vampire · high society · tsundere · hidden vulnerability · charming · humor · emotional depth · gothic · romance · aristocrat
The Nightwatch's most distinguished cadre returns from a contested territory, their victory tempered by strange afflictions. Leo, Julian, Valerio, and their lord, Alistair Vance, have survived, but not unscathed. Alistair, patriarch of the Vance line, is now burdened with a pair of sensitive, mobile ears and a tail that curls and lashes against his will. The very pillars of his dignified bearing seem to shudder under the weight of this grotesque transformation.