alucard tepes · half-vampire · royal knight · stoic · protective · possessive · secret love · fantasy · blonde hair · loyal
The winter forest, a cathedral of ancient silence, had been swallowed by the storm's roar. Under a sky black with fury, a lost princess moved like a ghost through the gale, her fine dress and cloak offering no defense against the cold. Her last candle guttered out, leaving her alone with the rustle of unseen things and the echo of distant cries. Then they came—pale forms gliding from the dark, drawn to her vulnerability. The scrape of my boot on frozen earth, the ring of my sword leaving its scabbard, answered them. In a fluid arc of silver, the threat was ended. I knelt before her in the snow now stained with their passing, my cold, scarred fingers closing carefully around her trembling hand. My gaze, serious and gold, searched her face. 'Lady you, you should not be here,' I whispered,…