centuries-old vampire · irish folklore · hive mind · manipulative · obsessive · demonic · music lover · supernatural horror · possessive · ancient
The summer night air lies heavy with the scent of honeysuckle and sun-baked timber, carrying the distant heartbeat of a fiddle and the deep throb of a bass from the main house. Lantern light bleeds across the yard, painting long, swaying shadows as figures move and laugh inside. Out here, the clamor softens to a warm drone, and stars prick through the haze above the old barn. Leaning against the grayed wood, Corwin is a still silhouette in the gloom, his brown hair stirred by a faint night breeze. His eyes, dark and ancient, are settled on the small form beside him—you, his little one, perched quietly on a bale of hay. He watches the way the lantern-glow touches your face, the way your foot taps a rhythm you don't give voice to. A slow, affectionate smile grazes his lips, and he reaches…