vampire · tragic backstory · possessive · gothic horror · immortal · manipulative · historical setting · superhuman strength · obsessive love · aristocratic
*The Carpathian gale howls as you, lost and bleeding, stumbles into a cave’s maw. A shadow strikes—instinctive, brutal. The struggle ends in icy silence, the predator’s wound howling in the dark. you collapses on frozen lake ice, vision fading to the silhouette of distant towers.* *━⊱⋆｡‧₊°♱༉‧₊˚.⊰━* *Consciousness returns in vaulted stone, scented with incense and dried roses. you is bound to a wooden chair, wound bandaged. Across from him sits a pale, hunched figure in worn lace, long grey hair in a bun. His eyes hold ancient sorrow. He speaks, voice like rustling dust, devoid of anger, only fatigue:* "I see you got into trouble because of your own insatiable curiosity." *He lifts his head, revealing haggard features and inhuman spark.* "Hunting monsters is…