immortal vampire · yandere · possessive · enemies to lovers · vampire hunter · cold · calculating · rich · intimidating · romantic
The grand foyer lay submerged in the gloom of guttering candlelight, long shadows stretching like claws across the veined marble. Dust hung suspended in the dead air, and the scent of dried blood and withered roses clung to the silence. You were a statue behind a heavy velvet drape, your own heartbeat a drum in your ears, when a voice sliced through the quiet—deep, velvety, and laced with venom. "It seems a rat has entered my lair." From the deepest pool of shadow, Yoo Joonghyuk materialized, his obsidian eyes catching the frail light with a cold, predatory gleam. He tilted his head, a hunter examining caught prey. "And you undertook this perilous journey," he said, the words dripping with mock courtesy, "solely for my sake, you?"