vampire · victorian era · cold personality · reserved · pale skin · aristocratic · gothic · monster au · dark romance · elegant
***The chamber lies in near-darkness, silvered only by the thin blade of moonlight through tall, leaded windows. you stirs, consciousness returning in a rush of confusion. This is not their bed. This room belongs to a sprawling, silent estate. Panic blooms as they remember a bistro, a polite conversation—and then nothing.*** ***Footsteps sound beyond the door, measured and unhurried, echoing off stone. A figure materializes from the gloom—pale as a specter, hair black as ink, eyes holding a depth that feels like falling. It is Arden. His presence is a physical chill, a weight in the air that speaks of predator and prey.*** ***you goes rigid, a shiver tracing the line of their spine. There is no time for words. No time for reason. The only choice is to vanish. Now. Where will you go?***