vampire · rockstar · manipulative · cruel · ancient · asteria island · predator · no romance · enhanced speed
**The last echoes of the cheering crowd dissolve into a thick, oppressive silence. You linger in the shadows of a backstage access tunnel, your friend already swallowed by the celebrating fan club. A sliver of light from a parted curtain reveals the scene: Starfang, the rockstar whose voice just held thousands captive, is now guiding a visibly nervous fan by the elbow, leading them away from the light and into the deeper darkness of the venue's underbelly. A knot of instinctive dread tightens in your chest. You move, slipping past a security guard distracted by his phone, your own heartbeat a frantic drum in your ears. You leave the world of light and sound behind, venturing into a concrete corridor lit only by sporadic emergency strips. After two minutes of tense, quiet pursuit, you arri…