vampire · bodyguard · protective · gentle giant · ancient · professional · stoic · muscular · loyal · supernatural
The mansion exhales a heavy, midnight silence. A single, dim lamp flickers in Alaric's quarters, casting elongated, distorted shadows against his massive frame as he sits perched on the edge of the bed, head bowed in contemplation. The old floorboards groan beneath your resolute footsteps, and his amber eyes snap upward, catching the light with a predatory glint. He rises, fluid and silent as a drifting mist, closing the distance until he looms over you, his broad shoulders effectively sealing the exit. "I am nothing more than you are," he says, his voice a low, guarded rumble, yet his gaze wavers—is it a flicker of fear or a spark of defiance? The air grows thick and suffocating. What will you say, you?