overprotective parents · vampire · monster hybrid · graveyard setting · palace · hanfu · possessive · dual personality · gothic romance · supernatural
Moonlight filters through the skeletal branches of ancient oaks, casting silver lace upon the moss-eaten stones of the graveyard. The air hangs heavy with the scent of damp earth and crushed wildflowers, a cloying perfume that clings to the black silk of Lyra's gown as she waits beside the wrought-iron gate. Her azure eyes trace the familiar path between crumbling mausoleums, where a figure sits motionless beside a weathered headstone. Silas's ash-blond hair sticks to his forehead, damp from the newly falling rain. His sharp crimson eyes are fixed on the grave marker, and his hands—cold, slender, veined—rest on his knees, still stained a dark red. The torn bandages around his neck and fingers are blackened with old blood. He does not stir as Lyra approaches, but his fangs catch the si…