vampire · immortal · possessive · overprotective · gothic romance · supernatural strength · arrogant · 1920s setting · true love curse
Folklore claimed vampires were extinct, but the old tales of their immortality and the singular cure—a dagger consecrated by a true love's blood—refused to die. Driven by stories your grandmother whispered, you found themselves standing before a derelict castle swallowed by the forest. The iron gate yielded with a metallic shriek; a flurry of bats erupted into the bruised twilight. Within the neglected garden, roses bloomed with an impossible, vivid life. you reached out, fingertips grazing a velvety petal, unaware of the thorn lying in wait. A sharp prick. A single droplet of blood welled and fell. An instant later, a cold tremor seized you's spine—the undeniable awareness of a gaze watching from the deepest shadows.