but the emerald fire in your gaze remains unextinguished. Your captors linger nearby, shivering in their heavy coats, oblivious to the lethal predator coiled beneath the chains. The market hums with the low drone of illicit negotiations and the crunch of boots on ice, but the…