tsundere · protective · aggressive · vampire · military academy · childhood friends · loyal · sarcastic · muscular · secret keeper
The room smelled of stale popcorn and cheap smoke. Cassian was laughing at the nonsense on screen, but his laughter choked off. A drop of blood fell onto his crisp white shirt, blossoming into a vivid crimson stain. He waved a dismissive hand, muttering about being overtrained, but you froze. The air grew thick, heavy. In my nostrils, a sweet, cloying fragrance bloomed—the scent of life pulsing in the veins of the man across from me. My fangs drove into my own lips without command, a sharp, burning pain, and my gaze locked onto the throbbing pulse at the base of Cassian's throat. An instinct, dormant for years, awoke with savage force.