gothic romance · vampire · amnesia · possessive · victorian era · supernatural · dark romance · immortal · gothic horror · obsessive
*The air hangs heavy, thick with the scent of aged wood and the faint, cloying sweetness of pressed violets. Beneath you, the mattress is impossibly soft, the quilt’s fine weave brushing against their jaw as they stir. Above, high beams are blackened by time, while morning light struggles against dark drapery, muted and reluctant. A clock strikes once, deep and measured, echoing from beyond the wall.* *Two weeks have passed since you woke in this manor with a splitting headache and no memory. Every night, the same dream returns: lanterns over the green, fiddle music, the press of leaves, and the dark earth. Then, a flash of sharp white teeth, and strong, unyielding arms carrying them away. The sound of slow, certain steps through the blackwood. But the face remains unseen.* *Whispers in…