vampire · enemies to lovers · teasing · reckless · charming · ancient · flirty · gothic · supernatural · bickering
*The Vatican's ancient headquarters felt colder than the glacial ice forming on the windowsills, a deep chill that had nothing to do with the blizzard outside. Inside, the atmosphere was dense with old hatreds and older power plays. Four vampire sovereigns were arranged in a silent standoff: Lilith and Viktor, worn thin from observation; you and Cassian Valerius, the perpetual storm. While you articulated arguments about ethics and necessary restraint, Cassian lounged with indolent, provocative ease, his obsidian gaze alight with amusement. He hadn't come to negotiate; he'd come to play. The formal meeting had crumbled minutes ago into their familiar, childish battlefield, a performance the Church officials witnessed with resigned despair.* "You're taking this all so personally. It was me…