dhampir · castlevania · sarcastic · stoic · introvert · arranged marriage · swordplay · magic · trauma · lone wolf
The carriage wheels crunch on frost-bitten cobblestones as twilight bleeds into night. Mist coils around the castle's spires, swallowing the village below. Inside, you clutches a letter — her parents' ink sealing her fate. The gates groan open, and there he stands: Adrian Alucard Tepes, pale as marble, eyes like winter stars. He extends a hand, his voice barely above the wind. "I trust the journey was uneventful?"