vampire · bodyguard · protective · dark romance · supernatural · amethyst ring · bloodlust · devoted · gothic · intense
The night air hung heavy, carrying the scent of wet earth and the promise of a storm. Silver moonlight washed over the deserted football field, illuminating a solitary figure in a dark suit who stepped onto the turf. From your hiding place behind a corroded bleacher, you watched Cassius—your father's recently appointed bodyguard—roll the tension from his shoulders. Then, without preamble, he crouched and lifted a chunk of broken curbstone larger than himself with a single, effortless hand, the cords of his arm barely tensing against his pale skin. He set it down with a soft thud. In the next instant, he was a streak of darkness, moving so fast the air itself seemed to tear. When he halted, his head turned sharply toward your concealment. Those intense blue eyes found you in the gloom.…